Monthly Archives: April 2023

Dept gives pension papers to officer on retirement day

ITANAGAR, 2 Apr: The planning & investment (P&I) department has for the second consecutive time handed over the pension papers and other pension benefits...

HDMT: Khonsa West win boys’ & girls’ football and girls’ volleyball tourneys

KHONSA, 2 Apr: Khonsa West assembly constituency won the boys' and the girls' football and the girls' volleyball tournaments for the 6th district-level Hangpan...

Draft bills in simple language to allow layman understand them: Par panel

NEW DELHI, 2 Apr: Bills should be drafted in a language which helps a layman understand them and reasons for bringing the proposed legislation,...

SC to hear pleas related to AIFF on 5 Apr

NEW DELHI, 2 Apr: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on 5 April a batch of pleas on issues related to the All...

Nepal seeks to sign 25-year electricity deal with India during PM Prachanda’s visit: Report

KATHMANDU, 2 Apr: Nepal is keen to sign a 25-year agreement with India on selling its surplus power to the neighbouring country during Prime...

Why is PM Modi silent?: Kapil Sibal on Bengal, Bihar communal violence

NEW DELHI, 2 Apr: In the wake of communal violence in West Bengal and Bihar, Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday questioned the...

Khalistan threat to CM Himanta being taken seriously, case registered: Assam DGP

GUWAHATI, 3 Apr: Assam's Director-General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Sunday said a threat to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by a...

K’taka polls to douse or ignite?

India Sitting On A Tinderbox By Shivaji Sarkar As Karnataka goes to the polls, a number of economic issues are coming to the fore, price rise,...

Verstappen wins in wild finish to F1 Australian Grand Prix

MELBOURNE, Australia, 2 Apr: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed his first Australian Grand Prix on Sunday in remarkable circumstances after a chaotic F1 race...

Indian cricket legend Salim Durani dies at 88

New Delhi, 2 Apr: Salim Durani, the debonair Indian cricketer of the 1960s with movie star looks, a puckish sense of humour, and a...

Paddon wins APRC qualifier in Dunedin

Dunedin, 2 Apr: Hayden Paddon of New Zealand recorded a commanding victory at the Winmax Brakes Otago Rally, the third round of the FIA...

Under Roy Jones Jr., Mandeep Jangra wins fourth professional bout

New Delhi, 2 Apr: With the legendary Roy Jones Jr. by his side, Indian pugilist Mandeep Jangra won his fourth professional bout, by technical...

Indians fair poorly in ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Cyprus

New Delhi, 2 Apr: Indian shooters faired poorly in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Larnaca, Cyprus, which concluded on...

Sindhu loses in Madrid Spain Masters final

Madrid, 2 Apr: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu of India was completely routed by Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in a lop-sided women's singles...

West Bengal: Clashes in Hooghly’s Rishra during Ram Navami rally, BJP says MLA...

Rishra (WB), 2 Apr: Clashes broke out between two groups during a Ram Navami procession in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday evening, police...

Cong de facto ‘fulcrum’; if in leadership, I would encourage smaller party to...

New Delhi, 2 Apr: Welcoming the recent "wave of Opposition unity", Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Congress will "de facto"...

India is firm today, won’t accept its national flag being pulled down: EAM Jaishankar

Dharwad (K'taka), 2 Apr: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said India was not a country that would put up with its national...

Remain cautious and wear mask, focus should be on clinical cases: Experts on Covid...

New Delhi, 2 Apr: As Delhi witnesses a sudden spurt in Covid cases, experts have stressed that there is no need to panic over...

Ukrainian official offers plan for a Crimea without Russia

KYIV, Ukraine, 2 Apr: A top Ukrainian official on Sunday outlined a series of steps the government in Kyiv would take after the country...

Japan protests China’s detention of citizen, maritime action

TOKYO, 2 Apr: Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi protested in a meeting Sunday with his Chinese counterpart the detention of a Japanese national in...