India’s Sumit Antil very comprehensively won gold in the men’s javelin throw (Sport Class F64) here at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday. Sumit dominated the show from the word go as he improved the World Record three times in the final. He threw a monstrous throw of 68.55m in his fifth attempt to climb […]

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally soared to 57,962 on Monday as 440 more people, including 88 children, tested positive for the infection, a health official said. The northeastern state’s coronavirus death toll rose to 213 as a 68-year-old woman from Aizawl succumbed to the infection. Aizawl reported the highest number of new cases at 310, followed by […]

As many as 732 villages in 16 districts have been affected in Assam due to floods following heavy rainfall, said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Sunday in its flood report. “As many as 2,58,191 persons have been affected in 16 districts of Assam due to flood in the state. A total of […]

It has been a glorious Monday for India with the country winning not one but four medals in a day at the crack of dawn. While India’s Avani Lakhera became the first Indian woman in history to win a Paralympic Gold medal for the country, India’s domination in athletics also continued in the Javelin and […]

With speculations rife over an opposition-less government in Nagaland, the Naga People’s Front has shifted the ball to the BJP’s court. Soon after the consultative meeting of the NPF MLAs in Kohima, party president Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Saturday said that it is for the BJP to decide on the matter. Liezietsu maintained that the party […]

A special one-day long conference held under the aegis of the Union Ayush Ministry saw Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of State for Ayush Munjapara Mahendrabhai hold talks with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and other health ministers from various Northeastern states in Guwahati on Saturday. Nagaland health minister S Pangnyu Phom and […]

Huge quantities of narcotic drugs valued at over Rs 20 crore have been seized from two trucks in Mizoram and Assam, police officers of the two neighbouring North-eastern states said on Friday. While 2.20 kgs of heroin estimated to be worth over Rs 10 crore in the international market was seized in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, […]

Rich tributes were paid to the martyrs on the occasion of 73rd anniversary of Naga Martyr’s Day at Mao Gate in Manipur’s Senapati district, which was organised by the Mao Council under the aegis of the United Naga Council. Three civilians were reportedly shot dead by the Assam Rifles during the “No House Tax Campaign” […]

Aiming to give a big boost to the tourism sector in Assam, State tourism minister Bimal Borah on Saturday flagged off the state-of-the-art Vistadome tourist special train that will ply on the Guwahati-Haflong section of the railway zone. Taking to Twitter, Borah tweeted, “Glad to flag off the Vista Dome Tourist Special Train between Guwahati […]

The Government introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles under the “Bharat series (BH-series)” to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles, informed Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways on Saturday. “Government has taken a host of citizen centric steps to facilitate mobility. An IT based solution for vehicle registration is one such effort. However, one […]