The much-delayed Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) class 12 final examinations will take place in July-August, a letter from the state board said on Wednesday. The examinations were scheduled to start on May 12 but were indefinitely postponed due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. AHSEC Controller of Examinations Pankaj Borthakur wrote […]

In a major development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a fresh case against former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki for alleged corruption related to a contract for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya school boundary wall in Salt Lake area of Kolkata. “CBI filed a case against Tuki and others for […]

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Thursday lauded the preparations of the Central government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and said that by December, 19 companies in India will be manufacturing vaccines and the country will have 200 crore COVID vaccine doses. Nadda while inaugurating the new office building of BJP in Arunachal Pradesh […]

Assam girl and pugilist Lovlina Borgohain has become the first female athlete from the state to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Lovlina Borgohain sealed her spot in the Olympics by beating Uzbekistan’s Maftunakhon Melieva in the quarterfinals of the Asian Olympic qualifiers. She fell in the semi-finals to Gu Hong of China and had to […]

Former India Boxer and Asian Games gold-medalist Dingko Singh passed away at around 4 AM on Thursday at a private hospital in Imphal. The veteran boxer was battling with liver cancer and succumbed to the illness, he was 42. Earlier last year, during the Covid pandemic, Dingko went to Delhi for treatment, upon returning he […]

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered under the nationwide vaccination drive has exceeded 24 crores, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Thursday. According to an official release, 33,79,261 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. “A total of 24,27,26,693 vaccine doses have been administered through 33,82,775 sessions, as […]

At a time when the state is hit by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the first wave of floods has taken a grip over Assam. Several parts of the state are reeling under flood waters causing a breakdown of communications. Scores of people have been forced to leave their homes and move to safer […]

The first Solar Eclipse of this year will take place on June 10, which is tomorrow. This celestial event comes just days after the year’s first super blood moon and total lunar eclipse, which took place on May 26. As per the map published by NASA, the solar eclipse will be visible in India, but […]

A total of Rs 25,000 crores will be spent in the next five years for signal modernisation and 5G spectrum implementation in the Railways, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. Additionally, the Railways, which currently uses optical fibre, will also be provided with 5 megahertz spectrum in 700 MHz band. In a series of […]

In view of the current COVID-19 situation, the Nagaland government on Wednesday decided to extend the ongoing lockdown in the state by another week till June 18 with easing of some restrictions. Addressing the media, government spokesperson Mmhonlumo Kikon said the High Powered Committee decided to extend the total lockdown after thorough consultation with all […]