Former Meghalaya Chief Minister and TMC leader, Mukul Sangma has tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to Twitter yesterday, Sangma announced that he had tested for COVID-19. Sangma went on to state that both he and his wife have tested positive. He said they are both fine and have mild symptoms. Sangma also called upon people […]

Assam registered a slight increase in COVID cases with a total of 2,294 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Of these, a total of 535 fresh cases were reported from the Kamrup Metropolitan district. This puts the total active caseload in Assam at 28,788. As a result, the COVID positivity rate is 6.41 percent. […]

A crucial Chief Minister level meet of Assam-Meghalaya on the inter-state border issue took place in Guwahati on January 29th.  The meeting ended around 5.30 pm in Guwahati. The meet came at a time both sides are looking for 100% agreement on the 6 areas of difference taken up in the first phase. Briefing the […]

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) party once again openly criticized the Sikkim Police in a press conference held at Gangtok on Saturday. Addressing the media, publicity vice president of SDF Abhinash Yakha, alleged that Sikkim is grappling with organised crime, involving government, Sikkim Police and some party’a mafia. Talking about the fire incident that happened yesterday […]

  Tripura’s Former Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman along with another rebel MLA Ashish Saha after a meeting with some supporters in West Tripura district indicated that their decision on whether or not to continue with the BJP will be let known by early February. Not only this the two leaders lashed out at the […]

The demand for equal reservation for Khasi, Jaintia and Garo communities seems to be gaining momentum in Meghalaya. A signature campaign was held in Shillong today by some like minded youths to press for a relook at the existing reservation policy. The signature campaign led by Barry Pyngrope urged the government to have a holistic […]

Guru Tulku Rinpoche, an eminent Buddhist monk from Arunachal Pradesh, who headed the historical Gaden Namgyal Lhatse or Tawang monastery till 2016, has been selected for the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the country. Guru Tulku Rinpoche has been selected to receive the prestigious award under the “spiritualism” category, along with Sadguru Brahmeshanand […]

At a time when demand for a separate Khasi Jaintia state is being raised in certain quarters in Meghalaya, an organisation from the Garo Hills, which calls itself the Achik Holistic Awakening Movement, is pressing for an additional Secretariat and Winter Assembly in Tura. In a release issued yesterday, the organisation said that the state […]

The Indian women’s hockey team signed off on the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 with a hard-fought 2-nil victory over China during the third-place match in Muscat on Friday. Goals by Sharmila Devi and Gurjit Kaur helped the Savita-led side end the continental tournament with a third-place finish. It was a neck-and-neck start to the match, […]

In a bid to create a viable household income source while utilising bamboo, the Tripura Bamboo Mission has, for the first time, has introduced a single-phase bamboo round stick producing machine. In a programme organised by the District Industries Centre in the state’s West District, these new machines were distributed among the beneficiaries in the […]