Monthly Archives: October 2022

Appointment of Chief Justice

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 February, 1978) Top Government leaders are embarrassed by the continuing speculation in the press in regard to the choice of...

Police bust ‘Chinese investment fraud’ of Rs 903 crore

Hyderabad, 12 Oct: Hyderabad city police on Wednesday said they have busted a Chinese investment fraud of Rs 903 crore with the arrest of...

Centre approves payment of productivity linked bonus to Railway employees for FY 2021-22

New Delhi, 12 Oct: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the payment of productivity linked bonus (PLB) to railway...

Prakash Javadekar calls human sacrifice incident ‘inhuman’, slams Left govt

Thiruvananthapuram, 12 Oct: Senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday condemned the ‘human sacrifice’ of two women reported in Kerala and strongly criticised the...

Jaishankar raises visa backlog issue with Australia, says he was assured matter will...

Sydney, 12 Oct: External Affairs Minister S Jaishan-kar said that he took up the issue of visa backlog and mutual recognition of degrees with...

Indian High Commissioner Promises To Ramp Up Visa Capacity In UK

London: Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami took to Twitter on Wednesday to lay out the steps being taken to ramp up capacity...

India-UK Trade Deal On ‘Verge Of Collapse’ Over Visa Comments: Report

London:  The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) is reportedly on the "verge of collapse" after the Indian government was angered by comments made by UK...

Centre Likely To Clear Semiconductor Unit Proposals In Next 30-60 Days

Bengaluru:  The government is likely to start approving proposals to set up electronic chip and display manufacturing plants in the country in next 30-60 days,...

Sit-in by media houses in Manipur

Imphal, Oct 12 (PTI) Media houses in Manipur staged a sit-in in the capital town here on Wednesday to protest against what they called...

Russia Carries Out Fresh Missile Strikes On Ukraine, 7 Killed: Report

Kyiv, Oct 12 (AFP): Russian strikes on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded another eight at a market in the east Ukraine city of...

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power

KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 12 (AP) — Ukraine’s biggest nuclear plant, which is surrounded by Russian troops, has lost all external power needed for vital...

NATO cautious to avoid war, struggles with dual challenges

BRUSSELS , Oct 12 (AP) — NATO defense ministers met Wednesday as the alliance’s member countries face the twin challenges of struggling to make...

UK markets roiled after bank rules out extending help

LONDON , Oct 12 (AP) — Britain’s economy faced new shocks Wednesday after the Bank of England ruled out extending an emergency debt-buying plan...

Sabres sign coach Don Granato to multiyear extension

BUFFALO, N.Y. , Oct 12 (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres signed coach Don Granato to a multiyear extension on Wednesday, rewarding him for the...

Constable arrested in connection with killing of businessman

LONGDING, 11 Oct: The Longding police have arrested a police constable, identified as Langlem Wanphan, in connection with the killing of businessman Atar Singh...

Alert sounded in E/Siang as Siang river’s water level rises

PASIGHAT, 11 Oct: The East Siang district administration on Tuesday sounded an 'alert of deluge', owing to an unprecedented rise in the Siang river's...

Arunachal wrap up National Games campaign on golden note

GANDHINAGAR, 11 Oct: Arunachal wrapped up their 36th National Games campaign on a golden note, winning two wushu gold on the penultimate day on...

GoAP writes to Centre for CBI probe in APPSC paper leakage case

ITANAGAR, 11 Oct: The state government has recommended a CBI investigation into the paper leakage of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) assistant...

Rain affects vegetable cultivation in Siang region; farmers worried

PASIGHAT, 11 Oct: Relentless monsoon rains this year have badly affected the cultivation of winter crops, particularly harvesting of early-yield rice and vegetable cultivation,...

A portion of NH 415 caved in near the C Sector petrol pump in Itanagar on Tuesday morning. Photo by Bengia Ajum