Sub-committee set up to prepare framework for implementing all clauses of Assam AccordAccording to the Assam Accord, signed after a six-year anti-foreigners’ movement, led by AASU, the cut-off date for detecting foreigners in...
04 Oct, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
Assam puts two districts under total curfewIn revised guidelines, ASDMA said the curfew time in these districts will be round the clock. All work places, business/commercial establis...
28 Jul, 2021, 12.56 AM IST
Lockdown restrictions extended in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and UttarakhandStates and Union Territories started imposing restrictions from mid-April for varying periods as the deadly second wave of coronavirus hit ...
24 May, 2021, 09.39 PM IST
Lockdown in West Bengal, restrictions extended in several statesChairing a high-level meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of augmenting healthcare resources in rural areas and asserted that local...
15 May, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
Early trend of decline in daily new COVID-19 cases, deaths: GovtKarnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Punjab were among 16 states and union territories showing continued increasing trend in dail...
11 May, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
India's COVID-19 active cases cross 25 lakh after another record surge amid oxygen crisisTwenty six patients died in two hospitals in Delhi and Amritsar which complained of oxygen shortage while officials at many other health fa...
24 Apr, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 67: Will India take leap of faith?On jobs front, top 5 insurance companies believe that they can hire upto 5000 people on business boom. Tata Steel also confirmed to honour ...
30 May, 2020, 05.10 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 63: India faces volley of shotsIndia is facing a volley of shots from all fronts as growth forecast is plummeting, and India faces a resurgent Chinese army at Ladakh. The...
26 May, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
Nationwide COVID-19 tally crosses 1.16 lakh; Government says mortality rate less than half of global averageIn a directive to all states and union territories, the Union Home Ministry sought strict adherence to its guidelines, including for wearin...
21 May, 2020, 10.34 PM IST
Lockdown, week 3: New week unravels a fresh virus hotspotMeanwhile, on lifting the lockdown, ICMR said that it would depend on the doubling rate of infections this week and also identification of ...
06 Apr, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
Authorities mull NSA, attempt to murder charge against Tablighi participants who don't show up for COVID-19 testAt least 9,000 people including nearly 1,000 foreigners participated in the religious congregation after which many of the attendees travel...
06 Apr, 2020, 06.55 PM IST
India coronavirus count on Monday: Well over 450 infected, 548 districts under complete lockdownThe official count of the infected stood over 450, and the dead at nine. There was no fresh death case, with one casualty in Maharashtra la...
24 Mar, 2020, 09.52 AM IST
Kuladhar Saikia: From World Bank consultant to Assam DGP to top literary body chiefThe former IPS officer, who was appreciated in the all India DG/IG conference held at Kevadiya, Gujarat last year, for his handling of the ...
03 Jan, 2020, 04.34 PM IST
US, UK, other countries warn citizens against travelling NE IndiaThe new amended citizenship law, which provides for granting citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and ...
14 Dec, 2019, 04.12 PM IST
UN rights chief asks India, Pakistan to respect and protect human rights of KashmirisBachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said her office continues to receive reports on the human rights situation on both sid...
09 Sep, 2019, 04.07 PM IST
When social media becomes anti-socialIn Meghalaya, a local dispute snowballed into a major law and order problem in the capital Shillong. Videos of mob violence and pitched bat...
15 Jun, 2018, 10.41 PM IST