In a tragic incident, one electrician died on spot after being electrocuted while installing new electric poles near Bordiuria Village in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh yesterday. Significantly, another three casual workers under electrical department of Khonsa Division also received severe injuries in the incident who were later shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital […]

Swashbuckling batsman Virat Kohli has etched another record to his name. He is now the first batsman to go past the 500 run mark in an IPL season for the fifth time. The Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper achieved the feat after his stunning innings against Kings XI Punjab. Kohli first struck more than 500 runs […]

Sikkim is celebrating its 43rd official statehood day today. Though the state became the 22nd Indian State on 26 April 1975, it was on 16th May, 1975 that Sikkim officially merged with the Indian union and became the 22nd state of the country. Commemorating the same, a mega state level function is held in Gangtok […]

The Indigenous People’s Font of Tripura is staging an indefinite road blockade in different parts of the state with their strong demand of appointing their representative as the new Chairman of the Block Advisory Committee. The present alliance between the BJP and the IPFT seems to be on shaky grounds over the latest developments. Things […]

Continuing with its drive against illegal migrants, the police in Kanubari of Arunachal Pradesh arrested 14 persons who are suspected to be Bangladeshis. The search headed by the officer–in–charge of Kanubari Police Station arrested the 14 illegal migrants from various work sites. The police said that the illegal migrants were arrested after they failed to […]

The raging protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has reached Assam’s premier Dibrugarh University, with student leaders taking an unprecedented decision of banning the entry of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his ministerial colleagues into the campus until they come up with a clear stand against the proposed bill. The students at the university, Sonowal’s […]

Traders in Dimapur have been pushed to the edge by the alleged rampant collection of illegal funds by several underground groups who are charging a number of taxes from the business community. In fact, the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said it is totally aghast with the uncontrolled tax collection. The DCCI appealed […]

It has been a day of absolute political thriller in Karnataka, where the BJP despite emerging as the single largest party and missing the majority mark by a whisker is struggling to claim stake for government formation. In fact just as the Karnataka election results showed the BJP had taken a big lead, the Congress reached […]

At a time when the entire State of Assam is up and going all out against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill, two important organizations of the State – The All Assam Students’ Association and the All Assam Karmachari Parishad on Tuesday came together and has joined hands to oppose the proposed Bill. In an all […]

The Assam Congress is not divided over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill issue. This was informed by state Congress president Ripun Bora who was in Delhi with a state party leaders’ delegation to attend a party high command meet to deliberate on the issue. Following a meeting with Congress general secretary CP Joshi, Assam party president […]