The construction of a cross-border road between Mizoram’s Lawngtlai town and Myanmar’s Sittwe port under the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) is nearing completion, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga informed the state assembly on Wednesday. Zoramthanga, who also holds the Public Work Department (PWD) portfolio, said that the construction of a 87.18 km long road […]

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday flagged off 5 mobile digital movie theatre vans in presence of Information and Public Relations minister, Bamang Felix and other dignitaries at the DK Convention Centre in Itanagar. The mobile theatre initiative is taken by the Department of Information and Public Relations. Taking to Twitter after the […]

A 38-year-old Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan shot himself with his service weapon at the police headquarters in Agartala on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Bijan Karmakar. Karmakar, a trooper of the 1st battalion of the TSR joined the squad responsible for managing security of the police headquarters on February 14 last. […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Heeraben Modi, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. “Happy to share that my mother has taken the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today. I urge everyone to help and motivate people around you who are eligible to take the vaccine,” PM Modi tweeted. The Prime […]

Ahead of the assembly elections in Assam, unaccounted cash of over Rs 4 lakh was seized by a flying squad from two places in Cachar district, according to a release issued by the local administration on Thursday. During a search operation in Silchar on Wednesday, the flying squad personnel recovered unaccounted cash of Rs 2,63,850, […]

Congress on Thursday announced another list of two more candidates, just after it announced the third list of 26 candidates late Wednesday night for the ensuing Assam Assembly elections. The recently announced candidates for the second phase, include Ratan Engti and Sum Ronghang who will contest from Bokajan and Diphu seat respectively. In the first list, […]

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted citizens on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. “Best wishes to all countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivaratri. Celebrated as a sacred remembrance of the marriage of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, this festival should be beneficial for the whole of humanity,” President Kovind […]

Altogether 281 candidates have filed their nominations for 47 assembly seats in Assam going to polls in the first phase on March 27, a release issued by the CEO’s office said on Wednesday. The last date of submission of nominations for the first phase was Tuesday. Among prominent candidates who filed nominations were Chief Minister […]

For the second phase of elections in Assam, the BJP on Wednesday announced the names of three candidates, all fresh faces, taking the total number of contestants to 74 for the first two phases of assembly elections in Assam. The party has nominated Milan Das from Hailakandi constituency instead of Soumyajit Dutta Choudhury who had […]

Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Wednesday became the first serving union minister to be promoted as Captain in the Territorial Army as a regular commissioned officer. Thakur has been promoted to the rank of Captain at 124 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army (Sikh). “It is an honour and pride to […]