An Army court martial on Friday pronounced former 33 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Rath guilty on three counts in a land scam in the Sukna military station in West Bengal.

A day after chief minister Mukul Sangma criticised NCP for "trying to take mileage" out of the ethnic violence, the opposition party on Thursday hit back saying that he was "overreacting".

Away from parties, loud music, wine and revelry, a few others welcomed the new year by diving into ice cold water.

From fifty-six year old William Marbaniang to 12-year-old Danzeal, seventeen people jumped into the ice-cold waters of Crinoline Swimming Pool here at the stroke of 12 last midnight, seeking to send a message to the people to face the challenges of life with strength.

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the richter scale shook most parts of the northeast on Sunday.

A top NDFB leader, key accused in the 2008 Assam serial blasts, has been arrested in Mizoram capital Aizawl after he entered the country from Bangladesh, an Assam Rifles official said.

The first-ever municipal elections in Meghalaya's Garo Hills was adjourned on Friday after law and order collapsed due to anti-poll protests.

In a bid to further consolidate his position in politically volatile Meghalaya, chief minister Mukul Sangma has given four MLAs the perks and facilities enjoyed by him.
The MLAs are former chief ministers D.D. Lapang and Donkupar Roy, Pradesh Congress chief Friday Lyngdoh and senior legislator H.S. Lyngdoh, who also heads the Hill State People’s Democratic Party, an ally of the ruling Congress.

Former Army chief Gen. V.P. Malik on Thursday came out in defence of Brigadier Devinder Singh, saying the commander who led the Batalik-based 70 Infantry Brigade during the Kargil operation should have been promoted as he and his formation did extremely well during the war. “I had seen Brig. Singh during the war. He took a little