North East

New Delhi: The stage is all set for the 10th edition of the North East Festival to be held here beginning on Friday. The four-day festival will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the national capital after a two-year hiatus due to…

Shillong: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will arrive here on Monday to discuss strategies with party leaders of the state for the upcoming assembly elections, a TMC leader said. Former…

Shillong: In a major political development in Meghalaya, three legislators, including two of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) and one from the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday tendered their resignation before Assembly…

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that there will be no change in the alliance of the BJP and UPPL in the Bodoland region. Bodo Peoples Front supremo Hagrama Mohilary reportedly had written to BJP president JP Nadda…

Shillong: Assam Chief Minister and BJP’s ‘chief strategist’ will head the party’s campaign in Meghalaya and launch its campaign from Chief Minister Conrad Kongkal Sangma’s home turf in South Tura, the party said on Tuesday. Elections to…

Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Wednesday distributed 2500 appointment orders to young men and women and motivated them to serve with dedication. Tamang, who holds the Deptt of Personnel among a clutch of portfolios, expressed…

Shillong: Opposition to the Meghalaya government’s plan to start Casinos has grown louder with the Congress demanding scrapping of the contentious Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma had ruled out…

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who is also the supremo of the National People’s Party (NPP), which heads the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, on Wednesday asked the BJP, which is a constituent of the…

Mawshynrut (Meghalaya): Former Meghalaya Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Dr. Mukul Sangma on Friday described the ruling National People's Party (NPP) as an "opportunist" and "unreliable" party. Addressing a gathering at…

Itanagar: The Centre gave its seal of approval for opening of two new tourist circuits in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap and Longding districts, thereby opening the floodgates for tourism-related activities in these two southern Arunachal…

Itanagar: The Kurung Kumey district police on Wednesday arrested six persons in connection with the physical attack on an on-duty polling official and disruption of the poll process in a polling booth under Upper Koloriang Zilla Parishad…

Imphal: The toll in Manipur landslides went up to 29 with the recovery of nine more bodies in the Noney district as rescue operation was still on, officials said on Saturday. Among the dead are 20 Territorial Army personnel, six…

Imphal:  The Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Saturday alleged that a WhatsApp group was found plotting the assassination of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. BJYM Manipur unit President MB Sharma said in a statement that people involved…

Agartala: Sixty-nine-year-old Professor of Dental Surgery in Tripura Medical College Manik Saha was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tripura on Sunday in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan here. State Governor Satyadeo Narain Ar administered…

New Delhi, April 18: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Monday separately called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here and discussed their state's development issues. Apprising…

Gangtok, April 14: The Vikram Samvat New Year 2079 celebrations were held here on Thursday, with the participation of various sub-communities of Sikkimese Nepalese. Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly, LB Das presided over the…

New Delhi, March 29: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalayan counterpart Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resolve a decade-old boundary dispute between the two North-eastern…

Imphal, March 20: Nongthombam Biren Singh was unanimously elected leader of the Manipur BJP Legislature party on Sunday, paving the way for his second consecutive term as Chief Minister of the Northeastern state. Soon after his…

Imphal, March 18: Kuki People's Alliance (KPA) on Friday extended unconditional support to Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Manipur. KPA President Tongmang Haokip along with two newly elected MLAs - Kimneo Haokip Hangshing and…