Diphu, June 26 (PTI) A prisoner, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Diphu Medical College and Hospital in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, escaped, police said on Saturday. The prisoner was admitted to
Itanagar, June 26 (PTI): A red panda, rescued recently from a river in Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, was released back to its natural habitat by forest officials on Saturday. The rare
Guwahati, June 26 (IANS) Assam's Environment and Forest Department on Saturday filed FIR against an Executive Member of a Municipal Board for his action leading to the killing of scores of egrets on the unp
Gangtok, June 26 (PTI): Sikkim on Saturday reported 130 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 19,941, a health department bulletin said.
The death toll rose to 301 as two more patients suc
Guwahati, June 26 (IANSlife) Vedanta Baruah has become the first Assamese to receive the 10-year Golden Visa in Investors category, granted by the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
A Golden
Itanagar, June 26 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh reported 266 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 34,480, a senior health official said.
Three more people died in the state, following which the toll
Aizawl, June 26 (PTI) Mizoram's COVID-19 tally crossed the 19,000-mark on Saturday as 232 more people, including 49 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
The fresh infectio
New Delhi, June 26 (PTI) The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively.
The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and
Agartala, June 26 (PTI) The Tripura government has extended the COVID curfew from 2 pm to 5 am in Agartala and 10 other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 2, a notification said.
The restrictions, first imp
Guwahati, June 25 (PTI): One COVID-19 positive patient has died of Delta variant in Assam while the Delta strain was found in 77 per cent of the samples tested during the month of April and May this year, Healt
Guwahati, June 25 (PTI): Two committees set up by the Assam government to propose procedures to evaluate students of Class 10 and 12 in view of cancellation of this year's state board examinations due to th
Agartala, June 25 (PTI): Nearly 80 per cent of the total eligible population in Tripura has received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official said here on Friday.
The state has receiv
Guwahati, June 25 (PTI): Citing an RTI response, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Friday claimed that there has been a "discernible inequity" in the allocation of ventilators to north-eastern states though
Aizawl, June 25 (PTI): At least 224 more people, including two security personnel and over 55 children, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Mizoram, pushing the COVID-19 caseload to 18,859, a health o
Shillong, June 25 (PTI): More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalayas East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep
Itanagar, June 25 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 34,214 as 298 more people tested positive for the infection while two new fatalities pushed the death toll to 162, a senior health o
Aizawl, June 25 (PTI): Political parties, churches and civil society groups in Mizoram have urged the Mizo National Front (MNF) government headed by Chief Minister Zoramthanga to call an all-party meet in view
Morigaon (Assam), June 25 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday assured of speedy justice to the parents of a nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Morigaon district a f
Agartala, June 25 (IANS): With a private airliner - Flybig - starting its operations in the new routes connecting Assam's Guwahati and Dibrugarh on Friday, the air connectivity in the northeastern regi
Shillong, June 24 (PTI): The Meghalaya High Court has asked all shops, business houses and commercial vehicles in the state to put on display the COVID-19 vaccination status of their employees at a "conspi