NEDA convenor and Assam Finance, Health, Education and Tourism Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s rises in the national political arena. The firebrand Minister, credited to have installed BJP-led governments in six northeastern States, has been ranked 10th most powerful among Indian politicians according to a report by ‘India Today’. In a survey on the most powerful […]

The Centre has declared Northeast to be a far safer place than before and has disclosed the lifting AFSPA from the entire state of Meghalaya besides parts of Arunachal Pradesh. The government has also announced that armed forces special power act has been withdrawn from Meghalaya while in Arunachal Pradesh the jurisdiction of the act […]

Demanding immediate regularization of services, hundreds of SPOs have once again threatened to jump from the Saraighat bridge and commit suicide. It may be mentioned that the SPOs have been forced to take this decision as the authorities concerned have not been taking any decision to regularize their services since long. In the meantime, a […]

The Army today launched a massive operation against the NDFB in the jungles of Chirang. Acting on a tip off that a 40 member group of the insurgent outfit under the leadership of NDFB area commander and sharp shooter Batha had entered the area, the Army launched the operation in which helicopters and a contingent […]

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected the notice given by the opposition parties led by Congress for impeachment of Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra citing lack of substantial merit in it. Naidu held extensive consultations with top legal and constitutional experts before taking the decision. The rejection of the notice […]

Coming off in the same process, the Assam state government sought to preserve the house of eminent writer Lakhminath Bezbaruah’s residence in Odisha last year, a similiar process will be undertaken to preserve noted singer Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’s house in Kolkata. This was stated by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a public Bihu function in […]

Three north-eastern states – Assam, Manipur and Tripura received awards in three different categories from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Civil Services Day bringing laurels to the region. While Assam’s Dhemaji district was awarded for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana under Northeast & Hill States category, Tripura’s West district was awarded […]

Grammy nominated pop rock band One Republic enthralled crowd at NSCI Dome SVP Stadium in Mumbai. This was the first ever tour of American band in India. The band is famous for songs such as ‘Counting Stars’, ‘Apologize’ and ‘If I Lose Myself’. Hundreds of fans attended the concert to dance to the tunes of […]

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is on a four-day visit to China announced that China has confirmed that it will resume sharing of hydrological data of the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers. The External Affairs Minister further added that the two countries had agreed to work together on issues like terrorism, climate change, sustainable […]

A Mumbai Court on Saturday cancelled the bailable warrant against Bollywood actor Salman Khan in connection with 2002 hit and run case. The bailable warrant was cancelled after Salman’s bodyguard Shera stood as his surety. Last week, the court issued a bailable warrant against Salman as he did not complete the procedure of providing surety […]