Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday informed that the budget outlay for health increased to Rs 2,23,846 crores in 2021-22, an increase of 137 per cent in comparison to the previous year’s budget. She also said the central government has provided Rs 35,000 crores for the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021-22. “I have provided Rs 35,000 […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a new Centre-sponsored scheme with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore to boost healthcare infrastructure across the country amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Tabling the Union Budget 2021-22, she said the Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana will develop the capacity for primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday presenting the Union Budget for the year 2021, announced that Assam will get over Rs 34,000 Crore for road projects across the state. Central Govt has released Rs 19,000 crore for construction of roads and national highways in Assam allocates. Further, she announced 1,300 kilometers of highway construction in […]

In a major announcement, the Sikkim government has announced health insurance scheme worth Rs 10 lakh for government employees under a new scheme titled ‘Suwasthya Yojana’. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Saturday during the inaugural ceremony of the new Annexure school building and Pema Rinzing Lama Football Academy in […]

The government of Meghalaya is most likely to take up the long-pending inter-state border issue with Assam after the 2021 Assam General elections. Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong stated, while it is impossible to discuss the issue with Assam before the elections, the state will definitely take up the long-pending interstate border issue with […]

A release issued by the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent or ULFA-I on Saturday informed that a week-long operation is underway by security forces to rescue the two employees of the private oil company Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited. The banned outfit in its release stated that plans are underway to kill the duo […]

The Joint Action Committee or JAC in Manipur has declared an indefinite bandh in the state from January 31 midnight along the national and state highways, following the stand-off between security forces and villagers of Konsakhul with regard to land ownership dispute at National Sports University site on Friday. The JAC has also called for […]

As part of its continuing efforts to further strengthen its presence along the borders, the Indian Army has acquired around 14 acres of land in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, sources said. The Army would be using the land to construct buildings for its units deployed there near the Line of Actual Control […]

The Indian Army has apprehended an active cadre of NSCN-IM in a swift operation from the outskirts of Namtola area in Charaideo district of Assam on Friday. The apprehended cadre has been identified as Self-Styled Private Alem Wangsu, who according to the Army was involved in extortion activities in Tizit and Charaideo area of Nagaland […]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday led the country in paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the 73rd death anniversary of the Father of the Nation. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, among others, also paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi. […]