Mizoram’s Five-Time CM Lal Thanhawla loses fortress
AIZAWL: Lal Thanhawla, the incumbent chief minister who was seeking to win his overall sixth and third straight term this year, lost his bastion of Champhai South to MNF’s T J Lalnuntluanga. The Congress was once a dominant force in the Northeast, but its fortunes have dwindled, especially with the BJP making inroads there and changing the equation. However, More...
Assam BJP MP’s daughter, arrested in Job scam
GUWAHATI : Nineteen Assam government officers, including the daughter of BJP MP R.P. Sharma, were arrested on July 18 in Guwahati as their handwriting did not match with that in their answer sheets in the Assam More...
Violence Spreads Despite Curfew in Shillong
SHILLONG : The army was asked to be on standby and curfew continued in parts of Meghalaya’s capital Shillong for the third day on Saturday after night-long violence during which a mob burnt a shop, a house More...
Meghalaya: Congress’s Miani D Shira Wins
SHILLONG : Miani D Shira, the daughter of former chief minister Mukul Sangma, won the Ampati assembly seat in Meghalaya today – a victory that gave the Congress 21 seats, making it the single largest party More...
BJP invites Manik Sarkar for Biplab Deb’s swearing-in
AGARTALA : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday invited outgoing CM Manik Sarkar for the swearing-in-ceremony of Chief Minister-elect Biplab Deb. BJP leader Ram Madhav and Dev personally met and invited More...
Saffron BJP’s ally IPFT favors tribal leader as CM
AGARTALA : TheBJP party has another task to contend with before the business of administering the state begins: choosing a chief minister without upsetting any constituency. In a state where the indigenous tribal More...
Nagaland: Governor asked Neiphiu Rio to form the Govt.galand Governor
KOHIMA : Former Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and BJP leader Ram Madhav on Sunday met Governor PB Acharya to stake claim to form the government. Neiphiu Rio has the majority and should form the government, More...
Saffron party is facing the test of secularism in Meghalaya,
SHILLONG : Mandate 2018 in Meghalaya and Congress on Tuesday could be a battle of existence for the Congress and a test for BJP’s ability to sway the largely Christian electorates. But the spotlight is likely More...
BJP shaking off anti-Christian image in Meghalaya
SHILLONG : Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have given the Bharatiya Janata Party in Meghalaya an idea for shaking off the anti-Christian tag – the rescue of missionaries from terrorists in West Asia. Labelled More...
India-B’desh border becomes more important Home Minister Rajnath Singh alerts CMs
KOLKATA :In a meeting in Navanna, state secretariat, here this afternoon, Union Home Minister Rajnath informed all Chief Ministers West Bengal, Asom, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Arunachal, why they More...