Aizawl, May 23 (IANS): Mizoram, where the first Covid-19 death was reported on October 28, 2020, six months after the northeast regions first coronavirus fatality in Assam and seven months after Indias first in
Diphu, May 23 (PTI) Eight Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) militants were on Sunday killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district, along the Nagaland border, a sen
Maligaon, May 22 (MExN): The first ‘Oxygen Express’ is expected to reach Assam on May 23, according to a press release from Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) CPRO Subhanan Chanda.
The Oxygen Expre
Guwahati, May 22 (PTI): Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday said the government is planning to introduce a cow protection bill in the next assembly session to ban transport of the animal outside the state.
Agartala, May 22 (PTI): A 68-year-old woman undergoing treatment at a private hospital here has been infected with mucormycosis or 'black fungus', Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.
Tripura Gove
Itanagar, May 22 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported the highest single-day spike of 394 COVID-19 cases, pushing the total caseload in the northeastern state to 23,553, a senior health department official said he
Aizawl, May 22 (PTI): Mizoram's COVID-19 tally crossed the 10,000 mark on Saturday as 292 people, including 54 children, have tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said.
The 292 new cases pu
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS): After 31 days, ULFA-I on Saturday released ONGC's third technical staff Ritul Saikia in Nagaland, Assam Police officials confirmed and said he is likely to reach home in eastern Ass
Guwahati, May 22 (PTI) Kidnapped ONGC employee Ritul Saikia was released by ULFA(I) militants on Saturday morning in Myanmar near its border with India's Nagaland, police said.
Saikia, who was kidnapped
Maligaon, May 21 (MExN): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) detected 11 cases of smuggling and recovery of contraband items in the month of April.
During the las
Guwahati, May 21 (PTI): To deal with the second wave of the pandemic, Assam is continuously increasing the number of oxygen-supported beds, and it also has enough stock of Remdesivir vials, state Health Ministe
Imphal, May 21 (PTI): Manipur's COVID-19 tally rose to 42,565 as 656 more people tested positive for the virus while 15 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 661 on Friday, an official said.
The new ca
Shillong, May 21 (PTI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said that Captain Williamson Sangma Technical University, which is in the final stage of completion, will be inaugurated in January 202
Guwahati, May 21 (PTI): Days after a COVID-19 recovered patient died of mucormycosis or black fungus at a hospital here, the Assam Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday released a Standard Operating Pr
Agartala, May 21 (PTI): The tiny state of Tripura which has a century old tea growing history wants its teas to be auctioned again in Bangladesh, 56-years after exports through East Pakistans Chittagong tea auc
Agartala, May 21 (PTI): After having successfully exported pineapples and lemons to the Middle East, Tripura will now be sending jackfruits to the United Kingdom, Phani Bhusan Jamatia, the director of the horti
Itanagar, May 21 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh on Friday reported 360 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 23,159, a Health Department official said.
The toll in the state remained at 89 as no new fatality was
Guwahati, May 20 (IANS) Around 15,500 Myanmar nationals, who have sheltered in Mizoram since the military seized power in the neighbouring country on February 1, has further deepened the distress of the borderi
Guwahati, May 20 (PTI): The Assam government on Wednesday said it will provide free power to all the new oxygen plants that are coming up in the state.
In a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta
Guwahati, May 20 (PTI): The Gauhati High Court has directed that a list of women prisoners living with their children be forwarded to a high-powered committee to evaluate if they can be released due to the spec