The carcasses of two Gangetic dolphins, suspected to have been killed by poachers, have been recovered from Kamrup Rural district in Assam, a forest official said on Friday. The dead aquatic mammals, 1.09 metres and 1.18 metres in length respectively, were found at Salpara under Kamrup West Division on Thursday. Divisional Forest Officer, Kamrup West […]

With the Manipur General Assembly election scheduled for the upcoming year, Naga People’s Front president Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu inaugurated the head office building of the NPF Manipur State Unit at Senapati on Friday. Addressing the gathering, the president stated that the inauguration is a milestone for the party as NPF has come to stay permanently. […]

Ace Indian shooters Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adhana clinched the Gold and Silver medals in the P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 final at Asaka Shooting Range on Saturday. Manish Narwal smashed the Paralympic record to clinch India’s third gold in the ongoing Tokyo Games. 19-year-old Manish created a Paralympic record as he amassed 218.2 […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu at the 51st Foundation Day celebration of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D). The sportsperson was appointed as Additional Superintendent of Police (Sports) in the police department by the Manipur government earlier in July after her outstanding show […]

India reported 42,618 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours wherein Kerala contributed a majority of cases by logging 29,322 positive cases. The overall death toll due to this virus touched 4,40,225 in the country. Here, 330 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours wherein Kerala added 131 fatalities, Maharashtra reported 92 fatalities […]

In a humanitarian gesture, the Mizoram government has decided that around 325 children of Myanmar refugees, currently taking shelter in Mizoram after fleeing the military coup, can now attend schools across various villages of the state. Most of these children had crossed over to Mizoram with their parents to escape from the military crackdown in […]

Internationally acclaimed actor from Assam Adil Hussain has added yet another feather to his cap. The 57-year-old actor has bagged the best actor award (male) for his brilliant performance Raahgir at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival for the film. The film directed by Goutam Ghose starring Adil Hussain and Tillotama Shome has bagged a total […]

In a significant step, the Indian Army has decided to continue training Afgan cadets in its institutions till they complete their courses and would let their embassy take a call on their future. Around 130 soldiers from Afghanistan are receiving training in different academies of Indian defence forces including the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. […]

Assam Board of Secondary Education on Thursday announced it is reducing the syllabus for all subjects in Class 9 and 10 for the academic session 2021-22. As per a notification by The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), “The course curriculum of each and every subject has been reduced approximately by 40 per cent in […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday and invited him to grace the celebration of Meghalaya’s 50th Statehood Day on January 21 next year. During his meeting with the Prime Minister, CM Sangma also apprised him about the upgradation of the new assembly building in Shillong […]