Monthly Archives: June 2024

Judicial endorsement of communalism

Editor, Apparently, accounts of riots and events in Ayodhya would create depressed and violent citizens' and those chapters must be excluded from the school syllabus....

Deaths of polling personnel

Editor, As many as 33 polling personnel died from heat stroke in Uttar Pradesh during the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election on 1...

PET should be conducted under viable conditions

Editor, The IMD has issued an alert for heavy rainfall in our state. And against the backdrop of this, there is the PST/PET for recruitment...

From Siachen to eastern seaboard, armed forces celebrate Yoga Day

NEW DELHI, 21 Jun: Military personnel from the three services joined in the International Yoga Day (IYD) celebrations across the country on Friday,performing asanas...

India rejects comments on foreign influence laws

GENEVA, 21 Jun: India has rejected a comment by the UN's top human rights official on foreign influence laws, saying principles of "transparency and...

Philippines won’t invoke mutual defense treaty with US after Chinese confrontation at disputed shoal

MANILA, Philippines, 21 Jun: The Philippines said Friday it has no plan to invoke its mutual defense treaty with the United States after the...

Pakistan police register a case against a mob that killed a man suspected of...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 21 Jun: Police in northwestern Pakistan on Friday registered a case against hundreds of people who attacked a police station and killed...

Japan’s space agency was hit by multiple cyberattacks, but officials say no sensitive...

TOKYO, 21 Jun: Japan’s space agency has suffered a series of cyberattacks since last year, but sensitive information related to rockets and satellites was...

EU nations agree to start membership negotiations next week with Ukraine and Moldova

BRUSSELS, 21 Jun: The European Union agreed Friday to start membership negotiations with embattled Ukraine and Moldova, another step in the nations’ long journey...

Historic flooding in southern China kills 47, with more floods feared in coming days

BEIJING, 21 Jun: At least 47 people have died as downpours in southern China’s Guangdong province caused historic flooding and slides, state media reported...

South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea, 21 Jun: South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country’s new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as...

Congress politicising pro-tem speaker issue: Rijiju

NEW DELHI, 21 Jun: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday slammed the Congress for politicising the appointment of Lok Sabha pro-tem speaker and...

IJU urges the union government to consider renewal of French journalist permit

New Delhi, 21 Jun : Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) has expressed concern at the non renewal of French journalist Sebastian Farcis' work permit,...

India criticises Canadian parliament observing silence in memory of Nijjar

NEW DELHI, 21 Jun: India on Friday was critical of the Canadian Parliament's observing "one-minute silence" in the memory of Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh...

People ‘betrayed by Modi-Shah promise’ of making Assam flood-free: Kharge

NEW DELHI, 21 Jun: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hit out at the BJP over flood management in Assam, claiming that people have...

Women should stop wearing gold ornaments

Editor, With gold prices on an upward spiral, women in the country are under constant threat from chain-snatchers. Keeping in mind the rising cases of...

Increase intake capacity of MBBS seats in THRIMS Medical College

Editor, I am writing to request the honourable chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh to consider increasing the intake capacity of MBBS seats in Tomo Riba...

Student activists damage Bailey bridge

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 20 Jun: Student activists reportedly damaged the Bailey bridge over the Kumey River near Dha Hills in Gangte circle of Kra Daadi...

NPP MLAs extend support to Khandu govt

ITANAGAR, 20 Jun: The five MLAs of the National People's Party (NPP) on Thursday extended their support to the Pema Khandu-led BJP government in...

Sona expresses concern over state of edn

ITANAGAR, 20 Jun: Education Minister PD Sona expressed serious concern over the current state of education in the state, noting that "it falls short...