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Guwahati: A 15-member delegation from the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Sunday to demand the speedy and complete implementation of the Bodo Peace Accord. During the meeting, which BTR Chief Executive Member Pramod Boro and senior state officials also attended, the delegation pressed for the full clause-by-clause implementation of the BTR Accord before 2026. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowled ...Read More >
Imphal: A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by a girl at a location of the Loktak Lake under the Moirang Police station in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Sunday afternoon, the police said. The 21-year-old girl, later identified as Loitongbam Pinky, a resident of Konjeng Leikai, and daughter of the late L Nilamani Meitei, has reportedly stabbed to death Thiyam Meiteisalai, 23, a resident of Palace compound in Imphal East district. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz ...Read More >
Guwahati: Security forces in Manipur have intensified their investigation into a transnational arms trafficking network after arresting a senior leader of the Valley-based insurgent group Pambei-led United National Liberation Front (UNLF-P). The crackdown revealed a broader operation allegedly smuggling weapons from Myanmar into India through forged documents and registered gun houses. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The case surfaced in late Ju ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Police on Saturday deported 18 Bangladeshi nationals who were staying illegally in the Cachar and Sribhumi districts without valid documentation. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the operation through a social media post, where he referred to the deportation as a "special gesture of pushback." Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He emphasized the state government's commitment to intensifying its campaign against undocumen ...Read More >
Dibrugarh: A baby elephant that had fallen into a muddy pit and remained trapped for nearly two days was rescued by the Deomali Forest Division in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district. The rescue operation, which lasted about two hours, was significantly supported by local villagers who joined hands with the Forest Department. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Thanks to their combined efforts, the baby elephant was successfully pulled out of the pit ...Read More >
Imphal: Manipur Police commandos arrested a suspected member of the banned People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive) during an anti-insurgency operation in central Imphal on Saturday, officials stated on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, commandos from the Imphal West district police, with support from central forces, carried out a cordon and search operation in the Nagamapal area under the Imphal police station. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your kn ...Read More >
Imphal: The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body representing the Kuki-Zo tribal communities, has directed all Kuki-Zo legislators not to participate in forming a new government in Manipur. This decision follows a unanimous resolution passed at a meeting on July 4. The directive was issued amid efforts by BJP legislators and their allied parties to form a new government with backing from the central leadership. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! ...Read More >
Agartala: Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport in Agartala has achieved the top spot among airports in the North Eastern Region in the Round 1 Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) 2025. The airport scored a remarkable 4.77 out of 5, securing 15th rank among 62 airports across India. This was announced during the Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting held on Saturday, steered by Biplab Kumar Deb, MP from West Tripura Parliamentary Constituency. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz a ...Read More >
Guwahati: Four personnel from the Assam Police have won a total of eight medals five gold and three silver at the ongoing World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) 2025 in Birmingham, USA. All medals were won in the wrist wrestling category. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Kandarapa Borah secured two gold medals in both the right-hand and left-hand events. Amlanjit Borthakur won gold in the right-hand and silver in the left-hand category. Junmoni Das ...Read More >
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam has worsened, with two rivers -- Dhansiri in Golaghat district and Dikhow in Sivasagar district -- rising above the danger level, according to the Central Water Commission's (CWC) daily flood bulletin issued on Friday. These are currently the only two locations in the country classified under the 'severe flood' category. While the classification indicates that water levels have crossed the danger mark, they remain below the all-time highest flood levels r ...Read More >
Shillong: Vendors and rights activists have expressed concern over the limited business hours set by the Meghalaya High Court for hawkers operating in Shillong's Police Bazar. The court had allowed vending on a limited number of days and during specific hours -- from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm and from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm -- based on an undertaking submitted by the Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA). The arrangement is intended to avoid disrupti ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Friday that officials erected the first boundary pillar along a previously disputed section of the Assam-Meghalaya border. This marks a major step toward resolving the decades-old border dispute between the two states. Sarma described the boundary pillars as "pillars of clarity and peace" that will bring clear governance to areas once mired in ambiguity and conflict. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off ...Read More >
Imphal: Manipur Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Singh announced on Friday that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) sheltering in various relief camps set up by the government and voluntary organisations across the state have begun returning to their homes in a phased manner. Addressing the media in Imphal, PK Singh said the central and state leadership held extensive discussions and decided to initiate the safe return of the displaced. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show ...Read More >
Guwahati: CUET UG 2025 results declared: The National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the results for the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2025 on July 4, allowing more than 13.5 lakh candidates to check their scores at cuet.nta.nic.in. Candidates appeared for the exam between May 13 and June 4 to seek admission into undergraduate programs offered by central universities and other participating institutions. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off y ...Read More >
Imphal: Security forces recovered a total of 203 weapons during a major coordinated search operation across Manipur's hill districts, conducted between the night of July 3 and the morning of July 4, 2025. Security forces launched the operation based on specific intelligence inputs and targeted suspected hideouts believed to conceal a large cache of arms, ammunition, and warlike materials. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! According to a statement ...Read More >
Guwahati: A police officer in Assam's Sonitpur district has been suspended following allegations of mishandling the investigation into the assault of two journalists. The incident, which occurred on June 29 in the Dhekiajuli area, involved reporters Bimaljyoti Nath and Bipul Phoyel from the Guwahati-based news channel ND24. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The duo was attacked and seriously injured by unidentified miscreants while returning from ...Read More >
Shillong: The Meghalaya High Court has appointed senior advocate Subhasis Chakrawarty as a Special Officer to supervise the ongoing eviction of street vendors in Shillong's Khyndailad area, commonly known as Police Bazar. The move comes amid concerns raised by the Shillong Roadside Hawkers Association, which alleged that vendors were being evicted without being provided alternative vending spaces. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The appointment ...Read More >
Guwahati: The family of Sonam Raghuvanshi, one of the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, has decided not to appoint any legal counsel for her until they are able to speak with her directly. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Sonam's brother Govind Raghuvanshi said he has been receiving multiple calls from lawyers offering to take up her case. "I've been getting calls from 10 to 15 lawyers, offering to handle everything. But I ...Read More >
Agartala: Tipra Motha Party (TMP) founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman has dismissed claims that his party intentionally boycotted the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed minister Kishore Barman in Tripura. In a statement issued Thursday, Debbarman termed the allegations as baseless and clarified that the absence of TMP leaders was due to prior religious commitments related to Kharchi Puja. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He stated that most TM ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has ordered legal action against Assam's Special Chief Secretary, M K Yadava, for serious breaches of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The case involves the unauthorised diversion of reserved forest land for the construction of Commando Battalion Camps in Assam -- projects initiated without mandatory prior approval from the Central Government. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Ya ...Read More >
Guwahati: A new tree species belonging to the Garcinia genus has been discovered in Assam, adding to the region's botanical richness. The newly identified species, Garcinia kusumae, has been named in honour of Kusum Devi, the late mother of Jatindra Sarma, a noted botanist and Chairman of Assam's State Expert Appraisal Committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The discovery has been d ...Read More >
Guwahati: Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, may have married her alleged boyfriend Raj Kushwaha while on the run, the victim's elder brother has claimed. Raja and Sonam were reported missing on May 23 while travelling in Meghalaya. On June 2, Raja's body was recovered from a deep gorge near a waterfall in Sohra (Cherrapunji) in East Khasi Hills district. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and ...Read More >
Guwahati: A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Assam for the murder of a 72-year-old woman in Guwahati's Kharghuli area, less than 24 hours after the incident was reported. The accused, Ratul Das, had been working as a caretaker for the victim, Bandana Das, for nearly a year. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Police said he allegedly climbed the boundary wall of the residence around midnight on July 1 and killed her while she was asleep in her l ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has announced a statewide protest on July 4, alleging massive irregularities in the procurement and distribution of Gir cows under the Garukhuti Multipurpose Agricultural Project in Assam. CPI(M) state secretary Suprakash Talukdar addressed the media at the party's state office on Wednesday and accused the Assam government of financial misconduct. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He demanded a time ...Read More >
Guwahati: Meghalaya honeymoon murder: A local court in Meghalaya's Shillong on Wednesday sent property dealer Silome James to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi. Assistant Public Prosecutor Tushar Chanda informed that the court also remanded two other accused, Lokendra Singh Tomar and Balbir Ahirwar, to seven days of judicial custody. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The Special ...Read More >
Imphal: In a significant move aimed at ensuring accurate Aadhaar data for children and adolescents, the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Imphal West District in Manipur has issued a notification mandating the update of Aadhaar biometrics upon attaining 5 and 15 years of age. The order, signed by Mayanglambam Rajkumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Imphal West, underscores the urgency of completing biometric updates to avoid duplication, enable APAAR generation, and streamline access to educa ...Read More >
Dimapur: Taking personal initiative, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has directed the state transport department to secure the release of 18.8 acres of Dimapur airport land, currently occupied by Assam Rifles, for the Phase I expansion of the airport. Reports said the lack of approval for the transfer of this 18.8-acre land remains the sole obstacle delaying the start of Phase I expansion work. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Rio has request ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has alleged large-scale irregularities and corruption in the Gorukhuti Agricultural Project. Senior Congress leader Ram Prasad Sharma claimed a clear mismatch between the statements of project chairman Padma Hazarika and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, demanding a CBI inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Sharma said the government launched the p ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Meghalaya government has designated three key locations to relocate over 400 eligible street vendors. Officials also confirmed that each vendor will receive a relocation allowance of Rs 20,000. A senior official from the Urban Affairs Department stated that the government selected the MUDA parking lot (both inside and outside the complex) and the municipal parking lot opposite the SBI Main Branch as designated relocation sites within the central areas of the city. Ready for a cha ...Read More >
Aizawl: The Mizoram Merchant Association (MIMA), the apex body representing local traders in the state, has urged Home Minister K Sapdanga to strictly implement the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system amid concerns over a possible influx of outsiders following the impending inauguration of the Bairabi-Sairang railway line. During a meeting held in Aizawl on Tuesday, MIMA leaders expressed apprehension that the new railway link, which will connect Mizoram to the national rail network for the first ti ...Read More >
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