The Election Commission of India is undergoing a crucial meeting today to finalise the schedule for Assembly polls in four states and one in Union Territory later this year. The fourth states are West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The lone UT where polling will take place in Puducherry.  The meeting will be chaired […]

A new species of alpine plant in Arunachal Pradesh”s Tawang district has been discovered by a group of scientists of three institutes of the country, according to a journal that published their research paper. The new species belongs to the family of Himalayan sunflower, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology research fellow Dr […]

The BJP on Tuesday put up a spectacular performance in the Gujarat municipal corporation elections improving its numbers over the 2016 polls and nearly decimating the Congress. The party is set to retain power in all municipal corporations which went to the polls. The performance appears all the more credible as BJP has been in […]

Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh COVID-19 case in the last five days, a senior health department official said here on Wednesday. The COVID-19 tally in the state remained at 16,836, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. One more person recuperated from the infection on Tuesday, taking the total number of coronavirus recoveries […]

Even as the country’s COVID-19 trajectory is declining, India has detected two new variants of the virus– namely N440 K and E484Q in Maharashtra and Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The Centre, however, noted that there is no scientific evidence to believe that these two newer virus strains are responsible for the […]

A total of 1,040 members of five militant outfits that were operating in the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong joined the mainstream by laying down arms in Guwahati in presence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday. The arms laying down ceremony was held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati […]

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, who is also the Minister In-charge of the State’s home department on Tuesday inaugurated the Model Police Station at Kaluk, West Sikkim under Rinchenpong constituency. During the event, foundation stone for two other model police stations in Gyalshing and Nayabazar were also laid virtually. Chief Minister Tamang also launched […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday felicitated Captain Soiba Maningba Rangnamei at his official residence in Imphal for showing exemplary courage during the clashes with troopers of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China at the Galwan Valley last year. Captain Soiba Maningba Rangnamei of 16 Bihar Regiment of the Indian Army hails from […]

NASA has released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface. The footage was so good — and the images so breathtaking — that members of […]

Amid spiralling fuel prices in the country, the Nagaland government on Monday cut down taxes on petrol, diesel and other motor spirits. The amended tax rates are effective from midnight of February 22. The rate of tax on petrol and other motor spirit has been reduced to Rs 16.04 from the existing Rs 18.26 per […]