North East

The Northeast on Sunday got its first small bank that promises to take banking to the doorsteps of customers in the region.

Minister for water resources Keshab Mahanta visited flood-hit Barak Valley on Sunday.

The last rites of two residents of Sharifnagar village in south Assam's Karimganj district had to be performed on National Highway 6 on Sunday as the entire village is inundated.

A month after Assam police lost an officer, Bhaskar Kalita, a video of Ulfa (I) cadres has emerged in which they talk about a police "informer" who double-crossed the police regarding the information of Ulfa (I) presence at Kujupathar under Bordumsa police station in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district.

Sachetan Silpi Samaj, Assam, a group of artistes carried out a signature campaign here on Sunday, seeking justice for Nilotpal Das and Abhijit Nath, the two youths lynched in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on June 8.

Two Assam Rifles jawans died and another was critically injured in an ambush by suspected NSCN (Khaplang) militants in Nagaland's Mon district on Sunday afternoon.

Students of Guwahati University have launched a "social media movement" to create awareness about the consequences of "rumour mongering" and "fake news" among three to four persons and nominate their friends on social media platforms to do the same.

Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Sunday said he has asked Union home minister Rajnath Singh to extend immediate assistance to flood victims in the state.

The United Naga Council (UNC) has called for a 12-hour bandh along the national and district highways in Naga-inhabited areas in Manipur on Monday demanding early settlement of peace talks between the NSCN (I-M) and the Centre.

Tilottoma Nath ,50, a widow, was trampled to death by wild elephants in the wee hours of Saturday at Phoolguri village near Sarapara under Matia police station, while trying to escape a herd of wild elephants that had entered the village.