Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Congress at an election rally in Karimganj district and said its “corrupt and vote-bank based governance” had made Assam one of the most disconnected states in India.” The Prime Minister said that Congress governments and their policies “damaged Assam “socially, culturally, geographically and politically”. He also referred […]

As country witnessing a continuous surge in COVID-19 cases in many of its states, India has tested over 23 crores coronavirus samples till Thursday. At least 23,03,13,163 samples have been conducted so far today, informed a government release. According to the health ministry statement today, the cumulative national positivity rate continues to remain less than […]

Putting an end to controversies over the site for the proposed medical college in Mon district of Nagaland, a new site has been officially finalized after it was approved by Konyak legislators. Deputy Commissioner of Mon district Thavaseelan K informing this said that the Chi Village Council had revoked the earlier NOC. However, a second […]

The Budget session of Tripura Assembly is scheduled to commence on Friday with the Governor’s address to the House, an official said on Thursday. The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the assembly has already held a meeting and finalised the business for the five-day budget session. Soon after the Governor’s address, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu […]

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday announced that night curfew will be imposed in the state from tonight in the wake of a spurt in COVID-19 cases. In addition to the night curfew to be imposed after 10 pm, it has been decided to close restaurants, bars, discos, pubs and gyms at 10 […]

As many as 35,871 new COVID-19 cases and 17,741 recoveries were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday. With the addition of fresh cases, the total number positive cases in the country reached 1,14,74,605, including 2,52,364 active cases and 1,10,63,025 recoveries. The death toll stands at 1,59,216 […]

Altogether 377 candidates are in fray so far for the 39 constituencies going to polls in the second of the three-phased Assam assembly elections on April one, state election office sources said on Wednesday. A total of 38 candidates have filed their papers so far for the 40 seats in the third phase to be […]

The Nagaland government has written to the Centre over poor mobile and internet connectivity in the state, seeking its intervention to solve the crisis, an official said on Wednesday. State Minister for Planning and Coordination Neiba Kronu has written to Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, stating that mobile providers present in Nagaland are not […]

In a first such exercise, authorities in India are looking for uranium reserves just three kilometres from the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, reported The Times Of India citing a top official. “We have got the required encouragement from the Centre and have taken up the exploration. There was no possibility to do heliborne exploration […]

Mizoram Rajya Sabha Member K Vanlalvena on Tuesday during the Zero Hour in the Parliament, urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider the plight of protesters against military rule in Myanmar and relax its policy towards Myanmar refugees crossing over into India. An official release said, Vanlalvena informed the House that over 300 Myanmar […]