Imphal, July 8 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi honouring the state by inducting Rajkumar Ranjan Singh as a minister of s
New Delhi, July 8 (PTI) Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said a lot of development has taken place in the Northeastern region in the seven years of the Narendra Modi government.
Reddy said this afte
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) A prominent face from the northeast in the Modi government, senior BJP leader Kiren Rijiju on Thursday took charge as new minister of Law and Justice.
After assuming charge of office
Itanagar, July 8 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported 404 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising the tally to 38,283, a senior health department official said on Thursday.
The death toll in the frontier state mounted
Guwahati, July 7 (IANS): With the induction of Sarbananda Sonowal, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Pratima Bhowmik into the Union Counci of Ministers on Wednesday, the number of central ministers from the northeaster
Imphal, July 7 (PTI): Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, who was sworn in as Union minister of state on Wednesday, is a member of an erstwhile royal clan in Manipur and has worked for unity among various tribes in his stat
Agartala, July 7 (PTI): A controversy is raging in Tripura over the pulling down of a 'Martyrs' Column' erected by the Army in memory of Indian soldiers who had lost their lives during the Banglades
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS): Sarbananda Sonowal was the first BJP chief minister of a northeastern state, but in a smooth change of guard he stepped aside for his former deputy, Himanta Biswa Sarma, to take over a
New Delhi, July 7 (PTI); Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the Northeastern states and all Union Territories (UTs) in the wake of spike in Coronavirus cases there.
Aizawl, July 7 (PTI): Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 22,155 as 301 more people, including 66 children, tested positive for the virus, a health department official said on Wednesday.
The new COVID-19 ca
Guwahati, July 7 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said major reforms will soon be initiated in the forest department so that incidents like elephants death in Bamuni Hills in Nagaon,
Guwahati, July 7 (PTI): An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude hit Assam on Wednesday morning with tremors being felt in neighbouring Meghalaya and northern parts of West Bengal, besides Bangladesh.
A National Cente
Itanagar, July 7 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 37,879 as 348 more people tested positive for the infection, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 181, a senior health offici
Guwahati, July 6 (PTI): The Assam government on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown in seven districts where the positivity rates of COVID-19 cases are high.
The government imposed a round-the-clock curfew
Guwahati, July 6 (PTI): The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Tuesday demanded a CBI enquiry into the irregularities in selection of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme
Aizawl, July 6 (PTI): At least 520 more people, including 106 children, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the tally in the state to 21,854, a health department official said.
The death toll ros
Guwahati, July 6 (PTI): The North East India Regional Bishops' Council (NEIRBC) on Tuesday condoled the death of Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy.
Swamy, 84, an accused in the Elgar Pa
Itanagar, July 6 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported 426 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike so far this month, raising the tally to 37,531, a senior health department official said on Tuesday.
Aizawl, July 5 (PTI) Mizoram on Monday reported 91 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day spike since May 11, a health official said.
The 91 fresh cases pushed the COVID-19 tally in the state to 21,337, h
Guwahati, July 5 (PTI) The opposition Congress on Monday criticised Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over narcotic drugs trade and cattle smuggling in Assam, and asked why he was silent for the last five year