Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora along with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar arrived here at Guwahati on Monday on a three-day-long programme to review the poll preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections in the State. After their arrival, the Election Commission (EC) held a discussion with Nitin Khade, CEO, Assam and the Police […]

Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Monday said that the Indian government has announced that they will provide COVID-19 vaccines for free. “GoI (Government of India) has announced that they will provide vaccines for free and if we have to procure vaccines then His Majesty has said he would even provide from his personal resources,” […]

National People’s Party (NPP) MLA SG Esmatur Mominin has accused the previous Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government of being negligent about the long-pending demand for implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the state. The MLAs reaction comes in response to former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma’s charges of accusing the NPP of sleeping […]

The Manipur police have released the two journalists of the online news portal ‘Frontier Manipur’, who were detained under alleged charges of sedition over the publication of an article. The release came after representatives of the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) and Editors Guild of Manipur (EGM) called on Chief Minister N Biren Singh […]

This year, there will be no joint or coordinated parade at the Attari border on Republic Day. Earlier, Pakistan and India used to do a joint parade, which spectators used to watch from both the side. This year, no public will be allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions at the Attari border. “No joint or coordinated […]

India achieved a significant feat as the total COVID-19 recovered cases leaped over the active caseload by more than one crore on Monday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The total number of recoveries has touched 1,02,11,342 while the active cases in the country stand at 2,08,012 today. “The gap between the […]

Change in WhatsApp privacy policy will be among other issues that will be discussed in the meeting between officials of Facebook, Twitter and the Parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology (IT) on January 21, sources said. “Parliamentary standing committee on IT has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials on January 21, change in WhatsApp privacy policy […]

The Congress in Tripura has called for a 12-hour long statewide bandh on Monday. The shutdown has been called as a mark of protest against the attack on state party chief Pijush Kanti Biswas. The attack allegedly took place in front of police at Bisalghar in Sepahijala District on Sunday. A group of miscreants attacked […]

A massive protest rally was carried out on Monday by the Asom Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), the frontline organisation of the tea garden workers at the Mancotta ground in Dibrugarh. The protesters put forth various demands for the betterment of the tea garden community of the state. The tea workers have been demanding scheduled tribe (ST) […]

Three minor siblings, who were at their relative’s place, were charred to death when a massive fire broke out at the residence in Kamle district of Arunachal Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Kabak Yani (10), Kabak Nanu (7) and Kabak Chaku (5), Deputy Commissioner Hengo Basar said. As […]