Daily Archives: August 9, 2022

Mini-marathon organised

CHANGLANG, 8 Aug: One hundred runners participated in a mini-marathon organised by the Changlang district administration, in collaboration with the 19 Assam Rifles, here...

SAD camps organised

KHIRMU, 8 Aug: Government departments provided services to the people during a Sarkar Aapke Dwar (SAD) camp organised at the upper primary school here...

BJP increasingly behaving like a bully

The NDA government in Bihar is facing its worst crisis. The alliance between Nitish Kumar's JD (U) and the BJP has breached the danger...

Economic costs be damned!

My Subsidy, Your Revadi By Poonam I Kaushish It is raining freebies wherein sound economic sense has been surrendered to political gamesmanship. Reckless subsidies are being...

Centre accepts Punjab’s demand to release Rs 1,760 crore pending RDF, says CM...

New Delhi, 8 Aug: Union minister Piyush Goyal has accepted Punjab's demand to release Rs 1,760 crore outstanding rural development fund (RDF) after Chief...

Assam gets approval for 9th medical college

Guwahati, 8 Aug: The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Monday approved a new medical college at Dhubri in Assam, making it the ninth such...

Citing SC guidelines, Mumbai court grants bail to two in money laundering case...

MUMBAI, 8 Aug: A special court here on Monday granted interim bail to two persons, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged money...

India’s first-ever underwater metro likely to be completed by June 2023

Kolkata, 8 Aug: The East-West corridor project, which will be India's first underwater metro service, is likely to be completed by June 2023, its...

Sindhu, Sen win maiden CWG singles titles as India sweep singles competition

Birmingham, 8 Aug: Superstar P V Sindhu and young gun Lakshya Sen lived up to expectations by grabbing gold medals as India swept the...

40 and going strong: Sharath wins singles gold after 16 years

Birmingham, 8 Aug: Sharath Kamal showed age is just a number as the 40-year-old capped his best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games by...

Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga gets hero’s welcome on return from CWG

Aizawl, 8 Aug: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga was on Monday accorded a hero's welcome as he returned home in Aizawl after winning a gold medal...

CWG: Australia hammer India 7-0 in men’s hockey final

Birmingham, 8 Aug: In one of its worst performances in recent times, the Indian men's hockey team suffered an embarrassing 0-7 drubbing at the...

6,195 km of border roads are under construction: Govt

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) A total of 6,195 km of border roads are currently under construction, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt...

CAG red flags railways’ waste management system

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The Comptroller and Auditor General has criticised the railways over its waste management system in almost all sectors from...

Goddess Parvati Idol Worth ₹ 1.6 Crore Found In New York After 50 years

Chennai, Aug 8 (PTI): An idol of Goddess Parvati, which went missing from the Nadanapureshwarar Sivan Temple at Thandanthottam, Kumbakonam, half a century ago,...

Internet Helps 92-Year-Old Punjab Man Reunite With Nephew After 75 Years

Jalandhar, Aug 8 (PTI): A 92-year-old man from Punjab will reunite with his nephew from Pakistan on Monday, 75 years after they were separated...

5G mobile services likely to be rolled out in about a month: MoS Telecom

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI): The long-awaited high-speed 5G services are expected to be rolled out in about a month, Minister of State for...

Nagaland Health Minister releases report on cancer risk factors

Kohima, Aug 8 (PTI) Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister S Pangnyu Phom on Monday released the report on Monitoring Survey of Cancer Risk...

Police officer dies by suicide in Assam

Tinsukia, Aug 8 (PTI) A traffic sub-inspector allegedly died allegedly by suicide inside a police station in Assam's Tinsukia district on Monday, police said. The...

Assam: Man held for duping defence personnel with fake gold jewellery

Guwahati, Aug 8 (PTI) A person was arrested from Sonitpur district of Assam in a joint operation of Army and local police for allegedly...