Northeast

Assam Guv invites Himanta to form govt

Guwahati, May 10: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday invited Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma to form the next government in the state, according to a statement. Leaders of...

Himanta Biswa Sarma elected NDA leader, set to return as CM

Guwahati, May 10: Himanta Biswa Sarma was elected as the leader of the BJP-led NDA in the Assam...

Cong has become ‘Muslim League-type party’ in Assam: Badruddin Ajmal

Guwahati, May 7: AIUDF President Badruddin Ajmal on Thursday said Congress has become a "Muslim League-type party" as...

5 Mizo women rescued from sex trafficking racket in Uttarakhand, six arrested: Police

Aizawl, May 7: Mizoram police and officials of the state Women and Child Development department, in coordination with...

NDA secures two-thirds majority in Assam, wins 101 seats in 126-member assembly

Guwahati, May 4: The ruling NDA is set to form the government in Assam for the third time...
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Leopard skins and bones seized in Nagaon, one wildlife trafficker nabbed

Guwahati, June 18: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized two leopard skins and 20 leopard bones weighing 2.58 kilograms during an anti-wildlife...

CBI busts ₹45 lakh medical billing scam in ONGC; 8 arrested including senior officials and medical shop owners

Guwahati, June 18: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against 10 individuals, including two ONGC officials and eight private medical...

ONGC gas blowout enters 7th day: One dead, villagers suffer as containment efforts drag on

Guwahati, June 18: The gas blowout at ONGC’s RDS#147A rig in Bhotiapar, Sivasagar district, entered its seventh day on Wednesday with no significant change...

Manipur: Kuki women stage rally to protest ‘arbitrary arrest’ of persons from their community

Churachandpur/Imphal, Jun 18: Thousands of women from the Kuki Zo community on Wednesday staged a rally in Manipur's Churachandpur to protest the "arbitrary arrest"...

Key Assam bridge reopened last month after nearly 2 years of repair collapses

Silchar, Jun 18: A newly-repaired bridge in Assam's Cachar district collapsed on Wednesday with two overloaded trucks plunging into the Harang river, injuring...

3 militants arrested in Manipur

Imphal, Jun 18: Three militants were arrested from various parts of Manipur on charges of extortion, police said on Wednesday. Two members of the Kangleipak...

Missing specially-abled man’s body found in Manipur, Arambai Tenggol members among 9 arrested

Imphal, Jun 18: A physically challenged man, missing for nearly a week, was found dead in Manipur's Imphal West district on Tuesday morning, triggering...

Bhatiapar gas leak displaces 350, triggers outrage over ONGC safety lapses

Guwahati, June 17: Six days after a gas blowout at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) crude oil well in Assam’s Sivasagar district, operations...

Mizoram Guv stresses on urgent need for strategies for urban decongestion

Aizawl, Jun 17: Mizoram Governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) on Tuesday stressed the urgent need for innovative strategies to combat urban congestion. Singh held...

Adani’s Umrangso mega cement plant sparks uproar: NCST hauls up Dima Hasao DC over tribal land grab allegations

Guwahati, June 17: In a serious escalation of the controversy surrounding the Adani Group’s proposed cement mega-project in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, the National...

Red alert issued for Assam, Meghalaya as extreme heavy rain expected over next two days

Guwahati, Jun 17: With the prediction of extreme heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms and lightning in Assam and Meghalaya over the next two days,...

Assam–Arunachal border talks gain momentum: 5th Regional Committee meeting settles key disputes, joint field survey ahead

Guwahati, June 17: In a decisive move towards ending the decades-old inter-state border dispute, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh held their 5th Regional Committee meeting...
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