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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma with Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu during a meeting, in Namsai. (PTI Photo)

Assam-Arunachal to resolve decades old border dispute

Both chief ministers lauded the top leadership for guiding them to achieve this landmark move in resolving the long-pending border dispute

16 Jul 2022 9:49 AM

The incident at Bor Lalung village came to light on Saturday after the police picked up five persons, including three women, for interrogation. The village is about 17 km away from the district headquarters Nagaon. (ANI Image)

Assam man burnt alive after 'trial' by village body

The man was burnt alive after a kangaroo court adjudged him guilty of murdering a woman

11 Jul 2022 7:37 AM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma leaves Parliament House after NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu filed her nomination papers for presidential election, in New Delhi, Friday, June 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Clueless on Maha MLAs: Assam CM

Sarma outrightedly rejected charges of aiding a coup against Maharashtra CM Uddhav by hosting rebel MLAs at a five-star hotel in Guwahati

25 Jun 2022 1:09 AM

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (DC file photo)

Assam CM wants name of Madrasa removed

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered the conversion of 740 government-run madrasas into general educational institutions

23 May 2022 11:37 PM

Batadrava police station set on fire on Saturday (PTI)

Homes razed after mob in Assam sets police station afire

The authorities on Sunday demolished almost all the houses in the village from where the mob came

23 May 2022 7:12 AM

After addressing the public rally in Karbi Anglong the PM was flown to Dibrugarh where he inaugurated a cancer care centre in Assam’s Dibrugarh district. It has been developed by Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), a joint venture of the Assam government and Tata Trusts. — PTI

PM promises to remove AFSPA if NE normalises

We are changing rules. AFSPA is removed from some areas because there is peace, Modi said

29 Apr 2022 1:38 AM

Former Intelligence Bureau special director A.K. Mishra — DC Image

Nagaland Peace Accord: Centre sends envoy to iron out differences among stakeholders

To decide the future course of action, Mr Mishra will try to facilitate talks between the MHA and the Naga rebel groups

20 Apr 2022 12:01 PM

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that there is no instruction from the Centre to make Hindi learning compulsory. (DC)

N-E opposes plans to make Hindi 'must' school subject

Asom Sahitya Sabha, an influential literary body, asked the Union government to concentrate on conserving and promoting indigenous languages

11 Apr 2022 8:25 AM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma(L) and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma (R) sign an agreement to resolve the boundary dispute between their states, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at North Block in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

Assam, Meghalaya sign MoU to resolve 50-yr-old border dispute

Chief ministers announced that they have agreed to resolve the dispute at six of the 12 disputed locations in the first phase of agreement

30 Mar 2022 7:48 AM

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. (PTI)

BJP ends Manipur suspense; Biren Singh will be CM again

Biren Singh entered politics in 2002 and joined the Democratic Revolutionary People’s Party

21 Mar 2022 1:05 AM

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (ANI Photo)

Assam civic polls: BJP registers landslide victory with 74 of 80 seats

The Opposition Congress Party, which could manage to win only one municipal board, was completely decimated in the elections

10 Mar 2022 3:02 AM

Manipur Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Agrawal told reporters that 4,988 personnel were deployed in 1,247 polling stations in the six electoral districts to conduct the exercise. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Two killed in Manipur poll violence, 76% voter turnout

In Karong, police opened fire when some people tried to snatch the EVM from a polling station after beating up the official

06 Mar 2022 2:15 AM

Women holding their identification cards, wait in a queue to cast their vote during the first phase of Manipur Assembly Elections, in Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Manipur polls: 78 pc voting in Phase-1 amid sporadic violence

There were reports of poll violence in Heingang, the constituency of chief minister N. Biren Singh

01 Mar 2022 8:59 AM

Union law minister, Kiren Rijiju. (DC File Image)

Chinese Army releases teen missing from Arunachal Pradesh

This was informed by union law minister and BJP leader Kiren Rijiju

28 Jan 2022 1:12 AM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu during their meeting in Guwahati on Monday, January 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Tension along Arunachal, Assam border

Tensions cropped up along the disputed area amid allegations and counter-allegations of police action and firing by locals from Arunachal

28 Jan 2022 1:01 AM

Chinese PLA to return abducted Arunachal youth soon

It was alleged that an Arunachal youth was abducted by the PLA on Tuesday

23 Jan 2022 6:53 AM

Meghalaya cabinet has approved the recommendations of all 3 Regional Committees as process to resolve the Meghalaya-Assam border issue. (Photo: Twitter)

Assam, Meghalaya agree to divide disputed land equally

The disputes in the remaining six areas, that are termed 'complicated', will be taken up for settlement in the next phase

20 Jan 2022 12:25 AM

The stolen watch that police claimed to have recovered, which was customised for the legendary footballer Diego Maradona, in Sivasagar on December 11, 2021. (PTI)

Diego Maradona's luxury watch, stolen in Dubai, found in Assam

Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said that the watch belonged to Maradona himself and was being stored in Dubai in a safe house

12 Dec 2021 6:51 AM

Supporters of Socialist Unity Centre of India shout anti government slogans as they protest over the killing of 14 civilians by Indian security forces in Nagaland days before, in Siliguri. (Diptendu DUTTA / AFP)

Nagaland convenes a special Assembly session over AFSPA

The decision to hold the special Assembly session was taken by the core committee on the Naga political issue headed by CM Neiphiu Rio

11 Dec 2021 9:47 AM

A deserted area during the Nagaland bandh called by some state organisations over the death of 13 people, who were allegedly killed by Armed Forces, in Mon district, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Nagaland cabinet will write to Centre seeking repeal of AFSPA

The cabinet also decided to call off the Hornbill Festival, an annual event that draws thousands of domestic and foreign tourists

08 Dec 2021 7:37 AM

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