India logged 38,164 fresh coronavirus cases, 7.2% lower than yesterday, and 499 deaths in last 24 hours, the lowest in around 104 days, according to the Health Ministry. The country has logged 3.11 crore cases so far and 4.14 lakh deaths. Meanwhile, 38,660 patients recovered and the vaccination tally reached 40,64,81,493 during the same period. […]

Mizoram accused Assam of human rights violations, a charge denied by Guwahati which said on Monday that encroachment of its land was the crux of the border dispute between the two Northeastern states. Mizoram’s Kolasib district Deputy Commissioner H Lalthlangliana shot a letter to Assam’s Cachar district administration, alleging human rights violation and atrocities on […]

With just a few days left for the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza, ‘the Olympics’, countries across the world are rooting for their athletes, as they converge at Tokyo, to fulfil their dreams, to make their nations proud and to be ‘Faster, Higher and Stronger’. India will be sending a total of 127 athletes in 18 […]

The 88-member team of Indian contingent including 54 athletes arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled from July 23. Athletes and support staff including Badminton, Archery, Hockey, Judo, Swimming, Weightlifting, Gymnasium and Table Tennis have arrived in Tokyo. “Here we go @WeAreTeamIndia !  • Send off given to the 88 member strong […]

With India reporting daily cases within the range of 30,000 to 40,000 for the past few days, the steady decline in the cases that the country had managed after the second wave has slowed down. On Sunday, the Union Health Ministry bulletin said that over 41,000 cases were reported across the country in the past […]

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally surged to 27,153 on Sunday as 463 more people including 117 children tested positive for the infection, a health department official said. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 121 as a 75-year- old woman succumbed to the infection at Zoram Medical College (ZMC) on Saturday night, he said. The 463 new cases […]

Security forces have arrested four militants of the Zeliangrong United Front-Kamson (ZUF-K) outfit in Manipur”s Imphal East district and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a combined team of Manipur Police and Assam Rifles conducted a search operation and nabbed the four militants from K R Lane […]

Arunachal Pradesh continued to register a surge in COVID-19 cases as 475 more people tested positive for the infection, pushing the tally to 42,564, a senior health official said here on Sunday. The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state increased to 201, as two more persons succumbed to the infection on Saturday, State Surveillance […]

Assam reported 23 more COVID-19 deaths, which took the toll to 4,984, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission on Saturday. #AssamCovidUpdate Media Bulletin on #Covid19 #Assam and actions taken as on 17/07/2021. pic.twitter.com/0Ldr4KkOPX — NHM_Assam (@nhm_assam) July 17, 2021 The coronavirus caseload in the northeastern state mounted to 5,45,954 as 1,727 […]

Continuing its fight against eradicating drugs trade, Assam Police burnt drugs worth Rs 20 crore in Golaghat in the presence of chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma. In the drugs disposal programme, 802 gram heroin worth more than Rs 20 crore, 1205 kg ganja, 3kg opium and 2,06,906 tablets were burnt. “Earlier only 10 percent […]