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Guwahati: The Assam government on Sunday directed all its employees who have received two doses of COVID- 19 vaccine to join offices from Monday even as a partial lockdown across the state will be in force.The General Administration Department...

Guwahati: Two teenagers, aged 16 and 14, were found hanging from a tree in a remote village in Assam's Kokrajhar district, the NDTV quoted police as saying.The victims were related to each other, police said, and added that their...

Carbis Bay, England: China on Sunday pointedly cautioned Group of Seven leaders that the days when "small" groups of countries decided the fate of the world was long gone, hitting back at the world's richest democracies which have sought...

London: Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who's met, well, almost everyone.Such is the challenge for President Joe Biden, who is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle after a Group...

Moscow: Cuban authorities have advised tourists to visit the Caribbean country without bringing any cash in dollars, which will no longer be accepted as valid currency starting from June 21, the first vice president of the island’s Central Bank,...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday cautioned that the chances of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were quite real, while he asserted that his government was preparing on a "war-footing" to combat it.Indications are...

Itanagar: A court in Itanagar granted bail to social media influencer Paras Singh who was arrested last month for making a racial comment, targetting an Arunachal Pradesh lawmaker.The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court here granted bail to Singh on...

Aizawl: At least four children were killed and two others injured as a massive landslide swept away a building in Aizawl in Mizoram, police said on Saturday.The incident happened around 9.30 pm on Friday at Thuampui neighbourhood in the...

Aizawl: Mizoram reported 178 new COVID-19 cases and one fatality in the last 24 hours, which took the tally in the state to 14,921 and death toll to 62, an official said on Saturday.A 75-year-old man from Aizawl succumbed...

New Delhi: At a time when vaccine shortage is being reported across the country, government data has shown that only 17 per cent of doses were utilised in private hospitals last month, leaving them with massive unused stock.According to...