Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued an order with guidelines for COVID-19 Surveillance, Containment and Caution, which will be effective from December 1 and remain in force upto December 31, 2020. Earlier, the Home Ministry had given guidelines for unlock. Now, states have been given an extra role in the guidelines for COVID-19 […]

In a veiled attack on the Meghalaya BJP, Chief Minister and NPP National President Conrad Sangma on Wednesday sought to downplay what he termed as “petty politics” by some BJP leaders in the state while asserting that such things will not have an iota of effect on the MDA coalition, since the two-party MLAs were […]

Police recovered remains of a human corpse along with a rope in the forest near Vokbual in Singngat sub-division of Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Wednesday. Apart from a few bones, a bag, an umbrella and some clothes were recovered from the site. Upon searching, it was learnt that the human remains belonged to a 65-year-old. […]

Former Prime Minister and Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday condoled the demise of veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel calling him one of the most trusted leaders of the party. “I am saddened to hear the shocking news of the untimely death of Ahmed Patel ji. Ahmed Patel ji was one of the most […]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Manoj Mukund Naravane, arrived at Dimapur, on Monday, on a three-day visit to review the security situation in North East Region. According to an official press release, “On arrival at Dimapur, the Army Chief was briefed by Lieutenant General, Anil Chauhan; General Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Command and […]

Recalling his first Assembly election victory in 2001 from the Jalukbari constituency, Assam Health and Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has shared a picture of him with former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on social media. Paying tribute to the veteran leader who had passed away on November 23, Sarma wrote, “In 2001. After my first […]

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid his last respects to the three-time Chief Minister from Assam, Tarun Gogoi, who passed away on Monday evening after a long battle with post-COVID-19 complications. Gandhi and other central leaders of the Congress party reached Guwahati and directly headed towards Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, where Gogoi’s mortal remains have been […]

Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi will be cremated at the Navagraha crematorium ground in the Guwahati on November 26, state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. Assam’s first chief minister (then called premier) Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi was cremated at the Navagraha crematorium and a part of the ground was demarcated as his memorial. […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday exuded confidence that his state would be able to defeat COVID-19, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of vaccination preparedness across the country over a video conference. Sangma asserted that better days were ahead for the people of the state. “Attended meeting via VC chaired by […]

Top Business magnate and Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has officially overtaken Microsoft’s Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person after Jeff Bezos, who is currently the world’s richest person with a net worth of USD 183.6 billion. American philanthropist Bill Gate’s net worth stands at USD 127.7 billion after giving away USD 27 billion […]