Tension runs high in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district after an Assam Rifles personnel allegedly shot dead a civilian of Chalwa village on Saturday. As per reports, the AR personnel identified as Major Alok, dressed in civilian clothing entered Chalwa village last night along with 3-4 other personnel’s and and opened fire at an unarmed villager. The […]

Citing non-compliance of New Intermediary Guideline Rules by Twitter, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new guidelines failing which resultant consequences as enjoined in the law shall follow. A letter issued by the Ministry […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said ethanol has become one of the major priorities of 21st century India and the country has taken a big step towards the sector. Addressing a virtual meeting on Word Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Today, on the occasion of World Environment Day, India has taken another […]

A tri-partite Karbi Peace Accord is all set to be signed in New Delhi next week. Leaders of 6 rebel groups will be flown to New Delhi for the signing which will be attended by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, CEM of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Tuliram Ronghang and representatives of the Union Home […]

Tripura police on Friday seized a vehicle loaded with nearly 3,100 bottles of cough syrup worth around Rs 12 lakhs near Tufanialunga area in Agartala. While speaking to ANI Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Piyamadhuri Majumder said, “We seized a vehicle with nearly 3,100 bottles of cough syrup worth around Rs 12 lakhs, which were to […]

India’s daily new COVD-19 cases reported a sharp decline on Saturday as the country recorded 11,835 less cases as compared to Friday. Down from yesterday’s 1,32,364 cases, India today reported 1,20,529 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,86,94,879, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. India’s active […]

Taking cognisance of a complaint about the assault on a doctor by the relatives of a COVID patient who died at a hospital in Hojai district of Assam, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday called for the action taken report from Assam government. According to a notification issued by NHRC, the Chief Secretary […]

The Meghalaya government has decided to extend lockdown in Shillong and entire East Khasi Hills district for another week with effect from June 7 till 5 am of June 14. The decision was taken during a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. Deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong and health minister AL Hek also […]

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has issued an order which states that the imposed restrictions in the state, which were supposed to come to an end on June 5, have now been extended till June 16. Government in its revised SOP has allowed markets to remain open till 12 noon and that curfew will be imposed […]

The Indian Navy will soon issue a tender worth around Rs 50,000 crores to build six new advanced conventional submarines with the Defence Ministry clearing a proposal for the same at the Defence Acquisition Council meeting on Friday. “The Defence Acquisition Council meeting attended by functionaries cleared the project and the Navy will soon issue […]