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  • Kamal Haasan’s party ready to contest bypolls to 20 Assembly seats in TN

    The thespian Kamal Haasan has said, his party, the Makkal Neethi Mayyam is prepared to contest the forthcoming bye-elections to all twenty Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu. Speaking on his birthday on Wednesday in Chennai, Mr Hassan said he would try to sanitize the electoral system by doing away with graft for votes. He remarked […]

    West Bengal govt decides to set up boards for Namasudra, Matua communities

    West Bengal government has decided to set up development boards for the Matua and Namasudra communities. There is a large a section of people from the communities in the State and setting up of the welfare boards will be of great support to them. The names of the two boards will be West Bengal Namasudra […]

    Punjab stipulates Centre’s nod to hold functions near Union government’s installations in state

    The Punjab government has made it mandatory to obtain permissions from the relevant Central government authorities to hold any public function  in the vicinity of the railway properties, the national highways, airports and other installations owned by the Centre in the state. The Punjab Home Affairs and Justice Department made this provision in a comprehensive […]

    Will seek Central assistance of Rs 7000 crore for drought mitigation: Maha CM

    Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the state government will seek Central assistance of 7000 crore rupees for drought mitigation. He also said that since the government declared drought in October itself, the Central funds are expected to be received by January next year. Speaking to reporters in Osmanabad in Marathwada region yesterday, […]

    J&K: Srinagar records coldest night of season, mercury settles below freezing point

    In Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season last night with the mercury settling below the freezing point for the first time. The  minimum temperature settled at  minus 2.2 degrees Celsius.  A Met  Department official said the night temperature in Srinagar was nearly five degrees below normal for this time of […]

    Pakistan court summons Imran Khan in Sita White case

    Pakistan’s Peshawar High Court Wednesday summoned Prime Minister Imran Khan to appear before it on December 13 in a case filed over his alleged relation with a US national, Sita White. The division bench of the Court comprising Justices Ikramullah Khan and Ishtiaq Ibrahim issued the notices to Khan on a writ petition filed by […]

    Woman killed in suspect witch-hunt case

      By  Preetam B C Kokrajhar : In a suspect witch-hunt case, one elderly woman was murdered at Nabinagar under Kachugaon police station in Gossaigaon sub division of Kokrajhar district last night. The victim was identified as Sumi Murdi (60) of Nabinagar village. According to local, a group of five members unidentified miscreants attacked the […]

    GU to host Inter University East Zone Basketball (Women) 2018-19

      By Mayukh Goswami Mangaldai   : Gauhati University is going to host Inter University East Zone Basketball (W) Tournament 2018-19 under the aegis of Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi to be held from 9-11 November, 2018 at GU campus.  Altogether 36 Universities from Eastern Part of India and 450 Cagers & 70 Team Managers, […]

    R Chandranathan to sworn in as the new DGP of Meghalaya

    by Mayukh Goswami Mangaldai : R Chandranathan, Special Director General of Police (Railways) of Assam and IPS officer of Assam & Meghalaya cadre is going to sworn in as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya on Thursday. This has been confirmed by very close sources of R. Chandranathan. According to information received ,Meghalaya […]

    Mizoram Stir Called Off For Now, Chief Electoral Officer Called To Delhi,Replaced Mizoram Principal secretary (home)

    By Bhupen Goswami   Guwahati : The protests in Mizoram demanding the removal of chief electoral officer SB Shashank have been called off for now, as the official has left for Delhi after being summoned by the election commission. The NGOs leading the protest say that they will decide their future course of action depending […]