Daily Archives: September 17, 2021

Monitoring Afghan Probe For Missing Indian National In Kabul, Says Centre

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI): India is closely monitoring the investigation by the local Afghan authorities into the case of Bansuri Lal Arinde, an...

India should share its ancient knowledge with the world: Dalai Lama

Dharamshala (HP), Sep 16 (PTI) The Dalai Lama on Thursday said India should share its ancient knowledge with the world and praised the country's...

Nothing to worry, situation under control: WB health secy on rising fever cases among...

Kolkata, Sept 16 (PTI) The West Bengal government on Thursday assured the people of the state that there was no reason to worry over...

Completion of disengagement could pave way for de-escalation: India on border row with China

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) India on Thursday asserted that the completion of disengagement in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh could pave...

Novel coronavirus may infect a higher proportion of pregnant women: ICMR study

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The novel coronavirus may infect a higher proportion of pregnant women and they can develop moderate-to-severe diseases, an ICMR...

Timely diagnosis, medical mgmt upped survival chances in Covid-linked black fungus cases: Study

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) A study on Covid-associated mucormycosis, spanning patients from 11 hospitals across five states in northern India, has suggested that...

Security forces apprehend one militant in Manipur

Imphal, Sep 16 (PTI) Security forces apprehended an active cadre of proscribed militant outfit Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), J group from Manipur's Imphal West...

Mizoram Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena tests positive for COVID-19

Aizawl, Sep 16 (PTI) Mizoram Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena has tested positive for COVID-19. The 51-year-old Mizo National Front (MNF) leader told PTI over...

Tripura: 3 NLFT insurgents surrender

Agartala, Sep 16 (PTI) Three insurgents of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) surrendered before the police. During preliminary interrogation, they said that...

Assam treasury staffer arrested for taking bribe from cop to release PF amount

Nagaon (Assam) Sep 16 (PTI) A woman treasury office employee has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a uniformed policeman in...

2 Myanmarese arrested with assault rifle, cartridges in Mizoram

Aizawl, Sep 16 (PTI) Two Myanmarese have been arrested with an assault rifle and cartridges in Mizoram's Lawngtlai district, Assam Rifles said in a...

Foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 19 lakh seized in Mizoram

Aizawl, Sep 16 (PTI) Assam Rifles has seized foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 19.5 lakh in Mizoram's Champhai district, the paramilitary force said in a...

Two suspected Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Assam

Dhubri (Assam), Sept 16 (PTI) Two suspected Bangladeshi nationals staying without valid documents here were arrested on Thursday, a police officer said. Acting on specific...

Singapore Opposition leader asks govt to release more info to dispel misinformation about FTA...

Singapore, Sep 16 (PTI) Strongly criticising what he described as a "reactive" policy towards communication, Singapore's Opposition leader Pritam Singh has asked the government...

Germany defender Jerome Boateng files appeal against conviction for assault

Berlin, Sep 16 (AFP) Germany's 2014 World Cup winner Jerome Boateng has filed an appeal against his conviction for assault and 1.8 million euros...

ISL: SC East Bengal sign former Molde FK striker Daniel Chima Chukwu

Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI): SC East Bengal on Thursday announced the signing of Nigerian striker Daniel Chima Chukwu, a three-time Norwegian first division league...

Nilakanta Sharma hopes Olympic bronze will inspire youngsters of Manipur to take up hockey

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI): Indian men's hockey team midfielder Nilakanta Sharma hopes his contribution to the country's bronze medal-winning feat at the Tokyo...

US, UK, Australia launch new trilateral Indo-Pacific alliance to counter China

Washington/London, Sep 16 (PTI) The US, Britain and Australia have announced a new trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific to take on the threats...

3 killed, 60 injured as quake hits China’s Sichuan; emergency response launched

Beijing, Sep 16 (PTI) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted China's southwestern Sichuan province early on Thursday morning, killing at least three persons and injuring 60...

UN chief urges ”rapid” emission cuts to curb climate change

Geneva, Sep 16 (AP) The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb...