The Rumi Kumari Phukan bench of the Gauhati High Court has granted bail to 4 more officers accused in APSC cash for job scam. The officers who have been granted bail are Hemanta Hillol Saikia, Jyotirmoi Adhikari, Jatindra Prasad Barua and Debajit Bora. Earlier, the court had granted bail to 17 APS and ACS officers, […]

The two-day long executive committee meeting of the Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party began today at Majuli in Assam. About 61 party MLAs, 11 ministers and several national leaders attended the event. Several topics such as the parliamentary elections, the upcoming state elections, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and others are discussed at the […]

A firing incident took place near the Indo-Bangladesh border at Assam’s Karimganj district. The incident happened late Tuesday night after a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan opened fire at his colleague after getting into an argument. Shiv Yogi Pandey opened fire at Ashok Kumar Khangariya in the incident which left Khangariya dead on the spot. […]

A major fire broke out at the Fancy Bazar area of Guwahati late Tuesday night. The fire broke at the godown of a business establishment at Kamala Market. While the fire engulfed most parts of the building, the fire brigade managed to rescue four people from the spot. Three of the rescued persons are undergoing […]

The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council will soon table the Khasi Social Custom of Lineage (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to strip the Schedule Tribe status of Khasi women who marries non-Khasi men and their offspring’s, in its upcoming special session after the Consultative Committee submitted its report to the Council. The report and recommendations of […]

In a shocking incident, motorcycle borne unidentified miscreants shot dead the Assistant Manager of SBI’s Dadara branch from a point blank range. The incident happened in the middle of a busy road at Agyathuri in Kamrup-Rural district near Guwahati on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Junu Sharma. The incident happened at a time […]

Teachers of the Manipur university have gone on a mass casual leave on Wednesday in protest against the delay in unconditional release of the students and teachers who were arrested during the September 20 midnight crackdown in the varsity by armed commandos of the Manipur police. The students of the varsity have also extended their […]

Manipur University Vice Chancellor in-charge Professor Yugindro Singh has tendered an unconditional apology to Governor Najma Heptullah on “incorrect and inappropriate statements” made in relation to the Governor. The Vice Chancellor also assured of submitting a separate report to the Governor’s office on the status of Manipur University. In a letter addressed to the Secretary […]

The newly floated political party in Mizoram, the PRISM is likely to form an alliance with the Zoram Political Movement (ZPM). Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live PRISM President Vanlalruata said that his party is in talks with the ZPM to form an alliance for the upcoming Assembly elections. Vanlalruata said that it is the wish […]

Aizawl FC owner Robert Romawia Royte, who recently joined the opposition in Mizoram, the Mizo National Front, is in the news with three socio-political organisations once again raising the question as to how he could contribute Rs 30 lakh as 1/10th of his earning to a local church in 2010 when he was a State […]