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    After attack on officers during raid, ED issues lookout circular for TMC leader
    National

    After attack on officers during raid, ED issues lookout circular for TMC leader

    Kolkata, Jan 6: A day after a mob assaulted ED officers during a raid at the residence of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in West Bengal, the central agency on Saturday issued a lookout notice for him, an official said. There are apprehensions that he might flee the country following the incident on...
    India logs 761 Covid cases, 12 deaths
    National

    India logs 761 Covid cases, 12 deaths

    New Delhi, Jan 5: India on Friday recorded 761 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths due to the viral disease, according to Union health ministry data.The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country came down marginally to 4,334 from 4,423 on Thursday, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.Kerala has...
    Assam received record investment proposal of over Rs 11,000 cr in 2023:CM Sarma
    Assam

    Assam received record investment proposal of over Rs 11,000 cr in 2023:CM Sarma

    Guwahati, Jan 5: Assam received a record investment proposal worth over Rs 11,000 crore in 2023, through which more than 10,000 jobs are expected to be created, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.The chief minister said here on Thursday that a conducive environment for investment was...
    Assam: Four people nabbed for killing hog deer at Kaziranga
    Assam

    Assam: Four people nabbed for killing hog deer at Kaziranga

    Guwahati, Jan 4: Four people were arrested for allegedly killing a hog deer at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, a statement said on Thursday.On January 2, a hog deer was hunted and its body was found near No. 1 Koilakhat village in Bokakhat of Golaghat district, the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)...
    Assam Police issues guidelines for picnics after road accident claims 12 lives
    Assam

    Assam Police issues guidelines for picnics after road accident claims 12 lives

    Guwahati, Jan 4: Hours after 12 people lost their lives in an accident while en route for a picnic, the Assam Police on Wednesday issued guidelines for such trips, prohibiting movement in the dark and asking picnickers not to play loud music inside vehicles.Sharing the ‘SOP on Picnic’ on X, the...
    312 Covid sub-variant JN.1 cases detected in country
    National

    312 Covid sub-variant JN.1 cases detected in country

    New Delhi, Jan 2: A total of 312 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country so far, with about 47 per cent of them recorded in Kerala, according to the INSACOG’s data updated on Tuesday. Ten states and Union territories have so far detected the presence of the JN.1...
    Nagaland welcomes 2024 with prayers for early solution to Naga pol imbroglio
    North East

    Nagaland welcomes 2024 with prayers for early solution to Naga pol imbroglio

    Kohima, Jan 1:Nagaland on Monday welcomed 2024 with special prayers for an early resolution to the decades-old Naga political issue for the peace and progress of the state.Special prayer services were held in churches across the Christian state. Firecrackers were bursted on the eve of the New Year,...
    India records 841 new Covid cases, three deaths in 24 hours
    National

    India records 841 new Covid cases, three deaths in 24 hours

    New Delhi, Dec 31: India has logged 841 new cases of COVID-19, the highest in 227 days, while the number of active cases of the infection has been recorded at 4,309, the health ministry said on Sunday.Three new fatalities due to Covid– one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar — have been reported...
    Opposition terms ULFA peace pact as “political gimmick”
    Assam

    Opposition terms ULFA peace pact as “political gimmick”

    Guwahati, Dec 30: Stating that the peace agreement with the pro-talks faction of ULFA has nothing new to offer, opposition parties in Assam on Friday slammed the BJP and said the pact is "merely a political gimmick" ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Asking the government to make the agreement...
    ULFA signs peace accord with Centre, Assam government agreeing to shun violence
    National

    ULFA signs peace accord with Centre, Assam government agreeing to shun violence

    New Delhi, Dec 29: The pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Friday signed a peace accord with the central and Assam governments agreeing to shun violence and join the mainstream. The agreement, signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief...
    M.Phil not recognised degree, UGC warns students
    National

    M.Phil not 'recognised' degree, UGC warns students

    New Delhi, Dec 27: The University Grants Commission (UGC) warned universities on Wednesday against offering MPhil courses, saying it is not a recognised degree and cautioning students against taking admission in such programmes. "It has come to the notice of the UGC that a few universities are...
    No lives lost in Assam due to extremist violence in 2023: Himanta
    Assam

    No lives lost in Assam due to extremist violence in 2023: Himanta

    Guwahati, Dec 26: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asserted that no lives were lost in the state due to extremist violence in 2023, a year that also witnessed a “complete end to tribal militancy.”The gradual removal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, from most...
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