Monthly Archives: June 2022

Drugs, foreign cigarettes worth over Rs 5 cr seized in Mizoram

Aizawl, Jun 29 (PTI) Drugs and foreign cigarettes with a total worth over Rs 5 crore have been seized in Mizoram in various operations...

Assam reports 68 new COVID-19 cases

Guwahati, Jun 29 (PTI) Assam has reported 68 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 7,24,715, a National Health...

College student raped in Tripura

Agartala, Jun 29 (PTI) A 21-year college student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man in Tripura's Gomati district, police said on Wednesday. The...

Indian High Commissioner, Sri Lankan trade minister talk boosting commercial links

Colombo, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay on Wednesday met the country's Minister for Trade Nalin Fernando here and...

Pak Parliament adopts Rs 9.5 trillion budget

Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) The lower house of Pakistan Parliament on Wednesday adopted the Rs 9.5 trillion Finance Bill 2022, commonly known as the...

Pakistan rejects reports of Udaipur accused links to Karachi-based Ismalist organisation

Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) Pakistan's Foreign Office on Wednesday rejected reported insinuation in India to link the accused in the brutal killing of a...

Pakistan open to buying cheap oil from Russia if no sanctions imposed: Minister

Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) Pakistan is open" to the idea of buying oil at discounted rates from Russia if it does not result in...

China to subsidise refiners if global oil prices surpass USD 130

Beijing, Jun 29 (PTI) China, the world's largest importer of oil, announced on Wednesday that it will subsidise its oil refiners and suspend the...

Chief: Officer hit woman at abortion rally, should be fired

PROVIDENCE, R.I. , Jun 29 (AP) — The chief of police in Rhode Island’s capital has recommended that a city officer charged with assaulting...

COVID cases on rise in 110 countries, driven by 2 Omicron sub-variants: WHO

United Nations/Geneva, Jun 29 (PTI) The COVID-19 pandemic is changing but it is not over, head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday,...

Fuel, transport subsidies help keep German inflation at 7.6 per cent

Berlin, Jun 29 (AP) Inflation in Germany eased slightly in June compared to the previous month, in part due to new subsidies that helped...

Yellowstone bison gores Colorado man, causes arm injury

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. , Jun 29 (AP) — A Colorado man who Yellowstone National Park officials say got too close to a bison...

Suicide Six Ski Area to retire name following concerns

SOUTH POMFRET, Vt. , Jun 29 (AP) — A small ski area in Vermont has announced that it’s retiring its name, Suicide Six, this...

Taliban and US officials to meet amid quake relief efforts

ISLAMABAD , Jun 29 (AP) — Afghan finance and central bank officials from the Taliban-led government departed for Qatar on Wednesday to meet with...

Justices limit 2020 ruling on tribal lands in Oklahoma

WASHINGTON , Jun 29 (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land...

5 more die in Arunachal as heavy heavy rainfall continues

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 28 Jun: Floods and landslides caused by incessant rainfall reportedly claimed at least five lives in different locations in and around Itanagar...

Rising river water triggers flashflood in E/Siang

PASIGHAT, 28 Jun: The rise in the water level of the rivers and perennial streams following torrential rain for the last two days has...

Lives lost, properties damaged in Balijan

HOLLONGI, 28 Jun: Loss of human lives and damages to properties due to a flashflood triggered by heavy downpour were reported from Balijan circle...

Water supply pipe in Nlg damaged; water supply in Itanagar interrupted

NAHARLAGUN, 28 Jun: The 300 mm DI pipe, which is the main line supplying water to the township area here, has been damaged at...

NES apprises min of problems faced by adopted schools

ITANAGAR, 28 Jun: A team of the Nyishi Elite Society (NES) on Tuesday apprised Education Minister Taba Tedir, Education Commissioner Padmini Singla, the school...