Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), chief executive member, Pramod Boro said that Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) will be a challenge for them in the upcoming assembly elections in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). On Tuesday, speaking to the media, Boro said that BPF has always been a challenge for them but they have already pulled up their […]

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that Rs 900 crore was allocated to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the financial year 2020-21 for developing capacity for the launching of satellites. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, he said that the Department of Space has been involved in […]

In response to the ”legal requests” from the Central government, Twitter on Wednesday informed that it has taken multiple enforcement actions — including permanent suspension of over 500 accounts for clear violations of Twitter’s rules. The social media giant in a statement said, “Separate to our enforcement under the Twitter Rules, over the course of […]

The Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles has recovered 50 bags of areca nuts from General Area Tlangsam in Mizoram on Wednesday. Based on specific information, the operation was carried out by a team of Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force in Champhai district. It is estimated that the approximate cost of the […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma along with Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh has called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi and sought assistance from the Centre for funding different projects under the “Special Central Assistance”. During his visit, the Chief Minister briefed Union Minister on the progress of works related to the Water Supply […]

The Assam government has decided to discontinue mandatory COVID-19 testing at railway stations, land routes and airports from March 1, in light of the decline in coronavirus cases and ongoing vaccination drive. “In view of rapidly declining cases of COVID-19 and given that vaccination is in full swing, GoA has decided to discontinue mandatory testing […]

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday informed that India’s total active caseload of COVID-19 continues to follow a consistent declining slope as it has dropped to 1,41,511 lakh. According to the ministry, the present active caseload now consists of just 1.30 per cent of India’s total positive cases. “Following the national […]

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday said that implementation of Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) will take time and no deadline should be set on this matter. The state government had in 2019 said that the RIIN, a register of all the indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland, is required to prevent issuance of […]

Several people were injured when a fresh border dispute took place on the disputed land along the Mizoram-Assam border at Zophai area near Mizoram’s Bairabi town in Kolasib district on Tuesday, police said. The area is also called Kachurthal by Assam and is fall within Hailakandi district. The border standoff occurred when Assam allegedly constructed […]

As many as 65.28 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 on the 25th day of the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Tuesday. “The cumulative number of healthcare workers and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 is 65,28,210 (as at 6:30 pm today), […]