Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were working hard, awaiting the next transmissions from Perseverance. As data gradually came in, relayed by several spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet, the Perseverance team were […]

The BJP received a major jolt in Tripura on Friday evening as its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) announced an alliance with newly-minted The Indigenous People’s Regional Alliance (TIPRA) for Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council polls. The announcement was made three months ahead of the ADC elections during a joint press conference […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his greetings to the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their statehood days and heaped praises on their culture and traditions. Both the northeastern states got their statehood on this day in 1987. “Best wishes to my sisters and brothers of Mizoram on their Statehood Day. The […]

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to healthcare and frontline workers crossed over 1.04 crore on Friday in the country, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Briefing the reporters, Mandeep Bhandari, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry said, “1,04,49,942 vaccinations of healthcare and frontline workers carried out till today. 70,52,845 healthcare […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and NPP President Conrad Sangma on Friday reiterated that several BJP leaders as well two of its MLAs want state party president Ernest Mawrie removed. Talking to newspersons, Conrad Sangma said that he has spoken to BJP MLAs AL Hek and Shanbor Shullai in this regard. Quoting both the MLAs, […]

The Nagaland Assembly on Friday passed a Rs 22,817-crore budget for the 2021-22 fiscal by voice vote. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who also holds charge of the finance portfolio, had presented the Rs 2679.46-crore deficit budget in the House on Thursday. Following a day-long debate, it was passed after opposition NPF legislators Amenba Yaden, Moatoshi […]

Teachers under the banner of Federation of Government College Teachers’ Associations (FEGOCTA) in Manipur are continuing their stir for the third consecutive day, while demanding implementation of the seventh UGC pay commission. The government college teachers’ indefinite class boycott stir commenced on February 17. Apart from their sit-in protest, the agitating teachers also staged sit-in-protest […]

The Mon district administration in collaboration with the Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) completed the electrification of Shinnyu village using solar power, which is the remotest part of the district located in the Indo-Myanmar border. Mon village is the first village in Nagaland to be covered under the initiative. A total of 60 households, Churches and […]

The Indian Army rescued 447 tourists stranded due to heavy snowfall at Nathu La, near the India-China border in East Sikkim on Thursday. In a press release, the Army informed that the tourists were rescued from the high reaches near the India-China border at Nathu La following sudden heavy snowfall. The tourists were stuck on […]

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said the BJP-led Assam government will come back to power in the assembly polls on the back of a “pro-incumbency wave” with better performance than last time. He said the government led by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has fulfilled all expectations of the people and the party workers […]