US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-origin Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States making her the first woman of colour to serve in this role. Gupta becomes the latest addition to Biden’s team that features Indian Americans such as former US surgeon general Vivek Murthy. “A former Acting Assistant Attorney […]

The total number of people who tested positive for the new UK strain of the Coronavirus reached 75 on Thursday, the special surveillance report issued by the central government said. As per the report, a total of 4,858 people have been traced who traveled between India and the UK after the cases of infection by […]

The Election Commission of India Director General Dharmendra Sharma will be visiting Assam on January 11 and 12 to review preparedness for the assembly polls, an official release said on Thursday. Sharma will hold meetings with the senior officers and superintendents of police of 20 districts at Dibrugarh on January 11. He will also meet officials of […]

India has reported 18,139 new cases of COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the national COVID-19 case tally to 1,04,13,417 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). These include 20,539 people who have recovered from the deadly infection and 234 people who succumbed in the last 24 […]

Irrfan Khan’s son Babil, wife Sutapa Sikdar and a host of Bollywood celebrities on Thursday remembered the late star on his 55th birth anniversary, almost a year after the actor lost his battle with a rare form of cancer. Khan, one of India’s finest and most versatile actors with acclaimed performances in films such as […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said that the ravaging wildfire in Dzukou valley is likely to be under control on the Manipur side in a day or two. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain, the Chief Minister stated that most of the fire has been doused. However, the wildfire still […]

David Thingchum Sangtam was sworn in as a member of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) at Dr Imkongliba Hall, Raj Bhavan in Kohima on Thursday. Governor of Nagaland RN Ravi administered the oath of secrecy to the member of NPSC. A host of legislators led by minister planning and coordination, land revenue and parliamentary […]

Congress early Thursday (local time) accepted the results of the Electoral College, which confirmed Joe Biden’s win and cleared his way to become the 46th President of the United States. Congress finished counting the votes in the early hours of Thursday after a chaotic day, which saw a violent mob of pro-Trump supporters breach Capitol […]

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that the COVID-19 vaccines ‘Covishield’ and ‘Covaxin’ are on the verge of being available in the country. The Health Minister while addressing a press conference, said, “COVID-19 vaccines ‘Covishield’ and ‘Covaxin’ are on the verge of being available in the country. Our efforts are to ensure […]

The Indian Army in a joint operation on Wednesday apprehended self-styled Lieutenant Jyachok Wangsu, a key member of the NSCN-KK actively involved in extortion activities of the outfit in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding area. The NSCN-KK cadre was apprehended along with weapons and live ammunition from the outskirts of Kanubari area. Over the past two months, […]