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
Saturday, 14th February, 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Shillong, May 20 (PTI): Meghalaya on Thursday registered its highest single-day spike of 1,183 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 26,927, a senior official said. Ten more fatalities raised the toll t
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Beijing, May 20 (PTI): China has completed the construction of a strategic highway through the Brahmaputra Canyon, stated to be the world's deepest, close to the Arunachal Pradesh border ahead of its plan t
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Heavy to very heavy Rainfall is very likely to take place on Thursday at isolated places in West Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghala
Guwahati, May 20 (IANS) The northeast recorded its first death due to mucormycosis, commonly known as 'black fungus' when a 27-year-old man died at a private hospital here after his recovery from Covid,-
Guwahati, May 19 (PTI): Reviewing flood preparedness ahead of the rainy season in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday directed that relief items should immediately reach the areas expected to
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Shillong, May 19 (PTI): Meghalaya recorded 872 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, pushing the tally to 25,744, a senior official said. Twenty-four more fatalities raised the death toll to 379, Health Services
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Agartala, May 19 (PTI): The Tripura government on Wednesday said that 26 per cent of the state''s population of around 40 lakh received either the first or both doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The state has
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Imphal, May 19 (PTI): The Manipur government has called for muting sirens of ambulances in the state in a bid to reduce anxiety and panic amid the COVID-19 gloom, officials said. The state''s medical
