Monthly Archives: February 2022

Birmingham CWG 2022: Cricket to make comeback after 24 years; India, Australia to open...

Dubai, Feb 1 (PTI): Cricket will mark its return to the Commonwealth Games after a gap of 24 years with India taking on Australia...

Singles tennis players competing in doubles format is good for game, says Rohan Bopanna

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna says the presence of singles players in the doubles draws, in a way,...

Winter Olympics 2022: India’s Arif Khan leaves for Beijing Games

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): Skier Arif Khan, the only athlete representing India at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, left for the Games in...

Putin: US, NATO have ignored Russia’s top security demands

Moscow, Feb 1 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the US and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands but added...

Millions at risk as drought threatens the Horn of Africa

Nairobi, Feb 1 (AP) The children walk among carcasses of animals dead from hunger and exhaustion, a stark image of the drought threatening millions...

India, Nepal sign MoU to construct bridge over Mahakali river

Kathmandu, Feb 1 (PTI) India and Nepal on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a motorable bridge over the...

S Africa relaxes COVID-19 isolation rules, restarts schools with no social distancing

Johannesburg, Feb 1 (PTI) The South African government has relaxed isolation rules for asymptomatic COVID-19 positive people and removed the one-meter social distancing requirements...

US Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak’s ambassador-designate; terms him terrorist sympathiser’

Islamabad/Washington, Feb 1 (PTI) A US Congressman has urged President Joe Biden to reject Pakistan's ambassador-designate Masood Khan's diplomatic credentials and termed him a...

Omicron sub-variant spreads more than original strain: Study

London, Feb 1 (PTI) A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a...

Russian diplomat thanks India, China for being ‘brave’ to ‘withstand US hand-twisting’ before UNSC...

United Nations, Feb 1 (PTI) As India, Kenya, Gabon abstained and China voted against a procedural vote in the UN Security Council ahead of...

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 21 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Colombo, Feb 1 (PTI) The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 21 Indians along with two fishing trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial...

Miram Taron returns home after being released by PLA

TUTING, 31 Jan: Arunachalee youth Miram Taron, who had been abducted by China's PLA on 18 January from Lungta Jor area in Upper Siang...

Improving police-public relation was a satisfying task, says outgoing DGP

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 31 Jan: Outgoing DGP RP Upadhyaya said that improving the relationship between the people and the police force following the anti-PRC riots...

1 dies of Covid pneumonia, multiple fractures

ITANAGAR, 31 Jan: A 75-year-old man from Lower Dibang Valley district passed away due to Covid-19 pneumonia, compounded by multiple fractures, at his residence...

Kebi panchayat bans poaching, illegal timbering; airguns surrendered

YACHULI/SEER, 30 Jan: Kebi panchayat in Lower Subansiri district has banned all kinds of hunting and timbering activities within the panchayat's jurisdiction. The decision was...

Stolen bikes, properties recovered; 10 arrested

PASIGHAT, 31 Jan: Thirteen stolen bikes and other properties like camera, laptop, gas cylinder, etc, were recovered during an intensive investigation carried out by...

Next CPA zonal conference to be held in Itanagar

SHILLONG, 31 Jan: The next conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Zone-III will be held in Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar in...

Minor held in Shillong IED blast case, accomplice arrested

SHILLONG, 31 Jan: A 17-year-old was detained in connection with the blast in Police Bazaar here, and a live IED along with some bombs...

NSCN (K) ‘lieutenant’ sentenced to 10 years’ RI

KHONSA, 31 Jan: The district & sessions judge here in Tirap district on Monday sentenced self-styled NSCN (K) lieutenant Tailai Wangsu to 10 years...

Drug peddler apprehended

KHONSA, 31 Jan: A joint team of the Tirap police's anti-drug squad (ADS) and the 36th Bn CRPF here apprehended a drug peddler and...