India’s total COVID-19 active caseload currently stands at 1.46 lakh (1,46,907) on Wednesday and accounts for 1.33 per cent of the country’s total coronavirus cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). According to the health ministry, the country registered 13,742 new daily cases in the last 24 hours and 14,037 recoveries […]

India pacer Ishant Sharma, who is playing his 100th Test for the country, was felicitated by Home Minister Amit Shah and President Ram Nath Kovind before the start of the pink-ball Test against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday. “@ImIshant was felicitated by the Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind & Honourable Home Minister […]

Narayanpur: Two security personnel were injured in separate actions against Naxals in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, informed police. A District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan has been injured in an encounter between security forces and the Naxals at a forest along the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border. In another incident, a Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel sustained […]

The final Indian squad for the 2021 International Ranking Series Tournament ‘Matteo Pellicone’ in Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Women Wrestling has been announced and Sakshi Malik has been included in the women’s team. The tournament will take place in Rome from March 4 to 7. Sakshi was initially left out of the squad […]

GUWAHATI: In a major boost to realizing state government’s goal of making an insurgency-free Assam and ushering in lasting peace in the State, 1040 militants of five Karbi ethnic militant groups laid down arms and joined the mainstream in front of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a function held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the […]

The world’s biggest cricket stadium was renamed after India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a surprise move Wednesday hours before its inaugural international match between India and England. It has renamed Narendra Modi Stadium. The 110,000-seater stadium was the pet project of Modi who was chief minister in Gujarat state, where Ahmedabad is the main […]

Assam PWD, Finance and Health Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday morning inaugurated the Office of the New Guwahati Treasury Officer in Chandmari Colony, Guwahati. “This office was in a really bad condition. So, we have built this new Treasury office at a cost of around Rs. 2 crores. We will also build many […]

On the second anniversary of the PM-Kisan scheme on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the BJP government in the Centre is doing everything possible to double the income of farmers. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said his government has the “honour of ushering a historic increase in minimum support price […]

Three more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 4,413, an official said on Wednesday. Two cases were reported from Aizawl district and one from Lunglei district, he said. Mizoram now has 24 active COVID-19 cases, while 4,379 people have recovered from the virus. The […]

The Election Commission of India is undergoing a crucial meeting today to finalise the schedule for Assembly polls in four states and one in Union Territory later this year. The fourth states are West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The lone UT where polling will take place in Puducherry.  The meeting will be chaired […]