Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek called on Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Saturday. Hek urged Sarma to restart Chief Minister level talks to resolve the long-pending inter-state boundary dispute between the two states at the earliest. In the meeting, they also discussed on the need to strengthen the health infrastructure in […]

The Sikkim government on Saturday extended the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown till July 5, which was scheduled to end on June 28. Amid the second wave of the pandemic, the state has been in partial and complete lockdown since May 6. As per relaxations announced by the home department on Friday included inter-district travel on an odd-even […]

Jailed AssamMLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, met his ailing mother in Jorhat on Saturday. After being granted parole on Friday afternoon, Gogoi left Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments. He spent the night at his rented residence […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday named Sharda Devi as Chief of its Manipur unit, becoming the first female in the state to be appointed as party president. “BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed Smt. Sharda Devi as State President of Manipur BJP. The appointment comes into immediate effect,” party general secretary Arun […]

The Tripura government has extended the COVID curfew from 2 pm to 5 am in Agartala and 10 other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 2, a notification said. The restrictions, first imposed on May 16 and then repeatedly extended, were scheduled to end on June 25. “The COVID curfew will remain in force in […]

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has appointed party leader Bhabesh Kalita as the president of the Assam unit of the party on Saturday. “The appointment comes into immediate effect,” an order issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh stated. “BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed Bhabesh Kalita, MLA as […]

As many as seven pilots from the Paragliding Association of Arunachal (PAA) have received paragliding and adventure sets under the Chief Minister Paryatan Vikas Yojna scheme. The equipment’s were distributed by the tourism department of the State. 40 pilots have been trained so far under the scheme, out of which 20 pilots, including five lady […]

A prisoner, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Diphu Medical College and Hospital in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, escaped, police said on Saturday. The prisoner was admitted to the COVID ward of the hospital on Thursday afternoon after he tested positive, they said. He escaped from the hospital on Friday night, they added. The prisoner […]

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 19,000-mark on Saturday as 232 more people, including 49 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The fresh infections have pushed the state’s caseload to 19,091, it said. As many as 238 more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,554, […]

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday handed over appointment letter to home guard Borsing Bey as constable in Assam Police. Bey has been awarded for showing example of integrity by refusing huge amount of bribe money and confiscating drugs worth Rs 12 crore. CM Sarma appointed Bey as constable in the police at […]