Man gets 10 year jail term for raping minor girl in Assam

Nagaon, Mar 22 (PTI) A person accused of raping a six-year old minor girl was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by a special...

Drugs worth Rs 3 cr seized, one arrested in Assam

Diphu (Assam), 14 Feb: Morphine worth over Rs 3 crore was seized and one person arrested in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, police said on...

Heroin worth Rs 1.75 crore recovered in Mizoram, 3 held

Aizawl, Feb 11 (PTI) Personnel of the Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police have seized heroin worth around Rs 1.75 crore in two separate operations...

Shah, Nadda, Sonowal, Rijiju pay tributes to Bhupen Hazarika his birth anniversary

NEW DELHI, 8 Sep: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and other leaders on Thursday paid tributes to singer Bhupen Hazarika...

Reined in by COVID, Puja vibes grip Guwahati

Guwahati, Oct 11 (PTI) With the festival spirit reined in to an extent by COVID protocols, Assam's largest city Guwahati has got into the...

Assam govt transfers 17 bureaucrats

Guwahati, Jul 12 (PTI) The Assam government on Tuesday transferred 17 senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and state civil service officers. As per an order...

Congress demands MHRC inquiry into death of militant in encounter

Shillong, Aug 14 (PTI) The opposition Congress has demanded an inquiry by the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) to ascertain the facts behind the...

Assam Police submits final chargesheet against suspended DIG

Guwahati, Jan 24 (PTI) The Assam Police on Monday submitted the final supplementary chargesheet in a disproportionate assets case against suspended Deputy Inspector General...

Country’s longest train to run bi-weekly: Vivek Express, country’s longest train, to operate twice...

Guwahati, 19 Nov: The services of the country's longest train, Vivek Express, that connects Assam with the southernmost tip of Tamil Nadu will be...

Amazon ropes in over 9,000 sellers from NE

Guwahati, Sep 21 (PTI) E-commerce giant Amazon India has said that more than 9,000 sellers from the Northeast have registered with the company and...

Reliance Foundation & MFA come together for promotion of grassroots football in Mizoram

Aizawl, Nov 1 (PTI) In an effort to promote grassroots football in Mizoram, Reliance Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Reliance Industries...

African Swine Flu: Mizoram seeks Central assistance to compensate pig farmers

Aizawl, July 26 (PTI) The Mizoram government has sought assistance from the Centre to compensate pig farmers, whose pigs have been killed during the...

Manipur MLAs seek ‘complete disarmament’, NRC; torch rally held

IMPHAL, 10 Aug: Forty MLAs of violence-hit Manipur have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that the state requires complete disarmament to foster...

Ammunition recovered near Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya

Shillong, Mar 24 (PTI) A huge cache of ammunition was recovered close to the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya's South West Khasi Hills district, a...

RailTel launches AI-based attendance for 48,000 govt schools in Assam

Guwahati, Aug 25 (PTI) State-owned RailTel Corporation of India Ltd on Wednesday said it has implemented an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based attendance system for 48,000...

Citizenship big issue in Barak Valley, CAA key to resolving it: BJP’s Parimal Suklabaidya

Silchar (Assam), Apr 23 (PTI) Citizenship has been a major issue in the two Lok Sabha constituencies of Barak Valley, and the CAA will...

Assam CM unveils projects worth Rs 85 crore in Golaghat

Guwahati, 7 Aug: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unveiled different development projects worth Rs 85 crore in Golaghat district of the...

Sonowal visits Jorhat bazaar, says govt to rehabilitate traders

Guwahati, 18 Feb: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the historic 'Chowk Bazaar' in Jorhat district where a massive fire gutted over 300...

College teacher in Meghalaya completes 40,000 kms on bicycle trips in 6 years

Shillong, Jan 23 (PTI) This 40 year-old man from a remote Mawnai village in Meghalaya's Eastern West Khasi Hills district has scripted a history...

Newly elected MLAs to take oath in Meghalaya Assembly on Monday

Shillong, Mar 5 (PTI) A special session of the Meghalaya Assembly has been convened for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected MLAs and...