Bongaigaon, August 21, 2014: Militants of the NDFB (Songbijit faction) today gunned down a 16-year-old Class X student, Priya Basumatary, in the Dwimuguri locality under Runikhata police station in Ch…
Palatana shut down causes power shortage in NE
Agartala, August 21, 2014: As per schedule, the ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd (OTPC) has switched off the first unit of Palatana power plant for undertaking routine maintenance in presence of enginee…
Tripura cut off as NH-44 gets snapped
Agartala, August 21, 2014: The Assam-Agartala National Highway, the lifeline of Tripura, Barak Valley and Mizoram, got snapped once again following incessant rainfall in Meghalaya over the past few da…
Assam-Nagaland violence: Three killed in firing, curfew imposed
Golaghat, August 21, 2014: Three persons were killed and six injured in police firing in Assam’s Golaghat town on Wednesday when a mob tried to set ablaze the Deputy Commisioner’s office and a police …
ATSUM's 24 hr bandh ends, blockade to follow
Kangpokpi, August 21, 2014: The 24 hr bandh in all the hill districts of the State spear-headed by All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur demanding the State Government and Manipur University authority to…
Cocaine carrying parcel from Trinidad and Tobago seized
CCPur, August 21, 2014: The Narcotic Control Bureau in collaboration with a team of the 7th Assam Rifles seized a consignment containing cocaine which arrived at the Churachandpur Post office yesterda…
Bandh affects normal life at Tuibuang
CCPur, August 21, 2014: The 24-hour band called by the All Tribal Students Union, Manipur today affected normal life in Tuibuang area of Lamka town in Churachandpur district.…
MoU signed to ferry patients in NE
Kohima, August 21, 2014: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Guwahati Neurological Research Centre Limited (GNRC) and Pawan Hans Ltd for facilitating medi-chopper service to remote…
Delhi tops in discrimination against NE Indians, panel tells high court
New Delhi, August 21, 2014: National capital (Delhi) has the dubious distinction of being ahead of the rest of the country in “racial discrimination” against people from the northeast region, a commi…
Mizoram girl now says boyfriend was first to rape her
Aizawl, August 21, 2014: In a fresh twist, police have arrested the boyfriend of a minor girl who was allegedly raped by seven of his friends, including four minors, after the victim told a court tha…
Seminar on primary education in Manipur hills held
CCPur, August 21, 2014: A two-day seminar on primary education in Manipur hill districts organized by All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) concluded at Synod Hall, IB road, Lamka in Churachandp…
Technical problem comes in the way of talks with SoO parties
New Delhi/Imphal, August 21, 2014: The much hyped meetings involving Government of India, Government of Manipur, Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People's Front (UPF) slated for August 22 h…
AR jawan thrashed for 'indecent' act
Imphal, August 21, 2014: A personnel of Assam Rifles who reportedly misbehaved by showing his private part in front of a girls' hostel located inside the DM College campus was severely beaten up by an…
Mizoram Excise Department Seizes Heroin, Myanmarese Nabbed
Aizawl, August 21, 2014: The Mizoram Excise Department has seized 44 grams of heroin here and arrested a Myanmarese national in this connection, an official said today.…
Sharmila's distress call against AFSPA
Imphal, August 21, 2014: “Wake up dear brothers and sisters. Join the crusade against Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Let me enjoy normal food once again”, stated anti-AFSPA crusader in a feeble bu…
Links between NE militant groups and Maoists : NIA files supplementary chargesheet
Kolkata, August 21, 2014: Two years after the National Investigating Agency filed a chargesheet against Northeast terror organization PLA's external affairs department chief N Dilip Singh alias Wangba…