ENPO in touch with Centre on demand for Frontier Nagaland

The ENPO, meanwhile, continues to maintain that following year of neglect they had no option but to opt for a separate state.

Peace talks between NSCN-IM, Centre postponed

It may be mentioned here that the NSCN-IM talk team led by VS Atem already reached Delhi yesterday for the resumption of talks.

Centre working hard on ILP issue: MoS AK Mishra in Meghalaya

The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs also addressed the Militancy issue in Meghalaya ravaged by the porous border with Bangladesh.

Centre assures order to shift Assam Rifles battalion HQ from Aizawl

In pursuance of this, Assam Rifles officials and Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga had also discussed the issue at the CM office.

Centre, Meghalaya govt agrees on safe passage to HNLC for peace talks

The Centre and the state government have reached an agreement with the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council or the HNLC for a safe passage to the leaders of the banned outfit for engaging in peace talks. Earlier, HNLC interlocutor Sadon Blah said the group’s executive committee held three rounds of meeting over as many months with […]

Omicron in India: Centre warns states, PM Modi to review tomorrow

The Centre on Tuesday rang fresh alarm bells saying that evidence so far suggests that the omicron variant is at least thrice more infectious than delta, pushing states to reactivate Covid19 war rooms to keep a close watch on emerging data on the population affected by the infectious disease. This, the government said, was in […]

Foreign nationals now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in India: Centre

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday allowed the foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on the CoWin portal to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. The foreign nationals can use their passport as identity proof for the purpose of registration on the CoWin portal, the ministry informed. “A significant number of foreign […]

Cabinet hikes dearness allowance to 28% for Central govt employees

In a major relief to Central government employees and pensioners, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to 28 per cent. Till now, central government employees used to get DA of 17 per cent on their basic salary. This was announced by […]

Nearly 60 lakh vaccine doses in addition will be received by states/UTs in next 3 days: Govt

An additional 60 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses will be received by the states/union territories in the next three days, the central government informed on Monday. In a media release, the health ministry said the government of India has so far provided nearly 16.54 crore vaccine doses (16,54,93,410) to states/union territories free of cost. Of this, […]