India crossed 85-lakh COVID-19 cases with 45,674 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. With 49,082 new recoveries, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries are 78,68,968, while total positive cases stand at 85,07,754, including 5,12,665 active cases. The country reported 559 deaths, taking the total toll to […]

Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden would be the 46th President of the United States, CNN projected on Saturday, after he clinched the crucial state of Pennsylvania. The battleground state was worth 20 Electoral College votes. With Pennsylvania, the former vice-president’s vote reached beyond the 270 Electoral College-vote mark. Biden now has 273 votes to Trump’s […]

The COVID-19 tally in Meghalaya crossed the 10,000 mark, as 68 more people tested positive for the virus on Saturday. The 68 new cases pushed the state’s overall tally to 10,047, while two patients succumbed to the virus. The fresh cases have been reported from East Khasi Hills district (24), West Jaintia Hills (18), Ri-Bhoi […]

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday apprised Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the situation at the Assam-Mizoram border and the steps taken by the State Government. He requested the Union Home Minister to take necessary steps by the Central Government to maintain peace and harmony in the border areas. The Assam Chief Minister also […]

The Mizoram Home department has issued a statement claiming the school, where the bomb blast took place on Friday, to be in Mizoram territory at Phainuam village near the interstate border with Assam. A school on the Assam-Mizoram border was blown up, allegedly by the miscreants from Mizoram on Friday night. The attack comes amidst […]

The voting for the re-election in two polling stations in the Pungro-Kiphire Assembly Constituency of Nagaland concluded on Saturday evening. The final poll percentage in the two polling stations – 8-Kipongya Ward A Kiphire Town and 11-Singrep has been recorded at 74.71 percent and 69.48 percent respectively. The voting which began at 6 AM passed […]

The final voter turnout in by-elections to four assembly constituencies in Manipur was recorded at 91.54 per cent on Saturday Voting for the 4 Assembly seats concluded peacefully with no untoward incidents, amid tight security and strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. Around 78.66 per cent voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm. An estimated 85.94 per […]

In Tripura, unidentified miscreants destroyed an entire edition of a daily newspaper Udaipur under Gomati district on Saturday. The incident took place when a vehicle carrying copies of the newspaper, reached Udaipur Rajarbag motor stand, where a group of miscreants destroyed the newspapers and threw them on the street. After the incident came to light, […]

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched EOS-01, an earth observation satellite intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management along with 9 international customer satellites, on board the PSLV-C49 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday. The rocket, in its 51st flight, lifted off at 3:12 PM, instead of […]

With leads in battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, Joe Biden Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday night said that although he doesn’t have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers point to a “clear and convincing” victory. “We don’t have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us […]