Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek’s son driving a Mercedes knocked down a bike resulting in instant death of a rider who was an armed branch constable of the State Police. The deceased, 38-year-old Probin D. Sangma, an armed branch constable of the Shillong jail, was declared brought dead to the Shillong Civil Hospital. The pillion […]

The Centre has for the first time disclosed that the NSCN-IM has dropped its original demand for sovereignty, and that, this, and other major issues, have been recorded in the 2015 Framework Agreement between the rebel group and the Union Government. Both the Centre and the NSCN-IM have been silent on the content of the […]

While great strides have been made in the field of medical technology, India still carries the burden of most diseases. As observed across the world, state level World Health Day was observed today in Sikkim with a vision to eliminate tuberculosis by 2022. The international theme for the celebration was Universal Health Coverage. Sikkim Chief […]

Arunachal Pradesh gets its first ever Community Radio, ‘Radio City ‘90.8 FM at Rakap Colony in Naharlagun. Public Health Engineering and Water Supply Minister Bamang Felix, while inaugurating the Community Radio appreciated the Radio city Chairman Tolum Takar and his team for the endeavour. He said that through the medium of Community Radio, people especially […]

India picked up yet another medal in weightlifting at the ongoing Gold Coast Commonwealth games with Ragala Venkat Rahul handing India their fourth gold medal by lifting a total weight of 338kg in the men’s 85kg weightlifting event. This is India’s sixth medal in weightlifting alone which is also India’s overall tally in the event […]

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who spent the last two nights in Jodhpur Central Jail over the Blackbuck poaching case walked out of jail today. Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi ordered his release on bail around 3 pm. The actor has been told to file a personal bail bond for Rs. 50,000 and produce a Rs. 25,000 […]

Alobo Naga, a young music icon who hails from Nagaland made the region proud again by winning three ‘Artist Aloud Music Awards’ out of four nominations, at the Sixth edition of Artist Aloud Music Awards, held at Dublin Square, Mumbai this week. Alobo won the Best Song award for his song Chasing Ghosts along with […]

Three suspected citizens have been arrested by the Kamalpur police for forging documents produced regarding inclusion of names in the National Register of Citizens. The arrest was made on the basis of a case registered with the Hojai police in Nagaon district. The trio identified as Subhash Das, Hemanta Das and Raju Das had forged […]

A poacher has been gunned down by Assam police personnel at the Burapahar Range of the Kaziranga National Park near National Highway-37 in Assam. Jakhalabandha Police carried out a late night operation and gunned down the poacher. One AK-56 rifle and a few rounds of ammunition was recovered from the spot. Meanwhile, the killed poacher […]

In a massive loss for the Northeast, veteran filmmaker Munin Barua or rather Assam’s ‘Bhaimon da’ as he was fondly called, dies aged 71. Munin Barua breathed his last during the wee hours at around 1:55 am today. Munin Barua was suffering from Cancer and was in his last stage. Munin Barua was born on […]