A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, triggering alarm bells in the highest court of the country. The employee, working with the judicial section of the apex court, was on duty on April 16 and had come in contact with two apex court registrars, who have been advised self-quarantine as […]

Governor’s rule has been imposed in the Bodoland Territorial Area District. Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi imposed governor’s rule in BTAD as the tenure of Hagrama Mohilary-led Bodoland Territorial Council ended today. The governor’s rule will continue in BTAD till a new council is formed. BTC polls was scheduled to be held on April 4, but […]

With 1,463 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours and 60 deaths, India’s total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 28,380, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. The total cases are inclusive of 6,361 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 886 deaths. At present, there […]

With regards to the post-lockdown scenario the Assam Cabinet decided that shops in rural areas will be opened from Tuesday. Bazaars and weekly Haats will be closed until further notice as per the government orders. Addressing the media in Guwahati, Assam Minister of Transport, Industry & Commerce Chandra Mohan Patowary said that shops in the declared […]

The DoNER Ministry said that five out of the eight states in the Northeast are corona-free now. He said that the five states are – Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura. The three states in the region – Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram – are not corona-free but there have been no new positive cases […]

Hinting that a phase wise exit from lockdown was on the cards, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the country needs to give importance to the economy as well as continue the fight against COVID -19. The Prime Minister’s remarks came during his interaction with Chief Ministers of all states via video conferencing to […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has mooted the idea for the extension of lockdown beyond May 3. The Chief Minister’s suggestion came during the video conference of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Ministers over the COVID-19 situation in the country. Sangma took to social media to state that he has proposed for the extension of […]

A total of 391 students from Assam, who were stranded in Kota in Rajasthan, have finally reached Guwahati. The students, who reached Assam in 18 special buses, reached Guwahati at around 3 am today. The students were taken straight to the quarantine facility at the Sarusajai Sports Complex where they were received by state health […]

As part of government’s efforts to cease the trans-border movement of people amidst the outbreak of COVID-19, about 220 metre long barb-wire fencing erection along the Indo-Myanmar border at Pakmul in Manipur’s Churachandpur has been finally completed. A company of IRB in addition to the existing strength of Behiang Police station is patrolling the villages […]

Assam Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a man on a mission. Sarma today arrived in Dhubri district of Assam to review capacity building measures in the district to fight the pandemic. Briefing newspersons, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Assam Government is highly concerned over the impact of West Bengal’s COVID-19 crisis in the […]