Monthly Archives: April 2022

US Navy says new task force to patrol Red Sea amid Yemen war

Dubai, Apr 13 (AP) The US Navy on Wednesday said it will begin a new task force with allied countries to patrol the Red...

Pak rejects ‘unwarranted reference’ in Joint Statement issued after US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue

Islamabad, Apr 13 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected what it called the "unwarranted reference" in the Joint Statement issued after the US-India 2+2...

Swiss to unfreeze $430M as Egypt money laundering probe ends

Geneva, Apr 13 (AP) Swiss prosecutors will not file any charges after concluding a decade-long investigation into alleged money laundering and organised crime linked...

US expects to continue ‘healthy military-to-military relationship’ with Pak, says Pentagon

Islamabad/Washington, Apr 13 (PTI) The US has a "healthy military-to-military relationship" with Pakistani armed forces and it expects to continue the ties, Pentagon has...

18 dead in overloaded truck crash in Indonesia’s West Papua

Jakarta, Apr 13 (AP) An overloaded truck carrying 29 people hit a hillside and overturned near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia's West Papua...

Assam: Five of family killed as SUV hits railing on NH 27

Guwahati, Apr 13 (PTI) Five members of a family, including a person returning home from Kuwait, were killed and five others critically injured when...

100 kg human hair seized by BSF in Meghalaya

Shillong, Apr 13 (PTI) The Border Security Force on Wednesday seized 100 kg of human hair meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh from near...

Assam man gets 10 yrs RI for sexually abusing boy

Hailakandi (Assam), Apr 13 (PTI) A court in Assam's Hailakandi district has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing...

Four political parties release list of candidates for district council polls in Mizoram

Aizawl, Apr 13 (PTI) Four political parties, including the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram, have released their list of candidates for elections...

Five chimpanzees rescued in Assam; 2 arrested

Diphu (Assam), Apr 13 (PTI) Five wild chimpanzees have been rescued from a vehicle and two suspected traffickers arrested in Assam's Karbi Anglong district,...

Ganja worth Rs 10 lakh seized from train in Assam

Guwahati, Apr 13 (PTI) Three passengers, including a woman, were apprehended from a train after 28 packets of ganja valued at Rs 10 lakh...

Dacoit killed in gunfight with police in Assam

Mangaldoi (Assam), Apr 13 (PTI) A suspected dacoit has been killed in a gunfight with police in Assam's Darrang district, police said on Wednesday. The...

JCO killed, 2 soldiers injured as army vehicle falls into gorge in J&K’s Poonch

Jammu, Apr 13 (PTI) A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the army was killed and two soldiers injured when the vehicle in which they...

Over 186.21 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) Over 16,350 precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered to beneficiaries in the 18-59 years age group till 7...

No need to learn Hindi to prove we’re Indians, Tamil could be link language:...

Chennai, Apr 13 (PTI) Tamil Nadu BJP leaders claimed that there is no compulsion to learn Hindi to prove one is an Indian and...

Centre releases Rs 2,94,718 crore to FCI, states as food subsidy last fiscal

New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI): The Centre has released Rs 2,94,718 crore towards food subsidy during the last fiscal to Food Corporation of India...

IAF signs MoU with IIT-Madras to develop solutions to maintain weapon systems

New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) signed a memorandum of understanding with IIT-Madras on Wednesday to develop indigenous solutions to...

Rajnath Singh arrives in Hawaii to visit US Indo-Pacific Command HQ

New Delhi, 13 Apr (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has arrived in Hawaii for a brief visit to the Headquarters of the United States...

Odisha reels under intense heatwave, Jharsuguda hottest at 44 degC

Bhubaneswar, Apr 13 (PTI) A large part of Western Odisha reeled under intense heatwave conditions on Wednesday, with Jharsuguda town recording 44 degrees Celsius,...

Ensure rights of nutritional security for women & children: Centre to eastern states

Bhubaneswar, Apr 13 (PTI) The Centre Wednesday called upon states to ensure nutritional rights of security for women and children apart from their good...