The Meghalaya government on Friday announced a minor hike in the minimum daily wage for labourers and workers working under 28 Schedule of Employments in the state. In a statement here, Labour department principal secretary D P Wahlang said that the revised wage will come into effect from October 1, 2020. Now, the daily wage […]

Seventy-five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the state”s tally to 32,292, a health department official said. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 362 with one patient succumbing to the infection on Thursday, he said. West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 185 […]

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday extended Chhath Puja greetings to the people of Assam as well as India. The Chief Minister Tweeted, “सूर्य उपासना, प्रकृति पूजा और आस्था का महापर्व, छठ की पावन अवसर पर हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। Happy #ChhathPuja.” सूर्य उपासना, प्रकृति पूजा और आस्था का महापर्व, छठ की पावन अवसर पर […]

Assam reported no COVID-19 deaths on Thursday after 14 days, while 175 new cases were detected taking the tally to 2,11,040, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Altogether 267 patients recovered from coronavirus pushing the total number of cured people to 2,06,875, the minister said adding that the current recovery rate is […]

At least 28 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, taking the state”s tally to 3,541, an official statement said on Friday. Of the 28 new cases, 12 were confirmed at Zoram Medical College (ZMC) RT-PCR lab, three at TrueNat labs from two district hospitals and 13 others […]

The draft electoral rolls for the 126 assembly constituencies in Assam were published on Wednesday, containing 2.24 crore voters, including 1.17 lakh first-timers. Publishing the list, Chief Electoral Officer of Assam Nitin Khade said the rolls have been prepared keeping January 1, 2021 as the qualifying date. The election to the 126-member Assam Assembly is […]

COVID-19 recoveries in Arunachal Pradesh surpassed fresh cases for the sixth consecutive day with 85 more patients being cured of the disease, a health department official said here on Friday. The state registered 31 new coronavirus cases, pushing the tally to 15,976, he said. A total of 14,800 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals, […]

Assam minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Thursday said truck drivers have expressed unwillingness to enter Mizoram, fearing “harassment” on the pretext of COVID-19 testing. The Minister for Environment and Forest, Excise and Fishery, who visited the inter-state border at Dholakhal and Lailapur areas, said steps are being taken for facilitating testing in the camps for Seema […]

Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday appreciated the Meghalaya government for its decision to introduce a direct flight from here to Delhi from next month saying it would boost tourism in the state. The Meghalaya government has inked an agreement with a private airliner to operate direct flights between […]

India’s coronavirus tally crossed the 90-lakh mark on Friday with 45,882 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The total cases in the country now stands at 90,04,366 including 4,43,794 active cases and 84,28,409 recoveries. With 584 new deaths, the toll mounted to 1,32,162. […]