India beat Australia by 11 runs in the first T20 International against here on Friday. KL Rahul top-scored for India with a 40-ball 51 while Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten on 44 from 23 balls as India posted 161 for 7 in their 20 overs after being put in to bat. Moises Henriques was the most […]

The polling for this year’s Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections in Bodoland Territorial Region will be conducted following all COVID-19 protocols. For the first time, the administration has made arrangements of COVID-19 prevention kits along with ballot boxes. The presiding and polling officers have been asked to ensure COVID-19 safety measures at the polling booths. […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired an all-party meeting with leaders of various political outfits and top union ministers to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, sources said. Floor leaders from all parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been invited to attend the virtual meeting which started around 10:30 am. […]

President Ram Nath Kovind greeted the Navy personnel, veterans and their families on the occasion of Navy Day on Friday and said he was proud of their commitment in protecting India’s maritime frontiers. “Best wishes to all personnel for the outstanding force. Indian Navy is at forefront of keeping our seas safe by ensuring maritime […]

Six people were arrested in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district with a huge quantity of explosives and detonators, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about possible movement of explosives, police conducted raids in the 4 Kilo area on Wednesday night, they said. An SUV with Assam registration was intercepted at Kongong in the […]

India reported less than 50,000 cases for the 27th day in a row with 36,594 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s data on Friday. The overall coronavirus cases reached 95,71,559, including 4,16,082 active cases and 90,16,289 recoveries. With 540 new deaths, the cumulative […]

India and Bangladesh are expected to hold their Director General-level border talks in Guwahati later this month, the first time the biannual meeting will be held outside Delhi, official sources said. The 51st edition of these high-level talks will be held between the Border Security Force (BSF) and its counterpart Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) beginning […]

Amid ongoing campaign for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took a potshot at the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). Lambasting Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora and AIUDF chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, Himanta Biswa Sarma […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has ranked the Kharsang police station in Arunachal’s Changlang district as the third-best police station in the country for the year 2020. While Nongpok Sekmai police station in Manipur was ranked first, the All Woman Police Station of Sooramangalam in Tamil Nadu was conferred the second rank. Union Home […]

Senior officers of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Wednesday reviewed the prevailing situation along the India-Bhutan border in view of the upcoming Bodoland Territorial Council polls in Assam, officials said. SSB Guwahati Frontiers Inspector General Sanjeev Sharma visited the India-Bhutan border in the Udalguri district to review the security situation, they said. He also […]