NEDA convenor and Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday received massive support during his campaign for BJP candidate for the prestigious Titabor seat, earlier represented by former three-time Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who died on November 23 last year. A traditional Congress bastion, Titabor, which is in the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency, had […]

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday hit out at the Congress, saying that people who had mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling him ‘chaiwala’ are plucking tea leaves now. Speaking at a rally in Lumding of Hojai district, Singh said, “Earlier our PM was mocked by being called a ‘chaiwala’. Today, the same […]

Extending their solidarity to the protesters in Myanmar, Student organizations, human rights groups and women’s organizations under the aegis of Kuki Inpi Manipur on Monday organized a candlelight vigil programme at the Indo-Myanmar border town Moreh in Manipur. The candlelight vigil was organized at the office complex of the Hill Tribal Council in Moreh and […]

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday announced that everyone above the age of 45 years can get themselves COVID-19 vaccinated from April 1. Addressing a press conference here Javadekar said, “It has been decided that from 1st April, the vaccine will open for everybody above 45 years of age. We request […]

As many as five buildings and eight shops were completely gutted in a major fire that broke out at the town area of Mon district during the early hours of Monday. Of the five buildings, three of which belonged to Holy Cross Public school in Mon district were also engulfed by the blazing inferno. All […]

Releasing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto ahead of the Assam Assembly polls in Guwahati, party National President JP Nadda made 10 commitments to help Assam take the next ‘big leap’ in the coming five years. The commitments of the party include providing three lakh jobs to the youth, financial support to Namghar’s and to correct […]

Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai accompanied by first lady Reetha Sreedharan for the first time on Monday visited the Hnahthial district and attended official various programmes in the district capital. After assuming office on 25th October, 2019 this is his maiden tour to the district. With this, the Governor has visited almost all the districts […]

India reported 40,715 new COVID-19 cases, 29,785 recoveries, and 199 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. With this, the total cases mounted to 1,16,86,796 including 3,45,377 active cases and 1,11,81,253 total recoveries. The death toll has gone up to 1,60,166. According to the Indian Council of Medical […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released its manifesto for Assam Assembly polls and promised to work on a corrected National Register of Citizens (NRC) for state’s protection. The manifesto, released by BJP National President JP Nadda, promised to protect “genuine Indian citizens and to detect infiltrators” to ensure the Ahom civilization stays safe. “We […]

Ahead of the Assam Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Monday said the governments of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his present counterpart Narendra Modi paid respect to Assam’s culture while the Congress did not pay heed to it. Addressing a public meeting in Dibrugarh, Nadda said, “Congress has […]