GUWAHATI The Trinamool Congress (TMC), Meghalaya’s largest Opposition party, has decided not to contest the elections to two influential tribal councils in the State. The elections to the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council and the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council are scheduled for February 21. Senior TMC leader and former Chief Minister, Mukul M. Sangma […]
GUWAHATI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three persons in a 10-year-old Tripura chit fund scam case. The three accused — Minnatullah Barbhuiya, Kamrul Islam Barbhuiya, and Imdadullah Barbhuiya — were arrested from Telangana’s Hyderabad, central Assam’s Hojai, and Tamil Nadu’s Vellore. All are from southern Assam’s Hailakandi district. A statement issued by […]
An apex Christian body in Arunachal Pradesh has planned a series of protests against the Pema Khandu-led Bharatiya Janata Party government’s move to implement a 46-year-old anti-conversion law. The Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) said its members would go on a week-long fast from February 10 followed by a mass prayer calling for the repeal of […]
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Thursday (February 6, 2025) said that he along with his Cabinet colleagues would take a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam in Uttar Pradesh during the ongoing Maha Kumbh and pray for peace and prosperity for the people of the northeastern State. He also urged all to join […]
Manipur Police arrested four militants belonging to three proscribed outfits from Imphal East, Imphal West and Bishnupur districts, an officer said on Wednesday (February 5, 2025). On Tuesday, two active members of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples War Group) were arrested from the Mahabali area in Imphal East district, police said on Wednesday (February […]
The Congress on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) opposed the Centre’s reported nod to building a dam for the Teesta III hydel project in place of the dam washed away in 2023’s glacial lake flood, claiming it was a “thoughtless clearance” as the threat of disaster continued to persist at the dam site. Congress general secretary […]
A new study has revealed that a section of the eastern Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh lost 110 glaciers in 32 years. The study by a quartet of researchers also found that these glaciers covering an area of 309.85 sq. km disappeared at a retreat rate of 16.94 sq. km during the study period from 1988 […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea to relieve Datla Sreenivasa Varma as the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate Manipur’s extra-judicial killings. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan was hearing an application by the […]
The Manipur unit of the Congress alleged on Monday (February 3, 2025) that Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh had threatened MLAs and told them not to move a no-trust motion against his government in the upcoming session of the 60-member State Assembly. A Congress delegation led by former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh met Governor […]
Security forces seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Manipur’s Bishnupur and Tengnoupal districts during search operations, police said on Tuesday (February 4, 2025). During a search operation at Phougakchao Mamang Leikai area near the banks of Khuga river in Bishnupur district on Monday (February 3, 2025) security forces seized one AK-47 rifle […]
