Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran called on Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday. The Bangladesh High Commissioner met the Tripura Chief Minister at his office chamber and held talks on strengthening the Indo-Bangla relations. He said that the relations between both the countries are quite good and more efforts are being […]

Assam health, finance and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters at a presser in Guwahati that the COVID-19 vaccine would be made available from January to July in the next year. “The Government of India has been convening meetings with us to take a vaccination programme from January to July next year. The frontline […]

In a shocker from Meghalaya, an 80-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his three nephews on suspicion of practising witchcraft. The incident happened in the state’s West Khasi Hills district. The deceased has been identified as Boris Marngar. A total of 8 persons have been arrested so far by the police in connection with the case. […]

NEDA convenor and Assam Health & Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the October 15 consultative meet on Naga issue called by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio will be extremely crucial. Significantly, Sarma said that both the Government of India and the Naga negotiators know each others position by now. Indicating that integration of […]

The Arunachal Pradesh and Assam administrations on Monday decided to constitute an inter-state committee to address the border disputes between the two northeastern states. The committee, comprising deputy commissioners, superintendents of police and district forest officers of the bordering districts of the two states will resolve the border disputes in their areas at the district […]

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken the work of constructing a Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, 15 kms from Itanagar while considering the importance of air connectivity to the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh to have Greenfield Airport at Hollongi. According to an official release, with an estimated cost of Rs.650 crore, the […]

The investigation into the sensational Sub Inspector recruitment scam is taking interesting turns with each passing day. Two senior police officers have been summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the Sub Inspector recruitment scam in Assam. Investigators have summoned SP of the Barpeta Foreigner Regional Registration Office, Kumar Sanjit Krishna, and […]

Nagaland on Monday reported 221 more cases of COVID-19, taking the state’s overall caseload to 7,240. Of the fresh cases, 166 patients have been detected in Dimapur, 52 are from Kohima and 3 are from Mokokchung. Dimapur has the highest number of active c ases at 963, followed by Kohima at 366. Taking to Twitter, […]

Amid face-off between the Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday laid the foundation stone for the strategically important Nechiphu tunnel at West Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh via video conferencing. The 450m-long tunnel, which will bypass the existing road, will be D-shaped and comprise two […]

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” “This year’s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and […]