Based on the requisition by the Nagaland government, the Eastern Air Command (EAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Shillong on Thursday has launched a Mi-17V5 helicopter to assist in the battle against the wildfire, informed Defence PRO (Shillong) Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh. “The helicopter is equipped with Bambi Bucket for fire fighting in […]

NSCN (K-Yung Aung) insurgent identified as Ganshai Pansa, surrendered before the district administration and the police at Longding in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday. According to the surrendered insurgent, he joined the outfit in 1992. The 52-year-old originally hails from Votnu village in Pongchao circle. The reason for the surrender according to him was to shun […]

Amid concern over the detection of a mutated and more infectious strain of COVID-19 in the country, the Tripura government has decided to strengthen the infrastructure of laboratories where coronavirus tests are being conducted, a minister said. The health department has already initiated a process to procure new equipment which would be used to detect […]

The last day of the year is to remember India’s doctors, health and frontline COVID-19 warriors, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while saluting people who gave their lives in the line of duty. “This last day of the year is to remember India’s millions of doctors, health warriors, sanitation workers, and front line corona warriors. […]

India has reported 21,821 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,02,66,674, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). As many as 26,139 recoveries and 299 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. The tally of […]

A decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom till 7 January 2021, informed Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday. The government has imposed a ban on flights coming to India from the UK with effect from December 22 in the view of new […]

The Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to accord Bodo the status of an associate official language of the state. The bill was tabled in the assembly on Monday. Parliamentary affairs minister Chandra Mohan Patowary tabled the Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on the floor of the Assembly on behalf of chief […]

Union Defence Minister on Wednesday said that no “meaningful solution” has come out of diplomatic and military level talks with China to resolve the standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and there is “status quo”. In an exclusive interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash, the Defence Minister said that if […]

Manipur Police has collected a sum of Rs 1.45 crore as fine from people for violating COVID-19 guidelines in the state, an officer said. The Manipur State Disaster Management Authority issued COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions like compulsory wearing of masks in public places, no spitting in public and maintaining social distancing norms after the first […]

The Arunachal Pradesh government has named various important public institutions in the state in memory of former ministers and pioneers who have contributed immensely for the cause of the state. The stadium and the government polytechnic college at Namsai district have been named as Chow Indrajit Namchoom outdoor Stadium and CP Namchoom Government Polytechnic College. […]