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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed concern over the grenade blast and asked DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to deal with the incident sternly and nab the miscreants at the earliest. PTI

Grenade blast in Assam kills two

The incident comes days after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's appeal to Ulfa-I commander-in-chief to shun the...

15 May 2021 8:07 AM IST

Dhankar claimed that he wrote to the Speaker of the Assembly, informing him about his visit. (Photo: ANI)

Dhankar slams Mamata's silence on poll violence

The governor alleged that Banerjee, at her election campaigns, had provoked her supporters, especially women, to oppose...

15 May 2021 8:05 AM IST

Babu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in July 2020. (Photo: PTI/File)

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused Hany Babu tests Covid positive, says...

Babu was admitted to the state-run JJ hospital on Thursday for the follow up treatment of his eye infection

15 May 2021 12:08 AM IST

Himanta Biswa Sarma.

NRC coordinator moves apex court for comprehensive reverification

Sarma also pleaded that in the 'Original Inhabitants' category and the 'Persons from other States' category, errors had...

14 May 2021 7:48 AM IST

Elephant expert Bibhuti Lahkar termed the incident shocking. (Photo: PTI)

18 elephants killed in lightning strikes in Assam's Nagaon

Villagers living near the hill claimed that the herd of the wild elephants was screaming unnaturally throughout the...

13 May 2021 11:16 PM IST

NMMC and Navi Mumbai Police conduct joint operation on commuters violation lockdown norms in Navi Mumbai. (PTI)

Lockdown-like restrictions extended in Maharashtra till June 1

Additional restrictions include mandatory negative RT-PCR test report for any person entering the state by any mode of...

13 May 2021 12:41 PM IST

The BMCs Central Purchase Authority is procuring antifungal drug Amphotericin B which is used to treat mucormycosis. (File/PTI)

111 mucormycosis patients undergoing treatment in Mumbai

Most of these patients are from outside Mumbai, according to the BMC

12 May 2021 10:32 PM IST

TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after trends show her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (PTI)

Central team in West Bengal for review

Union home ministry sent a 4-member team to review the law and order situation in the state, led by an additional...

7 May 2021 8:32 AM IST

According to the Election Commission website, the BJP was leading in only 53 places. The two parties were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the initial stages of counting. (AP Image)

Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead of BJP in West Bengal

Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was, however, trailing her BJP rival and sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari in...

2 May 2021 11:16 AM IST

A woman collects water from a tap near a collapsed wall at an apartment building in Guwahati on April 28, 2021, after a strong earthquake hit Assam in northeastern India, damaging buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. (AFP)

Series of earthquakes jolt Assam and most of the Northeast

The impact was felt in almost the entire Northeastern region, parts of West Bengal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

28 April 2021 3:01 PM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI)

Bengal records 75% voting in seventh phase of polling

Four hot seats -- Bhowanipore, Rasbehari, Ballygunge and Kolkata Port -- in South Kolkata clocked only 59.91 per cent...

27 April 2021 6:27 AM IST

Activists of Peoples Democratic party (PDP) protesting against Indias new land laws that allows any Indian citizen to buy land in the disputed region shout slogans in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Until last year, Indians were not allowed to buy property in the region. But in August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modis government scrapped the disputed regions special status, annulled its separate constitution, split the region into two federal territories. (AP)

More J&K employees may face axe for being 'anti-national'

The rules lay down that no government servant shall take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any way, any...

23 April 2021 7:03 AM IST