Troopers of the Assam Rifles recovered 153 grams Heroin and detained two individuals at Chite area of Aizawl in Mizoram on Sunday. Based on specific information, an operation was carried out by a joint team of the Aizawl Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles and Excise & Narcotics Department. The approximate cost of the recovered […]

As many 46,148 new COVID-19 cases and 979 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Monday. Daily recoveries continued to outnumber the daily new cases for the 46th consecutive day, with 58,578 recoveries in the last 24 hours, dropping the active caseload down to 5,72,994. The […]

A red panda, rescued recently from a river in Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, was released back to its natural habitat by forest officials on Saturday. The rare species of the animal was rescued from the Yargyap-Chu river in Mechukha sub-division of the district by two youths – Tony Mosing and Takar Kotin […]

Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek called on Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Saturday. Hek urged Sarma to restart Chief Minister level talks to resolve the long-pending inter-state boundary dispute between the two states at the earliest. In the meeting, they also discussed on the need to strengthen the health infrastructure in […]

The Sikkim government on Saturday extended the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown till July 5, which was scheduled to end on June 28. Amid the second wave of the pandemic, the state has been in partial and complete lockdown since May 6. As per relaxations announced by the home department on Friday included inter-district travel on an odd-even […]

Jailed AssamMLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, met his ailing mother in Jorhat on Saturday. After being granted parole on Friday afternoon, Gogoi left Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments. He spent the night at his rented residence […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday named Sharda Devi as Chief of its Manipur unit, becoming the first female in the state to be appointed as party president. “BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed Smt. Sharda Devi as State President of Manipur BJP. The appointment comes into immediate effect,” party general secretary Arun […]

The Tripura government has extended the COVID curfew from 2 pm to 5 am in Agartala and 10 other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 2, a notification said. The restrictions, first imposed on May 16 and then repeatedly extended, were scheduled to end on June 25. “The COVID curfew will remain in force in […]

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has appointed party leader Bhabesh Kalita as the president of the Assam unit of the party on Saturday. “The appointment comes into immediate effect,” an order issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh stated. “BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed Bhabesh Kalita, MLA as […]

As many as seven pilots from the Paragliding Association of Arunachal (PAA) have received paragliding and adventure sets under the Chief Minister Paryatan Vikas Yojna scheme. The equipment’s were distributed by the tourism department of the State. 40 pilots have been trained so far under the scheme, out of which 20 pilots, including five lady […]