Referring to the new guidelines laid down by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry for the Over-the-top (OTT) platforms, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the new rules focus on self-classification of content instead of any form of censorship. Javadekar made these statements at an event held in the presence of representatives of […]

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga took the first dose of indigenously manufactured COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield at the state assembly house on Thursday. After receiving the vaccine, Zoramthanga taking to Twitter said, “Took my first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on 04.03.2021 at 10:25 AM.” Along with the Chief Minister, 13 other MLAs received the first dose of […]

The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday passed four key bills, including ones that make amendments in GST clauses and facilitate a business-friendly environment for investors. The bills passed by the assembly are the Arunachal Pradesh Civil Courts Bill, the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Service Tax (Amendment) Bill, the Arunachal Pradesh Ease of Doing Business Bill […]

The BJP’s central election committee (CEC) met on Thursday to finalise party candidates for the initial phases of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, two of the four states going to the elections besides the union territory of Puducherry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Shah along with […]

Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma was fondly remembered on his fifth death anniversary on Thursday. The family members of the former Meghalaya chief minister including his widow Soradini K Sangma, son and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma along with daughter and Tura MP Agatha K Sangma paid tributes to PA Sangma at his final […]

Before commencing the shoot for Dinesh Vijan’s horror-comedy Bhediya in Arunachal Pradesh the entire team including Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, and Abhishek Banerjee met the Honorable Chief Minister Pema Khandu. Also present were Bamang Felix, Minister of Home and Interstate affairs, Naresh Kumar, Chief Secretary, Sonam Chombey and Commissioner to HCM. “Pleased to meet Bollywood Star […]

Amidst the crackdown by the military in neighbouring Myanmar, the Mizoram Police have detained three Myanmarese policemen who crossed over into the Indian territory on Wednesday. As per reliable inputs, the three men crossed into Indian territory near Lungkawlh village in Mizoram’s Serchhip district on Wednesday afternoon after they were chased by the military for […]

In Myanmar, at least 38 people were killed and many injured as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities, the United Nations said. UN Special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener said in New York that Wednesday was the bloodiest day since the coup happened on the 1st of February. She said, 38 […]

Meghalaya Congress MLA from Rajabala constituency, Azad Zaman passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 47 years old. According to sources, Zaman died of cardiac arrest at around 2:30 am. Tributes poured in as soon as the news of the Congress legislator’s demise broke out. Expressing shock, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma took […]

The Taj Mahal complex in Agra was vacated on Thursday morning following a hoax bomb call, officials said. They said an unidentified person called the 112 emergency response number of the Uttar Pradesh police at around 9 am and claimed that a bomb was kept inside the monument that is conserved by the Archaeological Survey […]