Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora on Friday rejected exit poll predictions for the state and said party-led ‘Mahajot’ will win the assembly polls with a thumping majority. “As far as Assam is concerned we are very confident that the Congress-led Mahajot alliance will get majority. Everything will be clear on May 2 when results come. […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and offered cooperation in dealing with the situation created by COVID-19. Xi said China is willing to strengthen anti-pandemic cooperation with India, and provide support and help to the country, Xinhua news agency reported. He also sent “condolences” over COVID-19 pandemic […]

Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb on Thursday visited a Bru resettlement colony in the state’s Dholai district to assess the development work being carried out there. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, Deb claimed that it was because of the foresight of these two leaders that the decades-old Bru problem […]

The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent or ULFA-I has gone on record to say that the missing Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employee Ritul Saikia is not in their custody. ULFA-I Commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah has categorically denied Assam Police’s statement that said Saikia was still in the custody of the outfit. Speaking to group […]

Senior Delhi-based journalist from Assam, Nilakshi Bhattacharya succumbed to COVID-19 on Friday. Bhattacharya was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Delhi after being infected by Coronavirus. The senior journalist finally breathed her last this morning. Nilakshi Bhattacharya was associated with the Times Of India Group. Her husband Kalyan Barua is also reportedly undergoing treatment […]

With Phase III of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive set to start on May 1, the total registrations on the Co-Win portal for the new phase have crossed 2.28 crore in just two days, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. In an official release, the ministry said the total vaccination across […]

Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki on Friday informed that the country will provide 300 oxygen generators and as many ventilators to India which is currently facing the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Taking to Twitter, Suzuki said that Japan stands with India in its “greatest time of need”. “Japan stands with India in her […]

Tripura needs around 32 lakh vaccine doses for 100 per cent vaccination residents of the state between the age group of 18 years and 44 years, said Dr Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal, state Director, National Health Mission (NHM), ahead of Phase III of the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive. Addressing media, Dr Jaiswal said the state has […]

Popular TV Journalist Rohit Sardana passed away on Friday. He reportedly died of heart attack. He had also been tested positive for COVID-19 roughly a week before his demise. On April 24, Sardana informed via Twitter he had contracted the coronavirus. Reports said that he passed away this morning after suffering a heart attack. Sardana […]

The Assam Police has arrested two cadres of banned terror outfit Neo-JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) from Lalkura area in the Dhubri district. Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Friday informed stated four firearms and Rs 1.02 lakh in fake Indian currency note have been recovered from one of the cadres. “In a joint operation with Special […]