Under pressure from the opposition, the Meghalaya government on Friday agreed to examine the demand for an enquiry into instances of illegal coal mining in the state despite a ban in place. Even after 3 days, there is still no trace of the trapped laborers in the tragedy-hit coal mine in the Sutnga area of […]

India’s daily new COVD-19 cases reported a decline on Friday as the country recorded 1,790 less cases as compared to Thursday. Down from yesterday’s 1,34,154 cases, India today reported 1,32,364 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,84,41,986, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. India’s active caseload […]

The Poumai Naga Officers’ Federation (PNOF) has donated a power generator to COVID-19 Isolation Ward at the District Hospital in Senapati district in Manipur on Thursday. PNOF president P Duna Duo officially handed over the power generator to medical superintendent, District Hospital, Senapati in presence of Additional District Magistrate Adahrii Maheo, doctors and other officials. […]

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday chaired the first meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the GST concession and exemption of Covid relief materials. “Chaired the first meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine GST concession and exemption of Covid relief materials as mandated by Hon’ble FM @nsitharaman […]

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday slammed the Congress party for its policy on the Polio immunisation programme during its term in power. The criticism came to light between Congress’s repeated attack on the BJP-led Central government for the policy adopted for coronavirus vaccination to the people of the country. When asked about […]

The validity of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificates has been extended from seven years to lifetime with retrospective effect from 2011, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” announced on Thursday. “The government has decided to extend the validity period of the Teachers Eligibility Test qualifying certificates from seven years to lifetime with a […]

The health ministry has finalised arrangements with Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological-E to book 30 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, set to be manufactured and stockpiled from August to December this year. As per a health ministry statement on Thursday, an advance payment of Rs 1,500 crore will be made to Biological-E from the Centre. This is […]

Noted Assamese litterateur and Padma Shri awardee Lakshmi Nandan Bora passed away at a private hospital in Guwahati on Thursday after suffering from COVID-19 complications. He was 89. Suffering from ailments associated with old age, he was admitted to the hospital more than a week ago after he tested positive for COVID-19. Bora, who was […]

In a joint operation by Indian Army and Nagaland Police, two active cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-R) were apprehended at Chekiye Village in Dimapur district, informed PRO Kohima on Thursday. The team also rescued Shakil Ahmed of MSF Andhra Fish Company and handed over the cadres to the state police. “#SecurityForces […]

 India reported 1,34,154 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,84,41,986, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. India’s active caseload further declined to 17,13,413 as active cases decreased by 80,232 in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate also declined to 6.21 per cent, remaining below […]