Daily Archives: May 6, 2023

Former home minister Neelam Taram passes away

ITANAGAR, 5 May: Former Arunachal Pradesh home minister, Neelam Taram, breathed his last at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS)...

Govt making all efforts to evacuate state’s people stranded in Manipur: Felix

ITANAGAR, 5 May: The Arunachal Pradesh government is making all efforts to safely evacuate the students and citizens from Arunachal Pradesh stranded in violence-hit...

Apang, APWWS mourn Padang’s demise

ITANAGAR, 5 May: Former chief minister Gegong Apang has mourned the premature demise of Gyamar Padang, the whistleblower in the infamous APPSC scam. "I am...

Imphal valley peaceful but tense; gunfights between militants and security forces in hills

IMPHAL, 5 May: Imphal valley in Manipur remained peaceful but tense on Friday. However, intermittent gunfights between militant groups and security forces were reported...

DC rejects complaint by BJP over merger of ZPMs into PPA

YUPIA, 5 May: Papum Pare DC Sachin Rana has rejected the complaint filed by Techi Necha, a member of the state BJP's disciplinary action...

Athlete on solo ride calls on guv

ITANAGAR, 5 May: Aasha Malviya, a mountaineer and athlete from Nataram village in Madhya Pradesh, who is on a solo cycle ride called 'Sampoorn...

MLA inaugurates outdoor gym

KHONSA, 5 May: Khonsa East MLA Wanglam Sawin inaugurated an outdoor gym at Hangpan Dada Park here in Tirap district on Friday. Speaking on the...

NECCC appeals to people of Manipur to exercise restraint

ITANAGAR, 5 May: The North East Congress Coordination Committee (NECCC) on Friday expressed grave concern over the prevailing volatile situation in Manipur and appealed...

Arunachal reports 8 new Covid cases

ITANAGAR, 5 May: Arunachal Pradesh' Covid-19 tally rose to 66,953 after eight more people tested positive for the virus, a senior health official said...

16 arrested over Kuki-Meitei brawl in M’laya

SHILLONG, 5 May: At least 16 people were arrested over a brawl between students from Kuki and Meitei communities in the Meghalaya capital, the...

Initiative to promote games, sports launched

WAKRO, 5 May: The Prasanta Borkakoty Prakalp, under the Beena Ghose Roy Scheme, was launched here in Lohit district on Friday by Army Maj...

Chhattisgarh: IED planted by Naxalites recovered in Narayanpur

Narayanpur, 5 May: An improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by Naxalites was recovered in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Friday, police said. The explosive, weighing...

Our soldiers made supreme sacrifice for country: Kharge on J-K encounter

New Delhi, 5 May: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders on Friday paid tributes to the soldiers killed in a blast in Jammu...

PM Modi slams Congress for proposing to scrap National Education Policy

Tumakuru (K'taka), 5 May: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flayed the Congress for allegedly "hindering" the future of children by proposing to scrap...

Taking the eyes off terrorism would be detrimental to security interests: Jaishankar at SCO

Benaulim (Goa), 5 May: The channel of finances for terrorist activities must be blocked without any distinction and terrorism in all its forms including...

Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency: WHO

United Nations/Geneva, 5 May: Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Friday, in a major move towards...

Art 32 given importance as State without checks and balances has potential to become...

New Delhi, 5 May: A citizen's right to move the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution has been given such importance because...

India calls for finding permanent solution to food stockholding at WTO meet in...

New Delhi, 5 May: India has called for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security in the ministerial-level...

India’s press freedom ranking plummeting

The fall in India's position in the latest World Press Freedom Index reflects the sorry state of affairs. The country has slipped 11 places...

Why voters choose differently

Centre, State Elections By Brij Bhardwaj Political observers have been pre-occupied with the attempts by opposition leaders to unite and form a common front to take...