Counting of votes for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election in Assam is currently underway. The counting which began at 8 am on Saturday will decide the fate of 241 candidates who contested the polls. Polling for 40 seats of the BTC was held in two phases on December 7 and 10. The magic number […]

With 30,005 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the total cases in India crossed 98-lakh mark and has now reached 98,26,775, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s (MoHFW) data on Saturday. After 442 new deaths related to the virus reported in a single day, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,42,628. […]

Indian Medical Association (IMA) members and doctors staged a protest against the Centre’s law enabling Ayurvedic doctors to practice modern medicine and surgical procedures in Guwahati. “They are mixing the modern medical system with the traditional one. It takes eight to 10 years to become a surgeon but the Centre is allowing Ayurvedic practitioners to […]

Widespread arson has been reported from Vijoynagar in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district where a protest led by the All Yobin Students Union turned violent leading to the burning of several government properties including the SB and SIB offices, old office of the Extra Assistant Commissioner, the old police station and post office. As per reports, […]

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati claimed to have developed a new technology to harvest water from the air by using the concept of hydrophobicity. A team, led by Uttam Manna, Associate Professor of Chemistry, along with his research scholars Kousik Maji, Avijit Das and Manideepa Dhar, published the results of the “path-breaking” work […]

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s program scheduled on December 13 in Agartala stands cancelled, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma told the media on Thursday. This comes days after Deb ‘invited’ the people of the state to take a call on his chief ministerial chair at a public meeting on December 13 at the Vivekananda […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19, and asked all those who came in contact with him to get themselves tested. Taking to Twitter, Sangma said he is under home isolation and experiencing mild symptoms. “I have tested positive for #Covid_19. I am under home isolation […]

American comedian and TV show host Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday (local time) revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19. The 62-year-old actor shared a statement on Twitter informing about it. “Hi everyone, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for COVID-19,” the statement read. Ellen further assured that she has […]

The daily deaths due to COVID-19 have been less than 500 during the last five days, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. With 31,522 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total cases have risen to 97,67,372, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. With 412 […]

Over 78 percent voter turnout was recorded on Thursday in Bodo Territorial Council‘s (BTC) second and final phase of polling, which witnessed police firing in the air to control a clash between BPF and UPPL supporters in Chirang district of Assam. Till the closing of polls at 4.30 pm, 78.80 percent of 10,23,404 voters exercised […]