After almost two months, the Nagaland government on Monday decided to begin a 10-day unlock period in the state from July 1, senior minister Neiba Kronu said. Addressing a press conference at the State Civil Secretariat here, government spokesperson for COVID-19 and Minister for Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Kronu said, “As the […]

Following a joint operation of the intelligence branch and Kadamtala police station, two persons were apprehended with Yaba tablets worth over Rs 22 lakh from a village close to Bangladesh border in North Tripura district. The arrested persons were identified as Faruk Ahmed Chowdhury and Bishal Shabdakar, both residents under the Kadamtala police station. Police […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday launched the “Cheer4India” campaign to encourage athletes representing India at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. During the launch of the campaign, Singh announced that the state will award Rs 1.2 crore for the gold medal, Rs 1 crore for silver medal and Rs 75 lakh for bronze medal […]

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga was called upon by Lt. Gen. Manoj Pande, AVSM, VSM, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command at his office on Monday. The Chief Minister and the visiting GOC-in-EC discussed important issues relating to border security, environment and the ongoing fight against COVID-19. The GOC-in-EC applauded the efforts of the Mizoram government […]

With a focus on health and medical infrastructure, the Finance Ministry on Monday announced a Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for COVID-19-hit sectors. Out of the Rs 1.1 lakh crore, the health care sector will get Rs 50,000 crore, while the others will get Rs 60,000 crore. “Total of Rs 1.1 lakh crore […]

Battling the second wave of COVID-19, Arunachal Pradesh is trying to vaccinate its citizens rapidly, reaching even the remotest border village ‘Mago’ on the Indo-China Border in the State’s Tawang district. A two-day vaccination drive against Coronavirus was conducted for the villagers of Mago. The Tawang district administration and health department inoculated around 200 residents […]

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. It also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan, West Madhya […]

Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3 in Paris on Sunday. Deepika became the new World no. 1 in recurve women when the new rankings were announced on Monday. The 27-year-old from Ranchi, who had […]

The influx of Myanmar nationals into the Indian territory continues unabated, as violence escalates in various parts of Myanmar following the military coup in February this year. According to a recent report, the number of Myanmar nationals intruding into Mizoram border has skyrocketed to over 15,000 in the last month. Over 700 people from Myanmar, mostly […]

In another significant COVID-19 vaccination milestone, India has overtaken the United States of America in the total number of vaccine doses administered so far, the union health ministry informed on Monday. As many as 32,36,63,297 doses have been administered in India since the vaccination drive started on January 16. The United States, meanwhile, has administered […]