Monthly Archives: October 2022

GRK’s weeklong river cleaning drive concludes

BASAR, 16 Oct: Leparada-based NGO Gumin Rego Kilaju (GRK) organised its annual river cleaning drive and water conservation programme from 7 to 15 October. The...

Drug awareness meeting, medical camp held

Correspondent BORGULI, 16 Oct: The Borgulian Service Union (BSU) here in East Siang district, in collaboration with SHGs' cluster the Siang Ane Village Organisation, conducted...

Orgs call off sit-in protest, say firm on demands

ITANAGAR, 16 Oct: Members of the Arunachal Bachao Andolan Committee (ABAC) and the Capital Complex Youth Welfare Association ended their three-day sit in protest...

Seya Veteran win football championship

DEED, 16 Oct: Seya Veteran FC beat Deed Legends FC 2-1 in the final and became champion of the first Deed-Pistana Veteran Football Championship...

Imposition of Hindi will kill regional languages

The BJP government's attempt to impose Hindi across India is a threat to non-Hindi speaking states. Linguistic diversity forms the bedrock of India's identity....

Billions at stake in education

A Rating Surpasses IISc! By Shivaji Sarkar A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...

Breach of trust: Who will mend it?

Editor, In more than half-a-month of the APPSC AE paper leakage case, there has not been a day without any aspirant out there expressing their...

BSF shoots down drone along Pak border in Punjab

New Delhi/Amritsar, 16 Oct: The Border Security Force shot down a quad-copter drone on Sunday night along the India-Pakistan international border in the Amritsar...

Heroin worth Rs 5 lakh seized in Mizoram, Myanmar national held

Aizawl, Oct 16: A 27-year-old Myanmar national was arrested in Mizoram's capital Aizawl after heroin worth Rs five lakh was recovered from his possession,...

Nationwide campaign to end child marriage launched in Rajasthan

Jaipur, 16 Oct: With around 20 million people from across the country pledging to end child marriage, Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee on Sunday...

Embrace change, show courage, says Tharoor in final appeal to Cong electors

New Delhi, 16 Oct: Calling on electors to show courage to "embrace change", Congress' presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday asserted that in...

Assam Police OC, SI suspended for assaulting civilians

DIBRUGARH, 16 Oct: The officer-in-charge (OC) and a sub-inspector (SI) of the Moran police station in Assam's Dibrugarh district were suspended for allegedly beating...

Health Ministry not to procure fresh Covid vaccines; surrenders Rs 4,237 crore from vaccination...

NEW DELHI, 15 Oct: The government's Covid vaccination programme is in its final leg with the Health Ministry deciding against procuring more vaccines as...

India aims at developing tech driven regulatory framework for cryptocurrency during G20 presidency: Sitharaman

Washington, 16 Oct: India is aiming at developing standard operating procedures for cryptocurrency during its G20 presidency next year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has...

T20 World Cup: Minnows Namibia crush Asian champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs

Geelong, 17 Oct: Namibia caused a massive upset on the opening day of the T20 World Cup with a 55-run win over 2014 champions...

Rudrankksh, Arjun, Kiran win India’s fifth gold in ISSF Worlds

Cairo, 16 Oct: The Indian men's 10m air rifle troika of Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Kiran Ankush Jadhav and Arjun Babuta won the country's fifth...

Petratos hat-trick helps ATK Mohun Bagan stun Kerala Blasters in seven-goal thriller

Kochi, 16 Oct: Australian forward Dimitri Petratos scored the ongoing Indian Super League season's first hat-trick as ATK Mohun Bagan ran riot against Kerala...

As rare as it gets: India play mighty Brazil

Bhubaneswar, 16 Oct: It doesn't happen that often. But an Indian football team will get a rare opportunity to rub shoulders with the mighty...

S&R team for Mra, Dao reaches base camp

SEPPA, 15 Oct: The 13-member search and rescue (S&R) team, including family members, mountaineers and local porters, who are conducting a foot-based S&R operation...

BJP playing anti-people politics: APCC

Correspondent MEBO, 15 Oct: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) vice president Mina Toko sharply criticised the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state...