Bogibeel Bridge, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge on the Brahmaputra River connecting Dibrugarh to Dehamji is expected to be operational by this October. The railways said that the 4.94 km long bridge that had already missed several deadlines had targeted to finalise the work of the bridge including civil, electrical and signaling by July 2018. Indian […]

The Meghalaya Board of School Education has declared results of its Class 12 board exam for Science, Commerce and Vocational courses today. The Meghalaya Class 12 board exams were held between 6 March and 29 March this year. A total of 29,840 candidates appeared for the exams. Toppers of all the streams have been announced. […]

Forest department personnel confiscated an elephant and its mahout was detained while the animal was used in an illegal timber operation at Namphai reserve forest in Margherita sub division in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday. Reportedly, the elephant belongs to Khumuk Mossang of Arunachal Pradesh, who happens to be a timber smuggler. It may be […]

After Assam, the Joint Parliamentary Committee is at Shillong in Meghalaya to conduct hearing into the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Sit-in demonstrations greeted members of the JPC headed by BJP Lok Sabha MP Rajendra Agarwal in Shillong. The JPC is scheduled to hold discussions with different stakeholders relating to various provisions of the proposed bill at […]

In a sensational incident an 18-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three unidentified armed miscreants at gunpoint at Mazhi Village in Assam’s Charaideo district. The three accused men, who allegedly claimed to be cadres of the outlawed ULFA-Independent, barged into the house of the victim and reportedly threatened the victim before allegedly raping her in […]

Northeastern state of Sikkim will soon get its strategic airport. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the Pakyong Airport in Sikal city of Sikkim later this month. The formal announcement on the same was made by Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu via a tweet. Reports say that the airport could also be used […]

The Union Home Ministry may soon give the go ahead to increase the number of seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly from the current 32 to 40. This was confirmed to Northeast Live by lone Lok Sabha MP from the state P.D. Rai. He said the Home Ministry has already initiated the process for the […]

Less than 24 hours after the twin blasts outside an Assam Rifles post in Imphal west, a powerful IED blast rocked the Manipur capital killing 2 BSF jawans and injuring at least three others. The blast took place outside the gate of the Koirengei sector headquarters of the BSF at around 2pm. The two jawans, […]

National People’s Party president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma hinted that the NPP will contest from all the seats in the North East in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Conrad was addressing the first of its kind felicitation programme organized by the party to felicitate its ministers and MLAs from Meghalaya, Manipur, and […]

The hearing for the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Barak valley of Assam concluded today. A total of 315 organisations filed their representations before the parliamentary panel. A majority of the organisations filed representations in favour of granting citizenship to religious minorities. Assam has shown clear signs of being divided over the Citizenship Amendment Bill […]