The Assam government to further strengthen the containment of spread of COVID-19 announced stricter guidelines on Saturday imposing a total ban of movement of individuals from 12 noon to 5 am from May 16. However, the order will not be applicable for individuals working in organisations rendering Essential/Emergency Services, Law Enforcement Services and Election work. […]

The Union Health Ministry on Saturday informed that the overall positivity rate of India now stands at 19.8 per cent. During a health briefing, Joint Secretary of the Union Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said, “The overall positivity rate of the country, which stood at 21.9 per cent last week, has now fallen to 19.8 per […]

The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) on Saturday announced a unilateral ceasefire for three months due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the state. ULFA (I) Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua in a statement e-mailed to the media said that the ceasefire will come into effect immediately and the outfit will refrain from any operations […]

Leading by example, Mizoram’s power and electricity department minister R Lalzirliana was on Friday seen mopping the floors of a hospital, where he is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 along with his wife and son. The minister’s action was not to embarrass medical staff or authorities but to set an example for others. For a state […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting over COVID-19 and vaccination relation situation and said that localised containment strategies are the need of the hour especially for states where test positivity rates (TPR) in districts are high. The Prime Minister instructed that testing needs to be scaled up further with use of […]

As cyclone Tauktae furthers closer into the Indian West Coast, the Central Water Commission (CWC) on Saturday issued an ‘orange bulletin’ for Kerala and Tamil Nadu, predicting a severe flood situation in the two states. Water levels are likely to reach ‘danger’ and highest flood levels, the CWC said. As of 8 am today morning, […]

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to kin of those who lost their lives in the Digboi grenade explosion incident. Two persons – Surajit Talukdar and Sanjiv Singh lost their lives in the grenade attack on Friday. CM Sarma met the family members of the victims […]

With 3,26,098 new COVID-19 cases and 3,53,299 recoveries, India recorded more recoveries than the fresh infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data on Saturday. The cumulative caseload touched 2,43,72,907 including 36,73,802 active cases and 2,04,32,898 total recoveries. After 3,890 deaths in the last 24 hours, the toll due to […]

Consul General of Royal Bhutanese Consulate Phub Tshering on Friday called on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati and discussed wide range of issues of mutual interest to strengthen Assam-Bhutan ties. CM Sarma, while extending his gratitude to the Royal Bhutan King and the Prime Minister for their statesmanship which helped in strengthening […]

Three insurgents of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have surrendered before the state police, a senior officer said on Friday. Rupadhan Debbarma, Amush Tripura and Dilip Debbarma deposited a pistol along with ammunition and some extortion notices while surrendering before the special branch of police on Thursday night, he said. During interrogation, […]