Monthly Archives: December 2021

26 pvt colleges of BTR to be made govt institutes in Assam

Guwahati, Dec 19 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said 26 private colleges in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) will be brought...

Assam agri project: Drone survey launched for technical mapping of Gorukhuti area

Guwahati, Dec 19 (PTI) The Assam government on Sunday launched a drone survey for technical mapping of Gorukhuti area in Darrang district for implementing...

Premier League leader Man City beats ailing Newcastle 4-0

MANCHESTER, England, Dec 19 (AP) — Premier League leader Manchester City made it 11 goals in two games by sweeping aside struggling Newcastle 4-0...

Goggia takes super-G for 5th win in 17 days; Shiffrin 5th

VAL d’ISÈRE, France, Dec 19  (AP) — Sofia Goggia has been unbeaten in downhill for an entire year. Now the Olympic champion from Italy...

Peng Shuai: Fresh unverified video of missing Chinese tennis player surfaces online

Beijing, Dec 19 (AFP): Fresh unverified footage of Peng Shuai was posted online by a state-affiliated journalist on Sunday as international concern persists for...

SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship: India advances to summit clash after beating Nepal 1-0

Dhaka, Dec 19 (PTI): India advanced to the final of the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship after defeating Nepal 1-0 in their last group stage...

Australian Open 2022: Jennifer Brady joins growing list of absentees

Melbourne, Dec 19 (AP): Jennifer Brady has become the latest withdrawal from next month's Australian Open and two warm-up tournaments because of injury. Australian Open...

Islamic world unites to aid desperately poor Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (AP) — The economic collapse of Afghanistan, already teetering dangerously on the edge, would have a “horrendous” impact on the region...

Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 100, mayors plead for food

MANILA, Philippines, Dec 19 (AP) — The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 72 people died in...

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 43 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Colombo, Dec 19 (PTI) The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 43 Indian fishermen and seized six trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial...

Iraq military: 2 rockets strike inside Green Zone

Baghdad, Dec 19 (AP) Two rockets struck Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the US embassy, causing property damage but no casualties, Iraq's...

Death toll in southern Pakistan sewer gas blast jumps to 17

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec 19 (AP) — The death toll from a sewer gas blast in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi jumped to 17 as...

Hong Kong votes for legislature with only loyalists approved

HONG KONG, 19 Dec (AP) — Hong Kong was voting Sunday in the first election since Beijing amended the laws to reduce the number...

Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’

Wilmington, Dec 19 (AP) The COVID-19 omicron variant is just raging around the world, the White House's top medical adviser said on Sunday, and...

Dibang project affected families seek immediate disbursement of compensation

ANINI, 18 Dec: The Dibang Multipurpose Project Affected Families of Dibang Valley have called for immediate disbursement of compensation to the PAFs. The PAFs claimed...

Stay rooted to your own culture: CM

ITANAGAR, 18 Dec: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has suggested that to preserve the unique cultural identity of Arunachal, indigenous people who convert to other...

AAPSU gives govt. 15 days ultimatum to carry out enumeration

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 18 Dec: The All-Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) on Saturday served 15 days ultimatum to the state government to carry out enumeration...

Arunachal ‘focus state’ in IIMTF

ITANAGAR, 18 Dec: The 20th Indian International Mega Trade Fair (IIMTF) began in Kolkata on Friday. Arunachal is the focus state and Iran is the...

Governor discusses financial issues with finance minister, seeks special package

ITANAGAR, 18 Dec: Governor B.D Mishra on Friday called on union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi, and discussed financial assistance to Arunachal...

16th Ziro Birds Walk organized

ZIRO, 18 Dec: In the 6th edition of the Ziro Birds Walk, a group of bird enthusiasts from Ziro Bicycle Club and Ziro Birding...