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Shillong ( Meghalaya), April 6 : The Cabinet Meeting here today decided to enforce the closure of educational institutes till April 30 post the lockdown period, whereas Government offices will start functioning. Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told...

Shillong (Meghalaya ), April 6 : The two test samples of the two individuals from the Shillong who had a meeting with Covid 19 patient from Guwahati , Manish from Spanish Garden , were tested negative. After reports...

Guwahati(Assam), April 6 : State Police on Sunday detained nine Tablighi Jamaat attendees from the Kharupetia area in the state's Darrang district. According to police sources , the nine, hailing from Maharashtra, had attended the Nizamuddin gathering and...

Guwahati (Assam), April 6 : Responding to PM Modis call, lakhs of people across the North Eastern states had turn off lights at their homes for nine minutes at 9 pm to display the country's collective resolve and...

Guwahati(Assam), April 5 : With a 57-year-old ex-BSF jawan testing positive for coronavirus from northeast on Sunday, the total number of cases in this region went up to 30, including 26 in Assam, reported news agency IANS quoting...

Shillong (Meghalaya), April 5 : The CMJ Breweries Pvt Ltd in memory of their late Chairman Emeritus, Shri Chandmal Jain has donated an amount of Rs. 1 crore to support the state government to tackle COVID -19 crisis...

Shillong(Meghalaya), April 5 : The Chief Minister''s Relief Fund in Meghalaya has received a donation of Rs 1 crore from billionaire Mukesh Ambani for its fight against COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, CM Conrad K Sangma thanked the business...

Shillong (Meghalaya), April 5 : A city -based dentist prescribed whiskey to one of his patients who had complained of withdrawal symptoms. This the dentist had done in the wake of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread...

https://youtu.be/fQvBbuTZs4k From Our Kokrajhar Bureau Kokrajhar (Assam ), April 9 : State Social Welfare minister Pramila Rani Brahma has appealed to all sections of citizens in the state to observe lighting of candles and observe 9 minutes switching...

By Dr.Ananya S Guha And we are back to it again. Superstition. We are asked to light lamps and candles for nine minutes at 9 pm. What is so propitious about the number nine? Earlier on we were...