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EC officially announces by-poll schedule of Rangang-Yangang

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 12:29

Election Commission has announced the schedule for bye-election to Rangang Yangang Assembly constituency of South Sikkim on September 13.

Fresh clashes erupt in Assam`s violence-hit Golaghat district

Last Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 16:53

Notwithstanding the indefinite curfew imposed in trouble-torn district of Golaghat in Assam, fresh clashes took place between the police and protesters on Thursday.

Irom Sharmila may have to return to hospital soon: Family

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 22:19

Despite her release from detention, Manipur`s rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila`s family is apprehensive that she might have to go back to hospital as she cannot survive fasting without being force-fed through nose.

Border violence: Home Minister calls up CMs of Assam, Nagaland

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:34

Concerned over unabated violence along Assam-Nagaland border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday telephoned chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland and asked them to defuse tension along the borders of the two states.

Teary-eyed Irom Sharmila walks free, to continue anti-AFSPA fight

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 22:33

Irom Chanu Sharmila, an anti-Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) activist who was on an indefinite hunger strike in Manipur for nearly 14 years, walked free on Wednesday after being released from the Jawaharlal Nehru hospital here.

Centre not be blamed for the clashes on Assam-Nagaland border: MoS Kiren Rijiju

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 14:00

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has defended the role of central government with regard to the clashes on the Assam and Nagaland border.

Northeast militants getting arms from China, Myanmar: BSF

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 18:23

Militants in the northeastern region continue to receive "substantial quantity" of illegal arms and ammunition from China and Myanmar, a senior Border Security Force official said Tuesday.

Surface communication in Arunachal to be restored soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:44

Surface communication between Banderdewa and Itanagar which has been disrupted since August 15 following washing away of a large portion of NH 52 (A) would be restored soon, PWD officials said.

BSF plants saplings along Pak and B`desh borders

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:05

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday planted under its `Green Mission` more than 1,80,000 saplings within half-an hour along the borders of Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Surface communication in Arunachal Pradesh to be restored soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:53

Surface communication between Banderdewa and Itanagar which has been disrupted since August 15 following washing away of a large portion of NH 52 (A) would be restored soon, PWD officials said.