In a major breakthrough, Nagaon Police arrested Zakir Hussain, the prime accused in the horrifying rape and murder of a minor in Assam’s Nagaon district that shook the entire region.   Hussain was arrested from Laogaon in Batatdraba of Assam’s Nagaon district. The accused was arrested after police interrogated one Shahjahan Ali of Moirabari. In what […]

The annual Myoko Festival in Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh nears conclusion, celebrations are seen with traditional fervor. The 10-days-long festival is celebrated on a rotational basis by three different tribes namely Diibo-Hija, Hari-Bulla and Hong of the Apatani tribe of the state. The most important member of their community known as Shaman donned in traditional clothes […]

Australian skipper Steve Smith and batsman Cameron Bancroft admitted to charges of ball-tampering after the latter was found trying to change the condition of the ball by using a foreign object. The tampering was done during the third day of the third Test match at Newlands against South Africa on Saturday. According to the footage, […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance NDA is set to improve its tally in the Rajya Sabha, winning 28 of the 59 seats that went to polls this year. The Rajya Sabha election results declared on Friday showed that the BJP won 9 of the 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, and one each […]

Chief minister N. Biren Singh has made a fervent appeal to the government employees to end cease work and resume normal duty from Monday onwards. He further added that if the appeal is not reciprocated, then prior order has been given to principal secretaries and deputy commissioners to engage workers on contractual basis. It may […]

The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, the main opposition party in Sikkim organised a rally under the theme March for Justice in Gangtok today. A large number of party workers took part in the rally. The mega rally was organized to protest against reappointment and extension in government jobs. The SKM also demanded employment for local youths in […]

BJP national president Amit Shah arrived in Guwahati today and addressed a massive rally at the Assam Veterinary Science College playground at Khanapara in Guwahati. Taking a direct jibe at the Congress, Shah said that the north east is lagging behind in the race of development because of the Congress. Expressing confidence that the party […]

The unusual happened in the Tripura State Assembly on Friday. During the state’s assembly session, the national anthem was played for the first time. Tripura, which had been a left bastion for 25 long years, had never witnessed such a practice in the past. However, this gesture in the newly elected governments assembly session only […]

At least 19 houses were reduced to ashes after a devastating fire broke out at the densely populated area of Zhimo Colony in Dimapur, Nagaland on Friday night. It has been suspected that the fire broke due to bursting of an electric rice cooker. The residents had a close escape as the spot where the […]

In a spine chilling incident, a differently-abled minor was raped and set ablaze by three culprits shaming the entire human race. Inhumanity reached its peak after the miscreants raped the minor who was a fifth standard student and subsequently set her ablaze. Narrating her horrific ordeal the victim breathed her last at the Gauhati Medical […]