Nearly five years after being arrested, Asaram Bapu, a self-styled godman with a following in lakhs, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Jodhpur court for raping a 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to his ashram in Jodhpur. Two others were also convicted in the case. Asaram was convicted, under 15 different sections of […]

Director and Producer of Village Rockstars Rima Das received a rousing felicitation in Guwahati on Tuesday. Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal felicitated Rima Das during a programme held at the Kalakshetra for her feat. Village Rockstars became the first Assamese film to win the Golden Lotus award or the Swarna Kamal award in 30 years. […]

The 2nd Edition of State level Shirui Lily festival kick-started on Tuesday at Shirui village ground, 95 km East of state capital Imphal. The festival aims to popularize Shirui Lily blooming in the hilltop of Shirui village under the Ukhrul district and to promote it as the village a tourist destination to boost the tourism […]

Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia who recently quit the Trinamool Congress is all set to float a new political party. The star footballer who is a TMC leader is all set to launch his party from the national capital tomorrow and earlier today he confirmed the launch to Northeast Live. However, the name of […]

A class ten student was injured after he was brutally assaulted allegedly by a teacher of the Jawahar navodaya vidyalaya at Kharenguri in the northern district of Tripura. It is being alleged that the student was assaulted at the hostel after he went to extend birthday greetings to one of the boarders in the hostel […]

What started as a step towards sticking to the fundamentals of healthy life in Meghalaya has now turned into a movement backed by legislation and involving all stakeholders to holistically work for a better, healthier and cleaner Meghalaya. Earning international accolades for cleanliness, Meghalaya which is house to the Asia’s cleanest village Mawlynnong is putting […]

Tension still grips Diphu town in Karbi Anglong district of Assam following a violent clash between the police and irate public. Situation went out of hand after a furious mob went on a rampage as they gheraoed the local police station demanding that the person who was arrested for alleged rape and murder should be […]

The Meghalaya Police has stepped up its fight against drug menace. East Khasi Hills SP, Davis Marak said, for the fight against menace of drug abuse to yield effective results, the source or kingpins have to be identified and the state police has in the last six months managed to arrest three key players. Expressing […]

A leopard has been captured by the forest department in Sibsagar district of Assam. The leopard was trapped with assistance from local people at Demow Athbari area where it had been terrorising the locals for sometime now. On the other hand, people in Dibrugarh’s Dhemesi village continue to face menace from three leopards that have […]

Hasanul Haq Inu, Minister for Information of Bangladesh has welcomed the decision of Indian Government for reducing restrictions in places which require special permits for tourists to visit Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti or Kinnaur Valley. He also said that it is a good development for the two countries and it will […]