Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday said he was hopeful of making progress towards finding a permanent solution to the long-pending Meghalaya-Assam border dispute. Speaking to  newspersons, CM Conrad Sangma said that so far a few leaders like AL Hek from the state had called upon the newly appointed CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to […]

India reported 42,766 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. India’s active caseload of COVID-19 cases is at 4,55,033. The active cases constitute 1.48 per cent of the total cases. The country also reported 1,206 deaths due to COVID-19 and with that, the cumulative fatalities in the […]

The border dispute dialogue between Assam and Mizoram remained inconclusive on Friday with the latter seeking more time for consultations on a former’s proposal of maintaining the status quo of the 2020 position, officials said. Assam’s Barak Valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi share a 164 km long border with Mizoram’s three districts of […]

In view of the inclement weather condition, the Meghalaya government has suspended the operation to retrieve the bodies of the miners trapped inside a coal mine at Krem U Le, Umpleng in East Jaintia Hills District. After over a month of rescue operations to retrieve the five trapped coal miners, the State Government has finally […]

The first meeting of the Core Committee on Naga Political issue has concluded with the committee adopting a five-point resolution in Dimapur on Friday. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton, leader of opposition TR Zeliang and top ruling and opposition leaders attended the key meet which is being termed as historic. Talking […]

The Central government on Friday said the Lambda variant of COVID-19 is not found in India but people should be cautious of such variant. “Lambda variant of coronavirus is a variant of interest. We should be watchful of such variants. As of now, there is no evidence that this variant has been identified in India,” […]

In an effort to contain the spread of Coronavirus in Manipur, the state is going in full swing in getting the population vaccinated against COVID-19. One such effort was seen on Friday in state capital Imphal when the local authorities organized a mass vaccination programme at the iconic Ima Market. The two-day long vaccination witnessed […]

Two persons were killed and several others were injured in an accident when a passenger bus skidded off the road and fell into a 200-metre-deep gorge in Leparada district of Arunachal Pradesh. The mishap took place around 10 pm on Thursday near Sodom Doke Village about 11 km away from Tirbin circle. The bus bearing registration number […]

An earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale, struck Meghalaya on Friday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake occurred around 1:15 pm about 53 kilometres north of Tura in the state. “Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.3, occurred on July 9, at 13:16:25 IST, Latitude: 25.99 and Longitude: 90.27, Depth: 5 Km, […]

A crucial meeting is underway between the Chief Secretaries of Assam and Mizoram in New Delhi to discuss the inter-state border issue. The meeting is held with an aim to diffuse escalating tensions along the two state’s shared border. Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah and his Mizoram counterpart Lanunmawia Chuango are holding the talks at […]