The elections to the Garo Hills District Council (GHADC) will be held on April 9, 2021, the Meghalaya Cabinet announced on Thursday. During a briefing, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong informed that publication of draft electoral roll will be on Feb 4, and counting will be held on April 14. The last date for filing […]

Calling for India to play a major role in global vaccination campaign, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday termed the vaccine production capacity of India as the “best asset” that the world has today. Addressing reporters here, the UN chief said, “I know that in India there is a very high level of production […]

Tripura is all set to get its first road made of plastic waste by the end of this month, almost two years after Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) to construct a road using plastic waste materials. In July 2018, during a review meeting, Chief Minister Biplab Deb had asked […]

India will vaccinate 300 million people including the elderly and those with co-morbidities against COVID-19 in the next few months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Addressing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos Dialogue on via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said there are two ‘Made in India’ vaccines against coronavirus and many more vaccines will […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly underwent a second round of angioplasty on Thursday and two stents were inserted in coronary arteries. Speaking to ANI, sources close to the former India skipper confirmed that he underwent a successful angioplasty. “Two stents have been fitted and the angioplasty is successful,” the source […]

Nagaland Chief Secretary Temjen Toy breathed his last at 4 pm on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. He passed away at his residence in Kohima and was 57 years old. He was suffering from lung cancer and has been undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. Toy, who took charge as the Nagaland chief secretary […]

Government college teachers in Manipur under the banner of Federation of Govt College Teacher Association or FEGOCTA staged a sit-in-protest at NG College Lamphel in Imphal West on Thursday demanding issue of order for implementation of the 7th University Grants Commission (UGC) and Regulations 2018. The protesting teachers have also sought immediate intervention from Chief […]

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday inaugurated a creche at the Civil Secretariat in Itanagar to cater to the needs of working mothers at the Secretariat. The creche established by the department of women and child development in collaboration with the Union ministry of women and child development has all the necessary facilities […]

Five hardcore cadres of the NSCN (2 NSCN-IM and 3 NSCN-K) have surrendered before the security forces at Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding on Wednesday. Security forces have managed to bring the 5 NSCN militants to surrender after months of relentless pursuit and concerted efforts. The cadres surrendered before the joint team of Longding Police and Assam […]

A special new composition ‘Swarnim Vijay’ would be played to commemorate the 50 years of India’s 1971 victory over Pakistan in the Beating Retreat ceremony to be held on January 29 to mark the end of the four-day-long 72nd Republic Day festivities. The composition will be led by Lieutenant colonel Vimal Joshi and Havildar Jiwan […]