North East

The Arunachal Pradesh government is set to conduct random toxicology tests on its employees as part of its efforts to curb the growing drug menace in the frontier state. The toxicology test, which de...

Niraj Kumar Das, the prime suspect in the lynching of an All Assam Students’ Union leader, was killed in a road accident in Upper Assam’s Jorhat district while trying to flee, police said ...

Thirteen people have been arrested since Monday evening on the charge of fatally injuring a student leader in Upper Assam’s Jorhat town, amid calls from various quarters for a law to deal with m...

Nagaland is all set to host the ten-day-long Hornbill Festival showcasing the colourful tradition and cultural diversity of 17 Naga tribes from December 1 to 10, a senior official said. All laid down...

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of an advocate seeking an independent probe into the recent "communal riots" in Tripura and the alleged complicity and inaction of the state...

The ruling BJP has won 217 of 222 wards at 14 urban bodies that went to the polls in Tripura on Thursday. While the Trinamul Congress attributed the verdict to rigging and intimidation, the BJP said ...

Asserting that the results of Tripura civic polls have exposed the "hollowness" of TMC's claims of making inroads into the northeastern state, the BJP on Sunday stated that people there ...

The ruling BJP was on Sunday set to sweep the civic body elections in Tripura where counting of votes was underway in 222 seats of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and 13 municipal bodies, officia...

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that the Assam Civil Services examinations would also be conducted in Assamese from next year. Now, the exams are held only in English. The A...

Five people, including a police inspector, have been killed and two others critically injured after a man suffering from depression attacked them with an iron rod in Tripura's Khowai district on S...