Editor of The Shillong Times Patricia Mukhim on Tuesday resigned as member of Editors Guild of India (EGI) in protest against what she called, the organizations “complete silence” on the recent High Court ruling which refused to quash an FIR against her and held her guilty of creating communal disharmony through her Facebook post in […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, as the two leaders discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, while reiterating their firm commitment to the strategic bilateral partnership. This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Democrat Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump […]

India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 89-lakh on Wednesday, while the number of recoveries surpassed 83 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.52 percent. With 38,617 new infections, the total coronavirus cases mounted to 89,12,907. The death toll climbed to 1,30,993 with 474 new fatalities. The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for […]

Bharatiya Janata Party topgun Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the saffron party will not ally with the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) in the 2021 Assembly elections in Assam. Addressing a rally ahead of the elections in Kokrajhar on Tuesday, Sarma while continuing his tirade against the BPF Chief Hagrama Mohilary said the BJP will […]

In some good news for the farmers, Sikkim Agriculture minister LN Sharma on Tuesday informed that the government will provide incentives on cash crops. The State Government has launched the additional incentives scheme for cash crops namely, large cardamom, ginger, turmeric, orange and buckwheat in order to encourage the farmers to increase production, thereby supporting […]

Arunachal Pradesh has recorded the best sex ratio in the country compared to other states as per the 2018 report on “vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System. The sex ratio at birth is the number of females born per thousand males. Arunachal Pradesh recorded 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed […]

Terrorism is the biggest problem the world is facing at present, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday at the BRICS Summit while adding that all countries need to ensure that the nations that support terrorists are held accountable. “Terrorism is the biggest problem facing the world today. We have to ensure that the countries […]

The Assam Police on Monday arrested 11 men dressed in army uniforms on charges of impersonation at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati. The imposters were masquerading as army officials carrying fake identity cards and wearing camouflaged uniforms. They were loitering around the airport when the police got suspicious of their movement and […]

Former US President Barack Obama said that he has always held a special place for India due to his childhood years spent in Indonesia listening to the epic Hindu tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Maybe it was its (India’s) sheer size, with one-sixth of the world’s population, an estimated two thousand distinct ethnic […]

Acting on a tip-off, a team of 43 Assam Rifles and Moreh Police including Women Assam Rifles raided a house at Moreh Ward No 3 and recovered contraband items worth Rs 3.30 crore. The security personnels detained a husband-wife duo identified as Ngura Sailo and Sangi Sailo from the site on charges of possessing contraband […]