The 19th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards was held in Bangkok on Sunday. Late actress Sridevi’s ‘Mom’ and Irrfan Khan-starrer ‘Hindi Medium’ clinched the top honours. While Sridevi was posthumously given the Best Actress award for her role of a mother in ‘Mom’, Irrfan was given the Best Actor trophy for his comical performance […]

The demand for justice for late Toko Yame, a young lad from Arunachal Pradesh who was brutally murdered in September last year in Tawang, seems to be growing louder. A rally has been organised by members of the All East Kameng District Students’ Union (AEKDSU) and several others today, to put forward their demand for […]

After Bhaichung Bhutia’s ‘Humro Sikkim’, a new regional political party called ‘Sikkim United Front’ was officially launched in the state’s Ranipool town today. Former Minister of the state, Sonam Tshering Bhutia, hoisted the party flag for the first time today. The party has been founded by a group of young residents of the state. Sikkim […]

With marginal improvement in the Barak valley flood scene, the scenario in the Brahmaputra valley continues to be grim. Over 50 villages in Dhemaji district continue to reel under severe floods due to the rising water levels of Jiyadhal and Kumatiya rivers. Scores of people have been affected and forced to leave their homes to […]

Harry Kane struck a hat-trick as England’s young and free-flowing team banished the ghost of past failures with a record 6-1 thrashing of feeble Panama on Sunday that eased them into the last 16. England’s biggest ever World Cup win, featuring two penalties by Kane then a fortuitous deflection off his heel, also guaranteed Belgium’s […]

Clashes between the ruling BJP and the Indigenous People Front of Tripura (IPFT) continues in the state. In a recent incident that occurred on Sunday, a group of IPFT workers were attacked by a group of miscreants allegedly led by BJP activist Arup Deb while they were on their way to the Kailashahar police station […]

A self-styled Corporal of the banned Khaplang faction of the NSCN was arrested by the 23 Punjab Regiment on Sunday from Koliajan village under Bordumsa police station in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The arrested has been identified as Laichat Wangpan. Sources state that the arrested is a resident of Pumao basti in Longding district of Arunachal […]

A series of moral policing incidents have started to raise many eyebrows on the law and order scenario in the state. The latest incident has been reported from Kathiatoli in Assam’s Nagaon district where a couple was physically assaulted by a moral policing group. The incident happened on Saturday evening at Jumormur village when a […]

In a major development into the horrific Karbi Anglong mob lynching incident, the police have arrested five more persons in connection with the case. Those arrested have been identified as Babu Singh Kro, Ratneswar Terang, Phukan Lekhte, Perez Timung and Peter Ingti. This takes the total number of arrested persons in the case to 41. […]

The United Nations Human Rights Council letter questioning the NRC process has come under further criticism. In fact opposing the view of the UNHRC, pro-talk ULFA leader and member of Khilonjia Suraksha Mancha or the Forum on Indigenous Rights Anup Chetia said a team of the Mancha is in Geneva and will raise the issue […]