Daily Archives: December 21, 2022

NCW summons Congress leader over ‘misogynistic’ remark against Smriti Irani

NEW DELHI, 20 Dec: The National Commission for Women on Tuesday summoned Congress leader Ajay Rai over his "misogynistic" and "derogatory" remark against Union...

GSAT-6 Satellite Launched In 2015 Largely Unitilised: Centre’s Auditor CAG

New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI): India's GSAT-6 satellite, launched in August 2015, has largely remained unutilised as the ground segment required for processing its...

India’s subsidies for renewable energy, EVs more than doubled in FY 2022: Report

New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) Subsidies for renewable energy and electric vehicles in India more than doubled in the financial year 2022, but it...

Health Minister To Hold Review Meeting Tomorrow Amid Global Covid Spike

New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI): Amid a fresh spurt in COVID-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the US, Union Health Minister...

Nepal Blacklists 16 Indian Firms Including Patanjali-Linked Divya Pharmacy

Kathmandu, Dec 20 (PTI): Nepal's drug regulatory authority has blacklisted 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy which manufactures Yoga Guru Ramdev's Patanjali products,...

Gujarat’s Sun Temple, Vadnagar Town Among 3 In UNESCO Heritage Sites List

New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI): Three new cultural sites in India, including iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, historic Vadnagar town in Gujarat and rock-cut...

Underworld Gangster Chhota Rajan Discharged In 1999 Murder Case

Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI): A sessions court in Mumbai has discharged gangster Chhota Rajan in a case related to the 1999 murder of an...

Over 900 Maoist supporters surrender in Odisha

Malkangiri (Odisha), Dec 20 (PTI) Over 900 active militia who provide support to Maoists during operations against them and their sympathisers surrendered to Odisha...

Clamour for compensation grows in Assam’s Nagaon after ‘peaceful’ eviction drive

Guwahati/ Batadrava, Dec 20 (PTI) A drive to evict alleged encroachers from a piece of a government land in Assam's Nagaon district was completed...

Royal Bengal Tiger spotted in Brahmaputra in Guwahati

Guwahati, Dec 16 (PTI) A Royal Bengal Tiger was spotted in Brahmaputra river near the Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday before it moved away...

Assam plans to remove jail punishment in labour law violation cases

Guwahati, Dec 20 (PTI) The Assam government on Tuesday introduced 10 labour law amendment bills related to private sector employees for diluting the criminal...

Assam opposition raises Mizoram encroachment issue in Assembly; stages walkout

Guwahati, Dec 20 (PTI) Opposition Congress, CPI(M) and the lone Independent MLA on Tuesday staged a walkout in Assam Assembly over refusal to discuss...

Uproar in Assam Assembly over high rate of crime against women

Guwahati, Dec 20 (PTI) The Assam Assembly on Tuesday witnessed an uproarious scene over the high rate of crime against women with opposition MLA...

AIUDF stages walkout after Speaker rejects adjournment motion to discuss eviction drive

Guwahati, Dec 20 (PTI) A day after Assam government started one of the major eviction drives at Batadrava, the state Assembly on Tuesday witnessed...

Assam cabinet approves proposal for township on land of Hindustan Paper Corp in Morigaon

Guwahati, Dec 20 (PTI) The Assam cabinet approved a proposal for developing a township on 550 acres land of defunct Hindustan Paper Corp in...

Better Assam-Meghalaya coordination could have averted Mukroh violence: Meghalaya CM

Shillong, Dec 20 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said the violence in Mukroh village near Assam border, that left six...

Central forces to start arriving in Tripura from next week for assembly polls due...

Agartala, Dec 20 (PTI) Around 300 companies of central forces are expected to be deployed in Tripura for assembly polls due early 2023, and...

Zoramthanga Cabinet expanded with induction of 4 new ministers

Aizawl, Dec 20 (PTI) The Zoramthanga ministry in Mizoram was expanded with the induction of four new Cabinet ministers on Tuesday. Mizoram Governor Hari Babu...

Over 2,000 Bru voters removed from Mizoram electoral roll

Aizawl, Dec 20 (PTI) The names of more than 2,000 Bru voters have been deleted from the electoral roll of Mizoram following their enrolment...

Satwik and Chirag at career-best in BWF world rankings

NEW DELHI, 20 Dec: The Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached a career-best world number five while HS Prannoy regained...