Daily Archives: March 2, 2024

Need to bring Indians back from Russia

In search for better livelihood, Indians are rushing abroad without doing any background checks. In the shadows of the escalating conflict along the Russia-Ukraine...

The rush for BJP tickets

Editor, With the parliamentary and the assembly elections round the corner, the state is witnessing daily mass joining programmes at village and community levels in...

Vote wisely for a better future

Editor, Every day our life is filled with choices, be it in terms of wearing clothes, eating food, drinking etc. We go through extensive examination...

India to see warmer start to summer this year: IMD

NEW DELHI, 1 Mar: India is likely to experience a warmer start to the summer season this year with El Nino conditions predicted to...

From accolades to scepticism: An eventful story of EVMs

NEW DELHI, 1 Mar: When the first elector presses a button on the ballot unit to vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the...

ESIC RO awarded for performance

GUWAHATI, 1 Mar: The Employees' State Insurance Corporation's (ESIC) regional office (RO) here in Assam has received the award for being the best-performing RO...

Double engine govt guarantees ‘jungle raj’ in UP: Gandhi

NEW DELHI, 1 Mar: The truth of the double engine government in Uttar Pradesh is that it is a "guarantee of jungle raj," Congress...

NBDSA fines news channels over progs violating ethics code

NEW DELHI, 1 Mar: The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has penalised some television channels and ordered the removal of certain programmes...

Manipur tribal MLAs slam ‘biased’ resolution on pact with Kuki militants

CHURACHANDPUR, 1 Mar: Ten tribal MLAs of Manipur have condemned the "biased" resolution passed by the state assembly urging the Centre to abrogate the...

Nagaland assembly adopts resolution against border fencing, scrapping FMR

KOHIMA, 1 Mar: The Nagaland assembly on Friday adopted a resolution, urging the Centre to reconsider its decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and...

Nagaland taking measures for resolution of border dispute with Assam: DCM

KOHIMA, 29 Feb: Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton on Thursday asserted that the state government would continue to take measures for an amicable...

A fire at a shopping mall in Bangladesh’s capital kills at least 43 people

DHAKA, Bangladesh, 1 Mar: A fire at a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital overnight killed at least 43 people and injured dozens...

Japan opposition lawmakers bring no-confidence motion accusing gov’t of halting debate over scandal

TOKYO, 1 May: Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion on Friday, accusing the governing party of trying to push through a budget...

Iran votes in its first parliament election since 2022 protests as questions over...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 1 Mar: Iran on Friday held the country’s first parliamentary election since the mass 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws...

UN experts: Sudan’s paramilitary forces carried out ethnic killings and rapes that may be...

UNITED NATIONS, 1 Mar: Paramilitary forces and their allied militias fighting to take power in Sudan carried out widespread ethnic killings and rapes while...

New Zealand tour operators told to pay $7.8 million in fines and reparations over...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 1 Mar: Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019...

European inflation eases to 2.6% as energy prices fall, food inflation slows.

FRANKFURT, Germany, 1 Mar: The inflation that has ravaged the European economy eased again in February, falling to 2.6% as high interest rates, moderating...

WPL: Harris, Ecclestone power UP Warriorz to six-wicket victory over Giants

Bengaluru, 1 Mar: Grace Harris made a powerful fifty that helped UP Warriorz negate a sluggish surface to register a facile six-wicket win over...

Praggnanandhaa blunders again, goes down to Rapport

Prague, 1 Mar: Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa blundered for the second day running and lost to Richard Rapport of Romania in the third round of...

ISL: Mohun Bagan blank Jamshedpur FC 3-0

Kolkata, 1 Mar: Defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant blanked Jamshedpur FC 3-0 to jump to second place in the Indian Super League (ISL)...