In a major success, a planned terrorist attack in Manipur was foiled by security forces today. Acting on specific inputs, troopers of the Assam Rifles and Manipur police personnel launched a search operation which led to the recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition from Chingmanglei village in Churachandpur district which included one 7.62 […]

Following the general body meeting today at the party office in Meghalaya Lachumiere, Chief Minister and National People’s Party Leader Conrad Sangma was re-elected as the National President of the NPP. Sharing this on Twitter, CM Sangma said that he is humbled and grateful to be re-elected as National President of the National People’s Party. […]

India would begin vaccination for 12 to 14-year-olds from March this year, said Dr. NK Arora, Chairman of the central government’s COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI). The central government has approved two Covid-19 vaccines for young adults: Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D (12 and above). India, […]

The rapid rise in Covid cases in Assam will become a major point of focus in the cabinet meeting that is set to be held in Haflong tomorrow. This has been informed by Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta. There is a possibility that further changes may be brought to the existing Covid SOPs which may […]

The all-party meeting, chaired by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, has come to an end. The meeting was held to discuss the points raised in the reports submitted by the three regional committees formed by the Assam government on the border row with Meghalaya. The meeting, which began at 11 am took place at […]

Manipur’s Kuki National Assembly is mulling to field at least 7 to 8 candidates from various constituencies including Churachandpur in the ensuing State Assembly election scheduled on February 27 and March 3. Exuding confidence, Kuki National Assembly president Dr. Jainson Haokip said that the party will field over 7 to 8 candidates and that it […]

An earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 26 people, according to an official. The victims died after the roofs of their homes collapsed in the Qadis area in Badghis’ western province, according to provincial spokesman Baz Mohammad Sarwary. According to the US Geological Survey, the shallow quake had a magnitude of 5.3. […]

The five day long Laining-thou Puthiba Lai Haraoba festival at Puthiba Devata Bari in Agartala’s Abhoynagar concluded on Monday. State Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb along with Tribal Welfare Minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia took part in the closing ceremony of the festival organised by the Puthiba Lai Haraoba Committee Lai Haraoba can be literally translated […]

In view of the safety of consumers in the state, the Sikkim government has temporarily banned packaged milk in pouches, packets or cans from outside the state in order to prevent the spread of the highly contiguous Covid-19. The ban will come into effect from tomorrow, according to a notification issued by the state Animal […]

The Congress is working on plans to stitch a pre-poll alliance with like-minded parties for the upcoming Manipur Polls. However, the party is yet to take a final call on the alliance partners. The Congress is also considering the number of candidates to be fielded for the ensuing assembly elections, a call on which is […]