For the first time, bus service between Roing and Anini was flagged off on Friday as two-lane highway reached the Dibang Valley district near the Indo-Tibetan border in Arunachal Pradesh. State Chief Minister Pema Khandu taking to Twitter informed that for the first time since 73 years of Independence, a government bus reached the border […]

US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) announced a USD 1.9 trillion plan to revive the country’s economy and combat the coronavirus. “We have no time to waste when it comes to getting this virus under control and building our economy back better,” the incoming president said. Tweeting ahead of his remarks Biden said: […]

The Sikkim government on Thursday banned the import of all poultry products from other states for a month in the wake of the outbreak of avian influenza in various places across the country. A notification on the ban was issued by the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department Secretary, SD Subba. “In the wake of […]

On the occasion of Army Day, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Friday expressed gratitude to Indian soldiers, saying that their valour and sacrifices are an inspiration to many. “On the historic Army Day, we pay homage and express our gratitude to those brave soldiers, whose valour and Supreme sacrifice in line […]

A consignment of 18,500 COVID-19 vaccines, to be used in the first phase of inoculation, arrived in Aizawl from New Delhi on Thursday, a health department official said. State Immunisation Officer Lalzawmi told PTI a total of 14,607 health workers have registered to receive vaccination. In the first phase, 8,000 of them will get shots […]

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to Army officers, ex-servicemen and their families on the occasion on 73rd Army Day on Friday. President Kovind remembered the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in service to the nation and said the country will remain forever to the courageous of soldiers and […]

Assam on Thursday registered only 19 positive cases of COVID-19, which is the state’s lowest detection of coronavirus cases in the last nine months. The tally has increased to 2,16,762 while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,065, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission. The positive cases, lowest since May 19 […]

The first consignment of 32,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Arunachal Pradesh in a vaccine van from Guwahati on Thursday, ahead of the countrywide inoculation drive to start on January 16, an official of the National Health Mission”s (NHM) said. The vaccines were dispatched from Itanagar to 25 districts of Arunachal Pradesh by road, […]

A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the BSF along the International Border in Punjab’s Amritsar district, an official said on Friday. The force personnel noticed suspicious activity near the border fence on Thursday evening, said the BSF official. Sensing threat, troops shot him dead at around 8:30 pm, the official further said. (PTI)

India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,05,27,683 with 15,590 people testing positive for the infection in a day, while recoveries have surged to 1,01,62,738, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The country’s death toll increased to 1,51,918 with 191 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who […]