Monthly Archives: June 2024

Priests are backbone of society: MLA

PASIGHAT, 23 Jun: "Priests are the backbone of society and are responsible for the growth of the indigenous religion," said Pasighat East MLA Tapi...

Workshop on MPLADS fund flow

NEW DELHI, 23 Jun: Representatives of all states and union territories participated in a two-day workshop for master trainers on implementation of the revised...

Plantation prog organised

Correspondent DAPORIJO, 23 Jun: More than 500 saplings were planted during a 'mass plantation programme' organised at the Donyi Jaaring festival ground here in Upper...

Good, bad & the misunderstood

Statistical Estimation By Rajiv Gupta What public event has the active participation of 640 million people, with even a larger number of spectators? If you guessed...

The poor are weighed down under India’s tax policies 

Editor, Rising inequality is the most pressing problem India is facing now. The French economist, Thomas Piketty and others observed, "The Billionaire Raj headed by...

The desperate Left Front

Editor, The zealous assertion of the Left parties, equating the BJP with the TMC on the scale of communalism, is absolutely foolish, to say the...

Two CoBRA personnel killed in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district as Naxals blow up truck

Sukma, 23 Jun: Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA were killed after Naxalites blew up a truck with...

Ukrainian drones and missiles kill 4 in Russia and Crimea, fresh bombing of Kharkiv...

KYIV, Ukraine, 23 Jun: Russian authorities said four people died in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks on Sunday, while the second day of Russia’s...

Netanyahu again claims the US is withholding arms shipments, days after Washington denies it

TEL AVIV, Israel, 23 Jun: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that there had been a “dramatic drop” in U.S....

Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

CAIRO, 23 Jun: More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at...

Philippines says it won’t back down, but won’t start a war, after clash with...

MANILA, Philippines, 23 Jun: The president of the Philippines said Sunday his country would not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured...

Aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hits ship in the Red Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 23 Jun: An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea...

Fourth UK Conservative Party official reportedly investigated in widening election betting scandal

LONDON, 23 Jun: The chief data officer of Britain’s Conservative Party has taken a leave of absence, British media reported Sunday, following growing allegations...

Recurve archers win two bronze; India finish with four medals in World Cup Stage...

Antalya (Turkey), Jun 23 (PTI) Dhiraj Bommadevara secured two bronze --- one individual and another in recurve mixed team event with Bhajan Kaur, as...

NADA suspends Bajrang again, serves him ‘notice of charge’

New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) The National Anti-Doping Agency on Sunday suspended Bajrang Punia for a second time, three weeks after its Anti-Disciplinary Doping...

Jordan, Buttler power dominant England to semifinals

Bridgetown, 23 Jun: Pacer Chris Jordan grabbed a sensational hat-trick in his birthplace before captain Jos Buttler's blitzkrieg as defending champions England stormed into...

Happy to register a dominating 3-0 win over South Africa: Shreyanka Patil

Bengaluru, 23 Jun: Young off-spinner Shreyanka Patil was delighted after India completed a 3-0 ODI series sweep over South Africa, and said the team...

Afghanistan shock Australia by 21 runs in Super 8s match of T20 World Cup

Kingstown, 23 Jun: Afghanistan pulled off an upset of epic proportions with a shock 21-run win over mighty Australia in T20 World Cup with...

IOA proposes to start medical insurance, pension for all ex-Olympians

New Delhi, 23 Jun: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is set to bring in medical health insurance and pension scheme for all former Olympians,...

2 arrested with drugs worth Rs 8.5 crore in Assam’s Karimganj

Guwahati, 23 Jun: Two persons were arrested with drugs, cumulatively worth Rs 8.5 crore, in two operations in Assam's Karimganj district, Chief Minister Himanta...