Daily Archives: September 6, 2022

Three of family among four electrocuted to death in Assam

Hailakandi (Assam), Sep 5 (PTI) Three members of a family, including a four-year-old child, and a neighbour were electrocuted to death in Assam's Hailakandi...

Lalhmangaiha Sailo steps down as president of People’s Conference

Aizawl, Sep 5 (PTI) Former Mizoram Chief Minister Brig T Sailo's son Lalhmangaiha Sailo on Monday announced that he is stepping down as the...

Body of missing Tripura man found floating on river in Bangladesh

Agartala, Sep 5 (PTI) The decomposed body of a 48-year e-rickshaw driver, who had gone missing from Tripura's Khowai district on September 1, was...

Nagaland CM calls for improving govt teachers performance

Kohima, Sep 5 (PTI) Nagaland Chief Minister on Monday said teachers have an extremely important role in making their students responsible and contributing citizens...

Percentage of top performing govt schools dips in Assam: Report

Guwahati, Sep 5 (PTI) The percentage of schools placed in A+ grade during an evaluation exercise of government elementary and secondary level institutions in...

Woman, son arrested for drug peddling in Assam

Nagaon (Assam), Sep 5 (PTI) A woman and her son have been arrested from Nagaon district of Assam on charges of drug peddling, police...

Ukraine says nuclear plant offline after Russian shelling

Kyiv, Sep 5 (AP) Europe's largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine's electricity grid Monday after its last transmission line was disconnected as a...

Indian diaspora hails Sunak’s ‘inspiring’ run, optimistic about UK PM-elect Truss

London, Sep 5 (PTI) Indian diaspora groups in the UK on Monday reacted to the conclusion of Rishi Sunak's "inspiring" bid to be elected...

Gold worth Rs20 million stolen from Pakistani jeweller’s cabin bag during flight

Karachi, Sep 5 (PTI) In an unusual theft, gold worth Rs20 million was stolen from a Pakistani jeweller's cabin baggage during a flight from...

Israeli army: ‘High possibility’ soldier killed reporter

Jerusalem, Sep 5 (AP) The Israeli army said Monday there was a high possibility that a soldier killed a well-known Al Jazeera journalist in...

Nepal’s President Bhandari confers honorary title to Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande

Kathmandu, Sep 5 (PTI) Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari conferred the title of Honorary General of the Nepali Army to Indian Army chief General...

China locks down 65 million, discourages holiday travel

Beijing, Sep 5 (AP) China has locked down 65 million of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming...

Suicide attack at Russia embassy in Kabul kills 2 diplomats

Kabul, Sep 5 (AP) A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy...

Powerful quake of 6.8-magnitude kills 21 people in China

Beijing, Sep 5 (PTI) At least 21 people were killed in China on Monday when a powerful earthquake of 6.8-magnitude jolted Luding County in...

Zimbabwe says measles outbreak has killed 700 children

Harare (Zimbabwe), Sep 5 (AP) The death toll from a measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to almost 700 children, the country's health ministry...

Iran sentences 2 women to death for ‘human trafficking’

Dubai, Sep 5 (AP) Iran has sentenced two women to death on charges of human trafficking, the country's official IRNA news agency reported on...