From ancient history to health and now beauty and the world of glamour—Tripura’s 46-year-old chief minister Biplab Deb seems to have a view on everything. He is also fast emerging as the political leader from the Northeast to rake up controversies at the drop of a hat. Deb’s latest target is 1997 Miss World Diana […]

The electorate of Meghalaya’s Williamnagar assembly constituency exercised their franchise today. Over 73 per cent voting was reported till 4 pm from the constituency as people came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. The polling was by and large peaceful in the constituency with no incidents violence reported from any of the booths […]

Meghalaya Home Minister James Sangma has expressed concern over the growing number of arson cases in the state capital Shillong. Sangma, however, asserted that his government will deal with the cases effectively. He further said that the government is stepping up patrolling to ensure that such kind of incidents comes down. Asked if these where […]

Tezpur University Professor has been awarded with the prestigious Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in recognition of his contribution to the field of Chemistry. Professor Niranjan Karak has been consistently working to develop advanced polymers, nano materials and their nano composites at Tezpur University’s department of Chemical Sciences.

Mary Kom Director Omung Kumar is all set to collaborate with producer Sandeep Singh on yet another sports drama called “Yubi Lakpi”. The duo earlier worked together on Priyanka Chopra-starrer “Mary Kom” and “Sarbjit. The new project will be once again set in the north-east and focuses on Yubi Lakpi which is a local Manipuri […]

Bollywood Actress Priyanka chopra, who is busy promoting Quantico season 3 in New York City, is all set to come to Assam. Priyanka Chopra, who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Assam Tourism, will visit Assam on Saturday for a three-day shoot. As per reports, she will be spending three days in Jorhat […]

Days after the Army intensified its operations against the outlawed NDFB(Songbijit), four terrorists of the terror group were arrested by the police at Salbari in Baksa district. The four militants have been identified as Arenga Khampha Boro, Dipak Basumatary, Lohit Goyary and Bikram Brahma. Three hand grenades, one pistol, seven rounds of live ammunition and […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, on Thursday, during his inaugural speech at the 15th Finance Commission informed that there has been 15-20% drop in collection month-on-month basis. “The experience of GST till now has not been encouraging. There is an estimated 15-20 per cent loss when collections are compared with expected revenue on month to […]

In a bid to check accidental deaths of animals near Kaziranga National Park, the Assam government informed the National Green Tribunal that a budgetary allocation of Rs 11 crore has been cleared by the assembly to install sensor-operated automated traffic barriers. The state government informed also said that the amount would be released immediately. The […]

Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami along with his wife were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a goods carrying vehicle. The accident took place at Dadhora in Dergaon of Jorhat district. The Speaker was returning to Guwahati from his hometown.