The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or the Pradyot Debbarman-led The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA will contest the ensuing autonomous district council elections in Tripura. This was decided in an internal meeting of the body which was presided over by royal scion Pradyot Deb Barman. Significantly, Pradyot has urged all regional parties in the […]

Social media are new-age digital change agents that have empowered Indian bureaucracy to deliver social goods in a far more effective way than in past, said a distinguished set of panelists comprising IAS, IPS officers and other experts during a webinar on Saturday organized by Bureaucrats India, a news portal dedicated to celebrate the good […]

The Ministry of Finance on Saturday said four states have undertaken stipulated reforms in the ease of doing business, allowing them to avail additional financial borrowings worth Rs 5,034 crore. The states getting these benefits are Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. “Four more states namely, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have undertaken “Ease […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has reiterated that the state government is vigorously pursuing the Inner Line Permit (ILP) issue with the Centre. The chief minister said this while reacting to Governor Satya Pal Malik’s statement on the issue. Sangma, however, said that the Governor’s opinion is crucial for guiding the state while pursuing both […]

Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched the Assam Chah Bagichar Dhan Puraskar Mela scheme at Khanapara in Guwahati. Under the scheme financial assistance would be provided to tea garden workers of the state. Sitharam ceremonially distributed Rs 3000 each to nearly 8 lakh tea garden labourers […]

With the vaccination of 3,31,029 beneficiaries on Friday, India has completed 50 lakh (5 million) COVID-19 vaccinations in 21 days and has become the fastest country to do so, said Union Health Ministry. Addressing a press conference here, Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry said, “A total of 3,31,029 beneficiaries were vaccinated today. As […]

In the largest ever recruitment exercise in the state, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed 29,701 appointment letters in a ceremony at the Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati on Friday. Of the 29,701 appointments, 16,484 are teachers and non-teaching staffs in schools, junior colleges and colleges whose services have […]

In a major breakthrough for the Assam forest department, a notorious poacher/smuggler of rhino horn was arrested in Arunachal Pradesh. The poacher identified as Jobi Gadi was nabbed from Naharlagun area in a joint operation by Biswanath Wildlife Division of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) and Assam police, along with the help of […]

At a time when the Meghalaya BJP is demanding the resignation of state home minister Lahkmen Rymbui, the home minister has found support from an unlikely side in the form of state health minister AL Hek, who is also a prominent BJP leader in the state. Hek said that Rymbui cannot be blamed for the […]

India’s total active caseload of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours dropped to 1.51 lakh, which is less than total deaths recorded till date, informed an official statement by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare here on Friday. The total number of active cases and the cumulative count of deaths in the country stand […]