Silchar: The demand for a permanent bench of the Gauhati high court in the Barak Valley gathered fresh momentum on Tuesday after the Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Vidhi Prakoshtha (legal cell) submitted a memorandum to the chief justice, flagging “acute hardship” faced by litigants from the region.The memorandum underlined that residents of Cachar, Sribhumi, Hailakandi and…
Guwahati: The fast-track court set up to try the Zubeen Garg death case has rejected bail for Siddharth Sharma, one of seven accused, citing risk of influencing witnesses, hampering further progress of the case and flying out, if released.Siddharth, the singer’s manager, was on the yacht when Zubeen died while swimming in the sea on…
Shillong: The High Court of Meghalaya on May 5 issued notice to parties concerned on a petition filed by the state govt a day earlier, challenging the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi in the case related to the murder of her husband Raja at Sohra (Cherrapunji) a year ago.The matter is expected to be heard…
Aizawl: A fresh influx of refugees from Myanmar’s Chin state has been reported in southern Champhai district, with 42 people taking shelter in Saikhumphai hamlet along the India-Myanmar border, a local Young Mizo Association (YMA) leader in Saikhumphai said Tuesday.Saikhumphai hamlet, under Vaphai village council, lies on the banks of the Tiau river and is…
Agartala: Political unrest gripped Jampuijala in Tripura’s Sepahijala district after police arrested Tipra Motha leaders following the reported vandalism of a BJP party office.Police said they opened an investigation based on complaints that named local Tipra Motha MLA Biswajit Koloi and ADC member Suraj Debbarma in connection with the incident. Jampuijala ADC village chairman Ranjit…
Agartala: Rahul Kishore Roy, president of the BJP Yuva Morcha in North Tripura district and a municipal councillor, was found dead in his home bathroom in Dharmanagar on Tuesday morning, hours after the BJP’s victory in the Dharmanagar by-election.Police said the circumstances were suspicious.Police recovered the body and later handed it over to the family…
Shillong: Meghalaya cabinet on Tuesday approved the Chocolate Mahseer (Neolissochilus hexagonolepis) as the state fish, chief minister Conrad K Sangma said.“A meeting of the cabinet held today approved the Chocolate Mahseer (Neolissochilus hexagonolepis) or ‘Khasaw’ in Khasi and ‘Na-rang’ in Garo as the state fish of Meghalaya,” Sangma said.“At present, our state does not have…
CM Sarma won Jalukbari, Gaurav Gogoi of Congress lost in Jorhat GUWAHATI: NDA won Assam for the third straight time and BJP crossed the majority mark on its own for the first time, riding on state’s highest voter turnout and powered by delimitation that helped Hindu and tribal voters’ control large voting areas.A new alliance…
Guwahati: Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi is the only prominent opposition leader in Assam who managed to win the assembly polls and retain his seat, according to the Election Commission on Monday.Gogoi retained Sibsagar for the second consecutive term, defeating BJP’s Kushal Dowari by 17,272 votes.The opposition leader polled 86,521 votes compared to Dowari’s 69,249.Gogoi,…
Guwahati: Congress ran an aggressive campaign for the Assam assembly polls, including attacks on chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s family, but still failed to improve its electoral position like in the previous two elections.Its support remained concentrated in “Miya” Muslim-majority constituencies, where AIUDF lost relevance, leaving Congress with a narrow and isolated voter base. The…
