In a relief to the Editor of Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the FIR lodged against her for a Facebook post condemning violence against non-tribal people in the state. The Bench headed by Justices L Nageswara Rao and Ravindra Bhat allowed the appeal of Patricia Mukhim, who had challenged the […]

Preparations are underway for the by-poll to Serchhip assembly constituency in Mizoram, which is scheduled for 17th April. Though Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, political parties and Seventh Day Adventist Church have urged the Election Commission of India to defer the by-poll and counting dates as both falls on Saturday and Sunday, which are Church days, the […]

In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, Assam Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade on Thursday appealed to the people of the state to wear face masks while casting their votes. Addressing a special press conference in Guwahati, Khade added that the election commission will provide free face masks to people not wearing masks. He claimed […]

In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and the Mizoram Excise & Narcotics department seized 90 grams of heroin and arrested two drug peddlers for possessing the contraband at Tuirial airfield near Aizawl. The contraband recovered is worth Rs 40.50 lakh and was believed to be smuggled from Myanmar, Assam Rifles sources said. The two drug […]

The Lok Sabha on Thursday adjourned sine die ahead of the assembly polls in four states and one union territory. The month-long second part of the Budget Session, which started on March 8, was scheduled to conclude on April 8. The Rajya Sabha also is likely to be adjourned sine die later in the day. […]

Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday cut for the second straight day as international oil prices cooled fell on prospects of speedy recovery in consumption getting clouded by second wave of COVID-19 cases. Petrol price was cut by 21 paise per litre and diesel by 20 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned […]

Assam is all set for the first phase of Assembly polls on Saturday. Campaigning for the first phase will end on Thursday evening. The Assam Assembly election campaign for all three phases will end 48 hours prior to the polling time, said the Election Commission of India on Wednesday. As per the Election Commission’s schedule, […]

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesday said that observers in poll-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry are being monitored closely by the EC. EC officials are on a visit to Bengal to take stock of the arrangements to ensure free and fair polls maintaining proper law […]

India added over one lakh coronavirus infections in just two days with 53,476 new cases in a span of 24 hours, the highest single day rise so far this year, pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,17,87,534, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active caseload registered an increase […]

The Parliament on Wednesday passed Finance Bill 2021, which gives effect to the financial proposals of the central government for the financial year 2021-22. The bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, a day after it was approved by the Lok Sabha. Replying to the debate on the bill, Finance Minister Nirmala accused the […]