Amid lockdown, Majuli district administration has allowed movement of passenger ferries from two ghats of Majuli to one ghat of Jorhat from Tuesday. An order by the Majuli district Administration states that the ferry service to be run by Inland Water Transport (IWT) wing of the Transport Department, will be only between Kamalabarighat (Majuli) and […]

Manipur police on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man for spreading fake news on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and triggering panic among the public. The 38-year-old accused was arrested by the police after it came to their attention that a fake audio clip on COVID-19 was doing the rounds on social media platforms, claiming that new […]

Security forces are maintaining strict vigil along the Indo-Myanmar border in Moreh following the detection of 161 positive COVID-19 cases in neighbouring country Myanmar and 7 cases in Kalay Township close to Manipur border. Since March 10, Manipur has completely shut its border with Myanmar indefinitely amid the novel coronavirus scare, banning the entry of […]

A big sigh of relief for Mizoram as the state has been declared a Coronavirus free state. This was declared by Mizoram health minister R Lalthangliana. The announcement came after the lone COVID patient in Mizoram recovered from the deadly virus. The patient, a pastor, tested negative for COVID-19 in 4 consecutive tests. “We have […]

The Assam Government has allowed the delivery of e-commerce items from 6 AM to 6 PM during the extended COVID-19 lockdown. A notification issued by Assam chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna stated, “E-commerce delivery is allowed between 6 am and 6 pm only, however, backend activities and personnel engaged therein are allowed at all times” […]

A day after five security personnel lost their lives during an encounter with militants, three CRPF personnel were killed and two others injured when militants opened fire on them at a checkpoint in Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday evening. Security forces also recovered body of a 15-year-old civilian boy, who was killed in the exchange […]

Amid COVID-19 concerns, 124 students from Assam who were brought from Kota in Rajasthan have been released from quarantine at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati. The students were released in the presence of Assam health and finance minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma. The first batch of students has been released on Tuesday after they tested negative […]

Three Indian journalists have been honoured with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in the field of feature photography. On Monday, the names of the three prize winners — Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand — were announced virtually. Yasin and Khan are journalists based in Srinagar, while Anand is based in Jammu. Taking to Twitter, […]

The state governments in the Northeast have opened helpline facilities for all the state residents who are stranded in various parts of the region and the nation amid lockdown. Helpline numbers and registration links have been provided for the residents who are stranded outside the state. MEGHALAYA The Meghalaya government has issued helpline numbers for […]

13 more including two minors have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 29. All positive cases belong to the 138th unit of the Border Security Force (BSF) camp, stationed at Ambassa in Tripura’s Dhalai district. Among the others active cases, two minors have been […]