Attacking the Congress in the poll-bound Assam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the northeast region of the country was neglected by the previous governments at the Centre before the BJP-led government came to power. “Northeast was neglected by Centre before BJP came to power… Nobody would talk nicely to ministers from here in […]

As many as 26,291 new COVID-19 cases and 118 deaths were reported in India in the last 24, taking the total number of active cases in the country to 2,19,262, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. With this, the total number of positive cases stands at 1,13,85,339, including 1,10,07,352 recoveries. […]

The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination has crossed 2.91 crores coverage, informed the health ministry on Saturday. According to an official release, a total of 2,91,92,547 vaccine doses were administered in the country, as per the provisional report till 7 pm on Saturday. “These include 73,31,498 health care workers (HCWs) who have taken the first dose and […]

The Mizoram government is likely to start hectic preparations to deport illegal migrants from Myanmar, after the Union Home Ministry asked Chief Secretaries of four states, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal and Nagaland to sensitise all law enforcement and intelligence agencies for taking prompt steps in identifying the illegal migrants from the country and initiate the deportation […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two election rallies in poll-bound Assam on Sunday and two rallies in West Bengal on Monday. In Assam, he will address public meetings at Margherita at 12:30 pm and at Nazira at 2 pm. He will then leave for West Bengal. A BJP press release said Shah will […]

The National People’s Party (NPP) on Saturday said that it is confident of a good show at the upcoming GHADC polls. Speaking to mediapersons, Chief Minister and NPP President Conrad Sangma exuded confidence and said that the NPP has already announced all the candidatures for the upcoming polls and preparations are going on in full […]

Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani on Saturday described Congress as the ‘most corrupt party’ and appealed to the people to vote for the BJP to continue to avail benefits of various central and state schemes. Addressing her maiden election campaign rally in Assam, she said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal have rolled […]

In a big boost to the agriculture sector in Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday distributed agricultural machineries and equipment to farmers under the Sub-Mission of Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM) scheme in a ceremony held at the City Convention Centre in Imphal. In addition, a financial aid of Rs. 10,000 through direct benefit transfer […]

At least 5 houses were gutted in a massive fire at Maubawk locality in Mizoram’s capital city Aizawl on Saturday. No casualty in the incident has been reported so far. State Information and Public Relations Minister Pu Lalruatkima took stock of the situation and tried to ascertain the extent of losses incurred in the incident.

With over 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses, India on Friday recorded the highest number of vaccinations administered in a single day, the Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday. As many as 20,53,537 vaccine doses were administered on Day 56 of the vaccination drive ( March 12) through 30,561 sessions. A total of 16,39,663 beneficiaries that […]