Assam Health, Finance and PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the Caisson Foundation No. PY-2 of the seventh bridge between Guwahati and North Guwahati over the mighty Brahmaputra river. The 8.3 km long bridge will be built at a cost of Rs. 2,600 crore. It will be completed by August, 2023. Taking to Twitter after […]

The Indian Army has rescued two stranded local women from drowning in Siyom river in West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. This was informed by the Eastern Command of the Indian Army on their official Twitter handle. “Indian Army Rescue Team bravely rescued two stranded local women from drowning in Siyom River near […]

Assam for the first time after 115 days, registered no deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday. The state so far has recorded 934 deaths due to the infection. With 380 new cases, the overall tally in the state reached 2,07,741. The active cases now stands at 8,110. Meanwhile, 655 patients have been discharged, taking the […]

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is inching towards a victory over incumbent President Donald Trump in the fierce battle of US Presidential elections with 253 projected Electoral College votes. Biden needs 17 more votes to win the race as counting is underway in key states including Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, according to New York […]

Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others – Feroz Shaikh and Nitesh Sarda – have been sent to 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday by Alibag District Magistrate Court in connection with Anvay Naik suicide case. “It is a big victory for us. MCR (magisterial custody remand) is granted on the very first day. Police […]

India recorded 50,209 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the overall cases in the country to 83,64,086, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s data on Thursday. With 55,331 new discharges in the last 24 hours, the total active cases reached 5,27,962 and the cumulative recoveries are now at […]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that a ‘major fraud’ is being perpetrated on the American people and said he will fight the election in the Supreme Court, even as the counting of votes were in progress in the battleground states. Addressing a select gathering of his supporters in the East Room of the […]

An advanced version of the DRDO-developed Pinaka rocket was successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday. A total of six rockets were launched in series and all the tests met complete mission objectives. “All the flight articles were tracked by range instruments such as telemetry, radar and […]

The Meghalaya cabinet on Wednesday approved the St Xavier’s University Bill, 2020. The draft bill was brought by the education department and was approved by the cabinet. The State government has set up a regulatory board under the Meghalaya Private Universities (Regulation of Establishment and Maintenance of Standards) Act, 2012. The board will ensure that the […]

The US presidential election has turned into a nail-biting battle as Democratic candidate Joe Biden is ahead of US President Donald Trump in Electoral College votes, having 227 votes to the Republican incumbent’s 213, according to New York Times. Trump has secured 48.05 per cent of votes, while his rival Joe Biden managed to garner […]