The Income Tax Department carried out search and survey action on January 8 in the cases of renowned Doctors/Medical professionals of Assam. The search and survey actions were carried out at 29 locations in Guwahati, Nalbari, and Dibrugarh, said Ministry of Finance. Total cash of approximately Rs 7.54 crore was seized by the Department from […]

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said the COVID-19 vaccine may cost in the range of Rs 200 to 295 in India and two vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — have received Emergency Use Authorisation (EAU) after going through established safety and immunogenicity in a well-prescribed regulatory process. Asserting that the central government has […]

After BJP national president JP Nadda’s remarks on granting scheduled tribe (ST) status to six communities of the state at a rally at Silchar on Monday, Assam health, finance and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government would soon file report on the subject. “BJP national president Nadda reiterated our commitment to grant ST status […]

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for Assam and Meghalaya has arrived in Guwahati on Tuesday evening. According to sources, the flight carrying the vaccine consignment from Serum Institute of India, Pune, weighing 732 kilograms, landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport around 5 pm in the evening. The vaccines will be shifted […]

Even as the world continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan tops the list of being the most powerful passport in the world for the year 2021, according to the latest report by the Henley Passport Index. Pakistan (rank 107) and Nepal (rank 104) continue to be in the ‘worst passports to hold’ category […]

Manipur has become fourth state in the country to successfully undertake reforms relating to urban local bodies (ULBs) as stipulated by the Department of Expenditure under Finance Ministry. Thus the state has become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources of Rs 75 crore through open market borrowings, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for the upcoming assembly elections in Assam. In a move to give boost to the party’s poll campaign, prime minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the state on January 23. On the other hand, union home minister Amit Shah will address rallies at Kokrajhar and Nalbari on January […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of three farms laws until further orders and formed a four-member committee to hold talks with farmers over the Acts. “Implementation of the three laws stayed until further orders,” said Chief Justice of India SA Bobde. A three-judge bench, headed by the CJI, is hearing a batch […]

Many new faces are likely to get Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tickets for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, indicated North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “Definitely, there are so many new workers. There must be some changes. But the percentage of changes is not yet decided,” said Sarma […]

Republican Party of India (A) chief Ramdas Athawale on Monday launched his party’s Tripura unit and said that the outfit aims at contesting in the 2023 assembly elections if its ally at the Centre, the BJP, agrees to share 3-4 seats with it. The Union Minister for social justice and empowerment also said his party […]