The All Assam Students’ Union has demanded the Centre for implementation of the Assam Accord at the earliest. Briefing the media at the National Capital New Delhi today, the AASU said that the State has already taken the burden of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh for many years and it cannot take the burden anymore.

Hosts Russia beat Spain 4-3 on penalties on Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals where they will face Croatia for a place in the semis. Russia keeper Igor Akinfeev saved Koke’s and Iago Aspas’ spot kicks in their first ever penalty shootout to send the hosts through following a 1-1 draw over 120 […]

The hazards posed by counterfeit products such as FMCGs, pharmaceutical and packaged foods was highlighted at a capacity building seminar on combating counterfeit and illicit goods in Agartala yesterday. The program, jointly organised by FICCI and government of Tripura, was attended by officials of Excise department of Tripura, police and BSF personnel among others.

The ongoing demand by the Manipur University Students’ Union for the ouster of the university Vice Chancellor further intensified after seven HOD’s of the university tendered their resignation in support of the demand. The teachers’ body joined the students’ league for the removal of Manipur University VC Adya Prasad Pandey as the students’ body accused […]

The horror of mob lynching still continues to haunt Assam. A specially abled person was not spared by lynch mobs at Doipam in Darrang district. Unidentified miscreants brutally assaulted Imrajul Haq suspecting him to be a child lifter. The incident occurred after miscreants raised an alarm that a child lifter is on a mission in […]

The CBI has booked three IPFT leaders, along with 300-500 members of the political party in Tripura, after taking over the probes into the killings of two journalists in the state last year. Santanu Bhowmik, a journalist from a local television channel, was killed when he went to cover a road-blockade agitation in the Mandwai […]

The Meghalaya police has said that it has been able to contain the operations of the once dreaded Garo National Liberation Army, the HNLC and even the ULFA-I in the western part of the state. Meghalaya DGP SB Singh has said that as far as the GNLA is concerned, the outfit is a spent force […]

The NSCN-IM has made a significant statement saying that the Naga peace talks currently going on between the group and Government of India would be futile unless the issue of integration of all Naga areas into a common unit is resolved. In a statement, the NSCN-IM maintained that it would not ‘remain mute spectators against […]

It’s the end of the road for Lionel Messi and company as they lost 4-3 to France in a round of 16 tie. While France drew first blood as early as the 13th minute, Argentina restored parity with a Angel Di Maria goal in the 41st minute. Messi and company looked in full control of […]

The Supreme Court today asked the Assam government to publish the second and final draft of the NRC on or before July 30. Originally slated to be out by June 30, the NRC final draft was delayed due to the recent devastating floods in Assam that resulted in shifting of many NRC seva kendras. In […]