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Khaliko Pul: Will work with Pema Khandu
Pema Khandu, who was elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party on Saturday, staked claim to form the government on the basis of the support of 45 MLAs, including two Independents.
18 Jul 2016 5:05 AM
Arunachal Pradesh’s Pema Khandu takes oath, nation’s youngest CM
Arunachal Pradesh acting governor Tathagata Roy on Sunday swore in Pema Khandu as the state’s ninth chief minister.
18 Jul 2016 1:30 AM
Pema Khandu, the new star of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunchal Pradesh chief minister-designate Pema Khandu will be the youngest chief minister of India among all incumbents.
17 Jul 2016 7:13 AM
Dramatic Congress move stuns BJP in Arunachal Pradesh
In a quick and dramatic turn of events on Saturday, the political drama in Arunachal Pradesh unfolded and concluded in what will be remembered as an exciting thriller by the Congress and a tragicomedy
17 Jul 2016 7:07 AM
Tough floor test for Nabam Tuki today
Though Nabam Tuki counts Wednesday’s Supreme Court verdict reinstating his government in Arunachal Pradesh as a victory, the chief minister appears likely to lose Saturday’s floor test in the state As
16 Jul 2016 4:09 AM
Governor wants floor test tomorrow, Nabam Tuki seeks time
There were worrying ripples of a fresh controversy in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh a day after the Supreme Court reinstated the Congress’ Nabam Tuki as the chief minister while unseating Ka
15 Jul 2016 5:14 AM
Kalikho Pul parades 30 MLAs, says will defeat Nabam Tuki
A day after suffering a major setback, Kalikho Pul, the unseated chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, paraded 30 MLAs before the media and said that he was confident of defeating Nabam Tuki in the flo
15 Jul 2016 4:06 AM
Nabam Tuki’s autocratic decisions led to dissidence in Congress
The problem for the Congress government led by Nabam Tuki had started in December 2015 with the resignation of Pema Khandu, minister of tourism and urban development, who accused Mr Tuki of “miserably
14 Jul 2016 6:07 AM
Amit Shah will launch Northeast alliance in Assam tomorrow
In an obvious attempt to rope in like-minded political parties in their fold, BJP president Amit Shah is going to launch a platform — North East Democratic Alliance — officially here on Thursday.
13 Jul 2016 7:45 AM
Ministers can take bribes, not demand: Bodo chief
In what seems to be a major blow to the BJP’s anti-corruption drive, Bodoland Peoples’ Front chief Hagrama Mohiliary remarked at a public meeting that there was nothing wrong in ministers accepting a
11 Jul 2016 6:36 AM
Ulfa rebels sneak into India, plan attacks on Independence Day
Elusive Ulfa(I) chief, Paresh Baruah, has sent a team of Ulfa rebels from Burma to carry out subversive activities in upper Assam districts in the run up to Independence Day.
09 Jul 2016 1:50 AM
Propaganda in West Bengali worries agencies
In what has been the most worrying development for the security agencies in India, the Islamic State (ISIS) modules are found to have been publishing propaganda materials in Bengali on a large scale i
05 Jul 2016 2:38 AM
Dhaka attack: IS publishes propaganda material in Bengali, alert issued
Ministry of Home Affairs has directed states bordering Bangladesh to take steps to prevent infiltration of extremists.
04 Jul 2016 6:19 PM
Dhaka attack: ISIS modules publishing propaganda material in Bengali
The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed states bordering Bangladesh to take steps to prevent infiltration of extremists.
04 Jul 2016 4:22 PM
NSCN(IM) peace talks still on: RN Ravi
Prime Minister’s envoy for Naga talks, R.N. Ravi, on Thursday called the death of NSCN (I-M) chairman Isak Chisi Swu a “huge loss”, adding that he was a towering personality of Nagaland.
01 Jul 2016 6:54 AM
Naga rebel Isak Chisi Swu, 87, dies
Isak Chisi Swu, chairman of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), or NSCN (I-M), died the way he lived — every inch the fighter.
29 Jun 2016 6:40 AM
Differences in BJP-AGP alliance
Differences have started surfacing in the ruling BJP-AGP alliance with former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta objecting to the decision-making procedure of the Centre without proper consultation
29 Jun 2016 1:11 AM
Majuli to be converted into a district
Bogged down by poor performance of state bureaucracy in past 10-15 years, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, in his first Cabinet meeting, decided to take steps to streamline the functioning of
28 Jun 2016 2:22 AM
‘No Assam politicos can head schools’
In a significant move, Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Sunday announced that no one from any political background, starting from panchayat to Lok Sabha, could be the chairman of t
27 Jun 2016 1:33 AM
6 Assam parties will join BJP platform
At least six regional political parties, including the Mizo National Front and Asom Gana Parishad, have decided to join the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a platform floated by the BJP after i
24 Jun 2016 1:37 AM
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