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 […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged Chief Ministers of all States to increase the number of vaccination centres and the RT-PCR tests to curb the ’emerging second wave’ of the coronavirus. “It is very important to track every infected person’s contacts in the shortest time and keep the RT-PCR test rate above 70 percent. […]

Assam BJP President Ranjeet Kumar Dass has filed his nomination papers for the Patacharkuchi seat on Wednesday. He was accompanied by several senior leaders of the party. Accompanied by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the nomination filing process of the BJP leader marked by ‘padyatra’ witnessed massive support and enthusiasm, exhibiting a massive show of strength […]

India on Wednesday said its engagement with China is “complex” and the two countries agreed that the future direction of ties should be built upon respecting each other’s sensitivities, concerns and aspirations. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan also said in the Lok Sabha that India will continue discussions with China to resolve […]

A pilot of Indian Air Force (IAF) was killed after his MiG-21 Bison aircraft was involved in a “fatal accident” on Wednesday morning, said the Indian Air Force. The accident took place when the aircraft was taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India. “A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of IAF […]

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday stated that the party will register a big win in Assam. Reacting to National Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar’s prediction on upcoming assembly elections, Fadnavis said, “Even our adversaries have accepted that BJP will win in Assam. Although I don’t agree with Sharad Pawar Ji’s whole […]