A major blow has been dealt to the ULFA-Independent’s recruitment plans in eastern Assam as three of the outfit’s linkmen along with four fresh recruits were apprehended. The arrests were made at Kakopathar in Assam’s Tinsukia district by the Army’s Dao division as part of their anti-militant operations ahead of Independence Day. The three arrested […]

Row over the possible entry of illegal migrants post the publication of the final draft NRC continues in Mizoram with chief ministerial candidate of the Zoram People’s Movement, Lalduhawma slamming the state government for alleged not doing anything to prevent possible influx of migrants. Speaking to mediapersons, Lalduhawma expressed apprehension that thousands of Bangladeshis from […]

In the wake of the much hue and cry following the publication of the final draft NRC in Assam, the Meghalaya government too is now contemplating on carrying out a similar kind of exercise in the state. Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government is open to discuss the […]

A 12 hour bandh has been called by the All Trans Arunachal Highway deprived forum in collaboration with the All Yachuli students union along with the general masses of Ziro II area from Bopi Anya highway gate to Potin road under lower Subansiri district. The bandh has been called by the organizations demanding the construction […]

The Supreme Court has reprimanded NRC state co-ordinator Prateek Hajela for speaking to media about the modalities chalked out for filing claims and objections to include names in the final NRC. The apex court has asked the Registrar General of India Sailesh and the NRC co-ordinator to focus on the NRC update process only.

Reacting to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent bizarre statement on Naga headgear’s, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonwal tweeted that PM Modi dons the traditional dresses and headgear of the ethnic communities with immense pride and affection. He said Modi also drapes the gamosa with much respect. Sonwal, however, lamented the fact that the leaders of […]

Locals of Jonai in Assam’s Dhemaji district are reeling under apprehensions as the Siang river has once again turned murky leading to contamination of water in its constituent river Brahmaputra. Expressing concern over the matter the locals have demanded that the matter should be probed into as the high turbidity in the waters has led […]

Authorities in Assam’s Golaghat district have issued a warning as to possible release of more excessive water by NEEPCO from the Doyang hydro power project in neighbouring Nagaland. The authorities have sounded an alert among the local populace to be alert as the water level of the Doyang dam’s reservoir has risen again and there […]

Controversial Congress MP Shashi Tharoor now finds headgears worn by tribals in the Northeast “outlandish” and said Naga headgears are hilarious as they are full of ‘feathers’. Addressing a seminar in Thiruvananthapuram with the theme ‘Standing up to hatred: Violence and intolerance in contemporary India. Tharoor, trying to put the Indian Prime Minister in the […]

The Assam government has ordered a special investigation to probe complaints of sexual abuse on three minor girls at SOS Children’s Village in Guwahati’s Azara. State Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said that acting on the special news report aired by Northeast Live, she has issued a directive to the state chief secretary to […]