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Assam: Jatinga Festival 2026 to feature bollywood singers, introduce new beauty pageant

Haflong, Nov. 5 -- The Dima Hasao Tour & Travel Committee has announced that the Jatinga Festival 2026 will be held on November 21 and 22, with this year's edition moving to a new venue opposite Haiya... Read More


Assam: Woman arrested at Harmuti railway junction with four fake gold artefacts

North Lakhimpur, Nov. 5 -- Lakhimpur Police arrested a woman passenger at Harmuti railway junction on Wednesday for allegedly attempting to transport four counterfeit gold artefacts to West Bengal by ... Read More


Assam: Late senior journalist's son killed in road accident in Nagaon

Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- A youth died after his car crashed into a gas tanker at Hemabari in Assam's Nagaon district on Wednesday, November 4. The deceased was identified as Ibti Sam Jahan, son of late se... Read More


Meghalaya: Ripnar Lyngdoh takes oath as State Chief Information Commissioner

Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- Former IAS officer Ripnar Lyngdoh was sworn in as Meghalaya's State Chief Information Commissioner on Thursday, filling the vacant post under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 20... Read More


Assam: Son Beel communities diversify farming as climate threats shrink wetland

Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- Debarun Choudhury Each year, as winter begins around mid November, Arup Das looks out across the marsh surrounding his home in Dargarbond, one of the many villages around Son Beel... Read More


Assam: Proposed Flood Plain Zoning bill to regulate land use along riverbanks

Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on November 5 reviewed the progress of a proposed Flood Plain Zoning Bill intended to regulate construction and land use along riverbanks a... Read More


Mizoram BJP holds 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy' march ahead of 2028 elections

Aizawl, Nov. 5 -- The Mizoram unit of the BJP on Wednesday took out a march in Aizawl under the theme "Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy", with party leaders calling for the protection of democratic inst... Read More


Manipur: CoTU extends total shutdown in Kangpokpi until November 6

Imphal, Nov. 5 -- The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), Sadar Hills, on Thursday extended its 48-hour total shutdown in Kangpokpi district, with no exemptions, until 5 pm on November 6, despite holdin... Read More


Meghalaya Police reopen Shillong Peak Ropeway site sealed by KHADC

Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- Meghalaya Police, accompanied by magistrates, reopened the lower terminal premises of the Shillong Peak Ropeway Project at Madan Laban on Wednesday, November 4, by removing the loc... Read More


EC announces electoral roll revision in Arunachal, Mizoram, Sikkim; final rolls in January

Guwahati, Nov. 5 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha and Sikkim, along with the Un... Read More