The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released its holiday schedule for Assam on its official website for the year 2021. Banks would remain closed for a total of 17 days in 2021. Banks across India will remain closed for more than 40 days throughout the year, as per RBI. According to RBI, bank holidays […]

Residents from three villages in Arunachal Pradesh came together to renovate and repair the iconic 15th-century iron bridge, the Chagzam bridge in Mukto Village on Sunday. Led by village headmen and residents of Mukto, Gomkeling and Mirba villages of Tawang district, the villagers carried out maintenance and restoration of the Chagzam bridge, restoring its original […]

The ongoing trend of contraction of India’s total active COVID-19 cases continues as the active caseload of the country stands at 2,77,301 today. The share of active cases in the total positive cases has further shrunk to 2.72 per cent, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). A net decline of […]

Security forces in a joint operation apprehended Self-Styled Corporal, Denial Lotha, a key member of the NSCN-U, from the outskirts of Namrup town in Assam on Sunday. The cadre was actively involved in Recruitment and Extortion activities of the outfit and operated in and around the Arunachal-Nagaland border areas. Weapons and live ammunition were also […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line and launched National Common Mobility Card on the Airport Express Line on Monday, via video conferencing. “The inauguration of the first driverless metro train shows how fast India is moving towards smart systems. Today Delhi Metro is being connected to the […]

The three-day winter session of the Assam Assembly commenced on Monday, following COVID-19 protocols in Dispur, Guwahati. The assembly started at 9:30 AM. Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he will introduce a bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassas. According to reports, around 12 government bills — including ‘The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020’ […]

India has reported 20,021 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,02,07,871, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) As many as 21,131 recoveries and 279 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, as per the Union […]

Preparations are underway in Imphal ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Manipur visit on Sunday. “Manipur is ready to welcome Amit Shah ji. He is a true friend of Manipur and the key person behind ILP (Inner Line Permit) being extended to State,” said Chief Minister N Biren Singh. Launching the BJP’s Assembly poll […]

The farmer unions protesting against the three farm laws on Saturday proposed holding the next round of talks with the government on December 29. Making the announcement at the joint press conference at Singhu border, Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said the government has asked for talks with farmer unions. “We are making this proposal […]

The BJP on Saturday wrested the Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC) from the Congress by winning six of the eight seats of the civic body in Arunachal Pradesh, while the JD(U), in its maiden contest in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation polls, bagged four wards, according to the trends available so far. The Congress, which had won […]