Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for two of his tweets, was on Monday let off with a token fine of Re 1 by the Supreme Court. The bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari, directed the lawyer to deposit the amount by
In a major turn of events, on the first day of the autumn session of Assam Legislative Assembly, Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi has been suspended from the House. Kurmi was suspended by the speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami for creating noisy scenes in the House over Assam Accord’s Clause 6 report.
Itanagar, Aug 31 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike of 157 COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally in the northeastern state to 4,034 on Monday, a senior official here said. Barring 13, all new patients are asymptomatic. “Eight army men, 25 paramilitary personnel, 52 state police personnel and
Guwahati, Aug 30 (PTI) Seven more COVID-19 patients died in Assam on Sunday taking the total fatalities to 296, while 1,980 new positive cases pushed the states tally to 1,05,774, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Two deaths each were reported from Kamrup Metropolitan, Golaghat and Chirang
Aizawl, Aug 31 (PTI) Three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the state”s tally to 1,011, an official said on Monday. The three cases were reported from Kolasib district, the official said. The newly infected persons were truck drivers, who came from Assam and all of them