Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has announced the signing of popular footballer Lionel Messi on a two-year contract with an option of a third year. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner is justifiably considered a legend of the game and a true inspiration for those of all ages inside and outside football. “The signing of Lionel […]

The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 8.5 kg cannabis, 208 bottles of prohibited cough syrup and 12 bottles of liquor in various operations at the India-Bangladesh border in the wee hours on Wednesday. The operation was conducted by BSF’s 75 and 192 Battalion troops under the aegis of Guwahati Frontier. “On the intervening night of […]

India has successfully tested the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile off the coast of Odisha’s Balasore district. As per the sources, the missile flew for around 150 km with an indigenous cruise engine. “More tests would be conducted in near future,” sources added. Earlier, on July 23 India had […]

Four militants belonging to the NSCN (Khaplang-Yung Aung) faction have been arrested by security forces in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Monday, August 9. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Assam Rifles launched an operation at the Tinkopani reserve forest near Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and apprehended the NSCN (K-YA) cadres. The search […]

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brigadier BD Mishra (retd) was on Tuesday given additional charge of Mizoram. Mishra will discharge the functions of governor of Mizoram Hari Babu Kambhampati, in addition to his own duties, during the latter’s absence on leave, according to a communique by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad has been given the […]

India on Wednesday reported 38,353 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 3,86,351; lowest in 140 days. As per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the highest ever recovery rate of 97.45 per cent has been recorded; 40,013 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the […]

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lower House of the Parliament that those foreign nationals who entered the country without valid travel documents in a surreptitious manner are treated as illegal migrants and accurate data regarding the number of such migrants living in the country is not centrally […]

Manipur is eyeing to become the largest oxygen producer in the Northeastern region. Giving a fillip to the healthcare infra in the State, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a 20 KL cryogenic liquid medical oxygen plant at Porompat in Imphal East. The cryogenic liquid medical oxygen plant has the capacity to refill […]

The government has not taken any decision on preparing a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) for the whole country, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Parliament on Tuesday. He, however, said the government has decided to update the National Population Register (NPR) under the Citizenship Act, 1955, along with the first phase of Census […]

A blast rocked Laitumkhrah market area in Shillong, Meghalaya at around 01:30 pm on Tuesday. Reportedly, one person has been injured in the incident. The injured person, who owns a tea stall in the locality, has been taken to the Nazareth Hospital. As per eyewitnesses, they heard a loud explosion and the intensity of the […]