The Congress on Monday appointed Govindas Konthoujam as the head of its Manipur unit replacing M Okendro. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Konthoujam as the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president with immediate effect, a party statement said. The party appreciates the contribution of outgoing PCC president Okendro, it said. In July, Sonia Gandhi had […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government is addressing the concerns of farmers over the new agri laws and accused the opposition parties of misguiding them. Modi was speaking after laying foundation stones of a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant in his […]

France Football has finally revealed the 11 players who are a part of the Ballon d’Or Dream 11 and the greats like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele, and Diego Maradona have all found a place in the lineup. The final XI was chosen by 140 journalists and in the list, non-European footballers who were not […]

Police have arrested two persons and seized ganja worth around Rs 1 crore in Teliamura area of Khowai district. The seizure and arrest were made on Monday. Teliamura DSP (Traffic) Sona Charan Jamatia said, “The contraband was being transported to Assam from Agartala”. (ANI)

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi has said that he has informally contacted floor leaders of various political parties and they have expressed their concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and opined of doing away with Winter Session of the Parliament. The Minister said this in a letter dated December 14, 2020, addressed to […]

In a significant milestone in its fight against the novel coronavirus, India’s recovery rate escalated to 95.12 percent on Tuesday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Tuesday. “A total of 34,477 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases have crossed 94 lakhs (94,22,636). […]

United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) president Pramod Boro was sworn in as the chief executive member (CEM) of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) at Greenfield, Bodofa Nagar in Kokrajhar on Tuesday. Boro took oath in the presence of Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma […]

The Assam Cabinet has on Sunday approved a proposal to close down all close all government-run Madrasas and Sanskrit tols in the State. As per the cabinet decision, the State Madrasa Board shall stand dissolved from the declaration of the result of examination to be held in 2021-22 and all their academic and administrative authority will […]

The Manipur University Students’ Union or MUSU has withdrawn its earlier decision to shut down the Manipur University from December 15 onwards to demand for appointment of a Vice-Chancellor. The decision came after the University appointed Professor Amar Yumnam as the VC in-Charge on Monday as per a notification after receiving approval for the same […]

The Indian National Congress managed to win just one seat in the recently-held Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections. The results for the 40 seats were announced on December 12, where Congress won the Srirampur seat. Congress MCLA, Sajal Kumar Sinha joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, two days after his win. Addressing a […]