Qatar will host the FIFA Club World Cup 2020 from February 1 to 11, 2021, after it was postponed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Six continental confederations, as well as the host nation’s league champions, will compete in the tournament, which will be held across three FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums […]

After 12 days of swearing-in, the newly formed council of the UPP(L), BJP and GSP combine will have to prove its majority in the floor of the BTC assembly on Thursday. Briefing newspersons, a day ahead of the floor test, UPP(L) chief and BTC CEM Pramod Boro said that the coalition has sufficient numbers to […]

Arunachal Pradesh recorded 73 percent turnout in the local body elections held on Tuesday. According to News On Air, State Election Commissioner Hage Kojeen told reporters this afternoon that the polling was largely peaceful across the State. He said the highest poll percentage was recorded in Longding District with about 86 percent turnout and lowest […]

Naga insurgent group NSCN-K, led by dreaded militant Niki Sumi, on Wednesday announced a ceasefire and said that it has contacted the central government for initiating peace dialogue. The NSCN-K had signed a ceasefire with the Centre in 2001 but unilaterally abrogated it in 2015 when the then ‘chairman’ of the group, SS Khaplang, was […]

A group of 13 Rohingyas including four men, three women and six children were detained by the Assam police in Karimganj district on Tuesday. The Rohingyas had entered Assam via Tripura while making their way from Bangladesh. The police detained them during checking at Churaibari near the Assam-Tripura inter-state border. Acoording to police, the group […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday inaugurated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state executive meeting in Karimganj. State BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, NE state BJP General Secretary Ajay Jamwal, Assam and Tripura BJP organizing secretary, Phanindranath Sharma were also present at the inaugural ceremony. “A bright surge of saffron towards Mission 2021! Glad […]

Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Wednesday visited forward areas of Fire and Fury Corps including Rechin La here and undertook a first-hand assessment of situation along Line of Actual Control (LAC) amid the ongoing border tensions with China. General Naravane reached Leh earlier today on a one-day visit to Fire and Fury Corps. […]

Mutant strain of coronavirus found in the United Kingdom was not seen in the samples tested from various parts of India, Dr Samiran Panda, director of ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) said on Tuesday. Speaking to ANI, Dr Panda said, “We have tested samples collected from the various parts of the country and haven’t seen […]

Indrani Mukerjea, accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, has filed an application before a special CBI court in Mumbai, seeking exemption from wearing convict’s uniform (green saree) in the prison. The court has asked Byculla Jail to file a reply on the application. In her application, Mukerjea said that jail authorities were asking her […]

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and the Assam government over alleged denial of proper treatment to non-COVID patients in hospitals across the state. Hearing PIL by the Leader of Opposition of Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia, a division bench comprising Chief Justice (Acting) N Kotiswar Singh and Justice Manish Choudhury […]