Mizoram government has decided to use various hotels in Aizawl district for quarantine facilities due to COVID-19 situation in the state. Hotels empanelled by the state government are – Landmark Hotel of Bawngkawn area of the district, followed by Hotel Serow in Chaltlang Lily Veng area, Hotel Orchid in Dawrpui, LBL Lodge in Bungkawn, Hotel […]

In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and Nagaland Police apprehended one cadre of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland on April 21. “Assam Rifles in a joint operation with Nagaland Police on 21 Apr apprehended a cadre of NSCN (R) from General Area New Reserve Colony, Kohima District in Nagaland. @PIBHomeAffairs @PIBHindi,” tweeted Assam Rifles. […]

The Government of India’s procurement price of both the COVID-19 vaccines remains Rs 150 per dose and the Centre will continue to provide totally free to states, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Replying to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Ministry of Health said in a tweet “#Unite2FightCorona It is clarified that Govt of […]

Two of the three abducted Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) employees were rescued on Friday night in a joint operation conducted by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles near the India-Myanmar border in Nagaland’s Mon district. The rescued ONGC officials have been identified as Mohini Mohan Gogoi and Alakesh Saikia. The third abducted […]

Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Saturday took over as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He is now the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) and succeeded the post after Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Justice Ramana in the presence of Prime Minister […]

The White House on Friday (local time) assured that the United States would be working closely with Indian officials on identifying ways for Washington to provide assistance as India reports its highest daily COVID-19 cases on Friday. Press Secretary Jen Psaki in response to a question whether the US had plans of sending its stockpile […]

India recorded 3,46,786 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the pandemic broke out last year. According to the official data issued by the Union Health Ministry, the country has recorded 2,624 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The country’s total infection count has mounted to 1,66,10,481 cases, while 1,89,544 […]

Mizoram Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana on Thursday said the state government is ramping up facilities to deal with the second wave of the pandemic. The health minister on Thursday convened a meeting with officials, churches, doctors and community leaders to review the prevailing coronavirus situation in the state. In the meeting, he told that […]

At least 31 COVID-19 patients, who were being treated in a temporary care centre here, have escaped from the facility, following which the Tripura Police launched a massive search operation, an official said on Thursday. All the coronavirus-positive patients, who fled the COVID care centre at Panchayat Raj Training Institute (PRTI) in Arundhatinagar area on […]

Amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections, Assam on Thursday recorded the first instance of the Indian double mutant strain of SARS-Cov-2 in the state. This was informed by State health and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The double mutant strain B.1.617 was detected among the samples collected from passengers who landed at the Dibrugarh airport. […]