India’s highest sporting honour Khel Ratna Award on Friday was rechristened in the honour of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand following the admirable performance of both men’s and women’s hockey teams in the Tokyo Olympics. This comes a day after the Indian men’s hockey team won the Bronze medal after 41 years at the Olympic Games. […]

India reported 44,643 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. With these new cases, the active tally has climbed to 4,14,159 and constitutes 1.30 per cent of total cases. With 41,096 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the overall recoveries in the country […]

The Nagaland Assembly on Thursday discussed the border issue with neighbouring Assam. Participating in the discussion on matters of urgent public importance, leader of the Opposition TR Zeliang stated that all interim agreements signed between the governments of Nagaland and Assam was a one-sided agreement. Zeliang also stressed on the fact that both states must […]

Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir Gao and Chairman of the State Council for IT & E-governance Doni Nich on Wednesday called on Union Railways, Communication and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at his office in New Delhi and discussed extension of network connectivity in all districts of the state. Gao told mediapersons that the Union Minister has […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over a high-level virtual open debate of the UN Security Council on ‘Enhancing Maritime Security – A case for International Cooperation’ under the Agenda Item Maintenance of International Peace and Security on August 9, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. Briefing reporters at the regular media briefing, MEA […]

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched the silver medal on Thursday after losing in the final of men’s 57 kg freestyle category to Russian Olympic Committee’s Zavur Uguev at the Tokyo Olympics. The Russian wrestler registered a 7-4 win against Dahiya. Ravi had earlier lost to Uguev at the 2019 World Championship. Ravi had reached […]

The crucial high level meeting between Assam and Mizoram to resolve the boundary dispute has concluded at the historic Aijal Club in Aizawl on Thursday. The governments of Assam and Mizoram issued a joint statement in which both the states welcomed and agreed to take forward the initiatives taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs […]

Sneha Bandhan, a home away from home for children in need has come forward to take care of 5 girls from Chirang district who were recently rescued by the Assam Police from Sikkim. These girls and many more were trafficked to Sikkim and were made to work as house maids in different families. The rescued […]

The sports fraternity rejoiced on Thursday as the Manpreet Singh-led Indian men’s hockey team clinched the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian boys defeated Germany 5-4 to clinch the first medal in 41 years in hockey at the Games. Taking to Twitter, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar wrote: “Congratulations to each & every member […]

India reported 42,982 fresh COVID-19 infections, 533 deaths, 41,726 recoveries in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. With this, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases has reached 3,18,12,114 including 3,09,74,748 discharges and 4,26,290 deaths. The country’s active caseload climbed to 4,11,076 which constitutes 1.29 per cent […]