Monthly Archives: September 2021

One dead, 20 missing as boat sinks in Assam after hitting ferry steamer

Jorhat/Guwahati, Sep 8 (PTI) At least one person died and 20 people went missing after a boat with over 120 people on board sank...

Assam govt to set up three member Cabinet Committee to resolve tribal issues

Guwahati, Sep 8 (PTI) A three-member Cabinet Committee would be formed by the Assam government to discuss and resolve all issues related to the...

Assam Chief Minister flags off 15 mobile vaccination vans

Guwahati, Sep 8 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday flagged off 15 mobile vaccination vans, the first of its kind in...

Meghalaya guv forms three panels for interstate border dispute talks with Assam

Shillong, Sep 8 (PTI) Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has constituted three regional committees, each headed by a cabinet minister, to examine the status...

Captain cooks up something special for Tokyo Games medal winners

Chandigarh, Sep 8 (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will be donning a chef's hat for a dinner he will be hosting for the...

National Sports Awards: Devendra Jhajharia, Venkatesh Prasad named in selection committee

New Delhi, Sep 8 (PTI: Three-time Paralympic medal-winning javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, and ex-world champion boxer L Sarita Devi have...

Elaine Thompson-Herah headlines raft of stars for Diamond League finale in Zurich

Zurich, Sep 8 (AFP): Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah will be one of 19 Olympic champions vying for prize money and glory in the...

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Australia, South Korea, Japan complete 1-0 wins

Seoul, South Korea, Sep 8 (AFP): Australia edged Vietnam 1-0 in Hanoi on Tuesday to make it two wins out of two in Group...

Fire kills 41 inmates, 80 hurt at crowded Indonesian prison

Jakarta, Sep 8 (AP) A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia's capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates, two of...

South African riots to cost USD 1.7 billion in insurance claims

Johannesburg, Sep 8 (AP) The rioting that erupted in parts of South Africa in July over former President Jacob Zuma's imprisonment caused damage worth...

China endorses Taliban’s interim Govt; announces USD 31 million aid for Afghanistan

Beijing, Sep 8 (PTI) China on Wednesday announced USD 31 million as aid to Afghanistan, its first after the Taliban seized power in Kabul,...

UN chief asks int’l community to use all tools to counter global terrorist threat...

United Nations, Sep 8 (PTI) UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on the international community to use all tools at its disposal to...

WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year

Geneva, Sep 8 (AP) The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain...

Nepal’s Opposition party CPN-UML obstructs Parliament session; demands dismissal of 14 lawmakers

Kathmandu, Sep 8 (PTI) Nepal's main Opposition party CPN-UML, led by ousted prime minister K P Sharma Oli, on Wednesday obstructed the new session...

2 more arrested in Seppa-C’Tajo road scam

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 7 Sep: The vigilance department's Special Investigation Cell (SIC) arrested two more persons - PWD Superintendent Engineer and former Bameng PWD division...

Archer Sorang Yumi returns medals, certificates in protest against ‘nepotism’

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 7 Sep: Accusing the sports department and the Sports Authority of Arunachal (SAA) of indulging in nepotism and abuse of power in...

High-level team inspects damages to Itanagar-Hollongi road

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 7 Sep: A high-level team of officials from the union ministry of road, transport & highways (MoRTH), the state PWD highway department...

Police bust drugs syndicate, arrest 5 in Khonsa

KHONSA, 7 Sep: The anti-drug squad (ADS) of the Khonsa police busted a drugs syndicate operating here in Tirap district and arrested five persons...

Arunachal to strive to become self-reliant in agriculture: CM

ITANAGAR, 7 Sep: Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday assured the Centre that with improved connectivity in the state, the state government will...

APSLSA, DoJ launch legal literacy campaign

ITANAGAR, 7 Sep: The Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA) and the department of justice (DoJ) on Monday announced the launch of a...