Daily Archives: July 9, 2022

Mizoram: Road linking Bairabi to Mamit declared national highway

Aizawl, Jul 8 (PTI) A 40-km road linking the town of Bairabi with Mamit district in Mizoram was declared a national highway on Friday...

Nagaland facing shortage of local specialists to take over as faculty of medical college

Kohima, Jul 8 (PTI) Nagaland is facing a shortage of local specialist doctors to take up faculty posts in the two newly created medical...

UDP demands action against BJP minister for ‘misbehaving’ with Meghalaya assembly speaker

Shillong, Jul 8 (PTI) The UDP, a partner of the ruling coalition in Meghalaya, has demanded action against state minister and BJP MLA Sanbor...

Manipur board declares class 10 results, 76% students pass

Imphal, Jul 8 (PTI) The Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) on Friday announced the class 10 final examination results, in which 76 per...

2 held over businessman’s suicide in Assam

Dibrugarh (Assam), Jul 8 (PTI) Two persons were arrested on Friday for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 32-year-old businessman, who had named them...

India needs to grow 8-10% over next 25 years to create more jobs: Shanmugaratnam

New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) India must grow by at least 8-10 per cent over the next 25 years so that the it is...

13 killed in cloudburst near Amarnath shrine, 5 rescued

Srinagar, Jul 8 (PTI) At least 13 people were killed when a cloudburst near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas...

Dilip Ghosh dares West Bengal police to arrest him for remarks on Mamata Banerjee

New Delhi, 7 Jul (PTI) BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh has dared the police to arrest him and ruling party workers to “lay hands on...

OBC quota for local bodies: Gujarat govt forms commission in line with SC directives

Ahmedabad, 8 Jul: Amid a row over OBC quota in the Gujarat panchayat polls, the BJP government in the state on Friday announced the...

Cyber war against India: Gujarat cops identify 2 hacker groups from Malaysia, Indonesia

Ahmedabad, 8 Jul: The Cyber Crime Branch of the Ahmedabad police in Gujarat on Friday said it had identified hackers from Malaysia and Indonesia...

Real growth not possible without inclusiveness: PM

New Delhi, 8 Jul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that real growth was not possible without inclusiveness as he listed out various...

Need to build broadest coalition of secular forces: Yechury

Kolkata, 8 Jul: Stating that the main objective of the Left is to defeat the BJP, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said...

In meeting with Jaishankar, Blinken describes India as ‘great partner’ of US

New Delhi, 8 Jul: The global food and energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine figured prominently in talks between External Affairs...

Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech

NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire...

China demands end to US-Taiwan military ‘collusion’

BEIJING (AP) — China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from...

G-20 diplomats fail on unity over Ukraine, war’s impact

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Deeply divided top diplomats from the world’s richest and largest developing nations failed to find common ground Friday over...

Greece: New pipeline to feed Bulgaria after Russian gas cut

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek and Bulgarian prime ministers on Friday inaugurated a new energy pipeline that will supply natural gas originating in...

US employers add a solid 372,000 jobs in sign of resilience

Washington, Jul 8 (AP) America's employers shrugged off high inflation and weakening growth to add 372,000 jobs in June, a surprisingly strong gain that...

UN chief express sadness over horrific killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

United Nations, Jul 8 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed sadness over the horrific killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

Lanka IOC suspends fuel distribution for two days over mass protest fears

Colombo, Jul 8 (PTI) Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka, on Friday announced that it was suspending fuel distribution...