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Congress MP asks PM to stop COVID tests of fully vaccinated in Assam; says it's wastage of resources

New Delhi, August 17 (PTI): A Rajya Sabha member on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop COVID-19 tests of fully vaccinated travellers in Assam, saying such a step is nothing but a "was

North-East / 17th August 2021

CAG points to inadequacies in internal monitoring of Assam child rights body

Guwahati, August 17 (PTI): The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has flagged repeated inadequacies in internal audit and control systems of the Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights

North-East / 17th August 2021

IIT Guwahati researchers make breakthrough in computer memory architecture

New Delhi, August 17 (IANS): Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed methods to evenly distribute accesses across computer systems' overall memory capacity to reduce the wear-out pressure on heavily-wr

North-East / 17th August 2021

Tension along border escalates again; Assam police fire on Mizoram civilians: official

Aizawl, August 17 (PTI): Tension along the Mizoram-Assam border escalated again on Tuesday when personnel of the Assam police allegedly fired on civilians of the neighbouring state injuring one, an official sai

North-East / 17th August 2021

139 children among 639 new COVID-19 patients in Mizoram

Aizawl, August 17 (PTI): Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 49,350 on Tuesday as 639 more people, including 139 children, tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the northeastern

North-East / 17th August 2021

165 new COVID-19 cases push Arunachal Pradesh''s tally to 51,513

Itanagar, August 17 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally rose to 51,513 as 165 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health department official said here on Tuesday. The COVID

North-East / 17th August 2021

Centre announces Rs 1,300 crore package for Northeast to tackle pandemic

Guwahati, August 17 (PTI): The Centre will provide a financial package of Rs 1,300 crore to the Northeastern states to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Tuesday.

North-East / 17th August 2021

Meghalaya capital calm after unrest, police launches helpline for evacuation

Shillong, August 17 (PTI): The Meghalaya government on Tuesday said there were no untoward incidents since curfew was clamped in the state capital following unrest, and launched a police helpline for people in

North-East / 17th August 2021

Mizoram MLA Andrew H Thangliana dies at 43

Aizawl, August 17 (PTI); Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) MLA Andrew H Thangliana died at a hospital in Aizawl on Tuesday, officials said. He was 43. The Tuirial legislator died of several complicat

North-East / 17th August 2021

11% people in Assam have taken both doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Health Minister

Guwahati, August 17 (PTI); Altogether 11 per cent of the eligible population in Assam has so far received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, state Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said on Tuesday. He claimed that

North-East / 17th August 2021

Assam CM pushes for new industrial policy to promote start-ups

Guwahati, August 16 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asked the state Industry Department to frame a new industrial policy in order to promote local start-ups. As banks show reluctanc

North-East / 16th August 2021

Congress, AJP hold talks for common oppn candidates in Assam bypolls

Guwahati, August 16 (PTI): Assam's opposition parties Congress and AJP on Monday held discussions for putting up common candidates against the ruling BJP-led alliance in the assembly by-elections in five se

North-East / 16th August 2021

Ex-militant's encounter death: Meghalaya orders judicial probe, extends curfew

Shillong, August 16 (PTI): The Meghalaya government announced a judicial investigation into the encounter killing of a former militant leader whose supporters committed vandalism and arson on Independence Day,

North-East / 16th August 2021

Meghalaya man arrested for killing truck driver, decamping with 500 quintals of PDS rice

Shillong, August 16 (PTI): A man was arrested in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district on Monday for allegedly killing a truck driver and decamping with his vehicle loaded with 500 quintals of rice meant

North-East / 16th August 2021

Assam govt asks people not to travel to Shillong after unrest

Guwahati, August 16 (PTI): The Assam government has advised people not to travel to Meghalaya's capital Shillong after some parts of the neighbouring state witnessed violence, a senior police officer said.

North-East / 16th August 2021

Arunachal Pradesh reports 48 new COVID-19 cases

Itanagar, August 16 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported 48 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the virus tally in the northeastern state to 51,348, a senior health department official said here on Monday. The COVID-

North-East / 16th August 2021

249 new COVID-19 cases push Mizoram's tally to 48,711

Aizawl, August 16 (PTI): Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 48,711 as 249 more people, including 61 children, tested positive for the virus, a health department official said on Monday. One more COVID-19 f

North-East / 16th August 2021

PM says NE state capitals to be linked by rail soon; while work has been speeded up, problems continue

Guwahati/Agartala, August 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion on Tuesday from the ramparts of Delhi's Red Fort that a new history of connectivity is being written in India's northeast,

North-East / 15th August 2021

Rail, road, waterway links being developed with B'desh: Tripura CM

Agartala, August 15 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday said that the Centre, following the persuasions of the state government, has been developing rail, road and waterway connectivities w

North-East / 15th August 2021

New history of connectivity being written in northeast: PM Modi

New Delhi, August 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a new history of connectivity is being written in the northeast, and announced that the work to connect the state capitals in the region wi

North-East / 15th August 2021

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