“The price of yellow marigolds is especially high as they are essential for Saraswati Puja. Rates are expected to come down from Monday onwards,” said a retailer at the municipal market in Kasba, ...

New Delhi, Jan 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended warm greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Meghalaya’s Statehood Day, lauding its cultural richness, development ...

New Delhi, Jan 21: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the continuation of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to the financial year 2030-31 along with ...

Nitin Nabin on Tuesday took over as the BJP’s 12th national president, succeeding J P Nadda and beginning a new chapter for the party as it seeks to tighten its grip on the country’s politics and ...

The Juhu Police Station in Mumbai has taken into custody the driver of a speeding car and registered a case of rash and negligent driving against him, Mumbai Police said on Monday. On Monday night the ...

The 79th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy is all set for kick off from Wednesday with Assam hosting it for the seventh time in its chequered history. The land of the Brahmaputra and ...

The governments of Odisha and Meghalaya signed an agreement on Tuesday to strengthen early childhood care, education and development. The agreement will facilitate mutual learning, capacity building, ...

GUWAHATI, Jan 20: A tense situation prevailed at Karigaon in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Tuesday following the death of a youth during an attack on Monday night by suspected miscreants, ...

New Delhi, Jan 21: The newly-appointed BJP National President Nitin Nabin has convened an important organisational meeting at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday for the first time after ...

Kolkata, Jan 21: Amid the ongoing tussle between the West Bengal government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, the Mamata ...

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Tripura, Manipur, and Meghalaya were granted full statehood on January 21, 1972, under the North Eastern Areas Reorganisation Act, 1971. January 21 is now observed annually as Statehood Day to ...