Monthly Archives: June 2024

Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders

BARCELONA, Spain, 4 Jun (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for...

Sunak and Starmer prepare for their first debate as disruptor Farage roils UK election...

LONDON, Jun 4 (AP) — The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister were set to face off in a televised debate...

Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route

NICOSIA, Cyprus, 4 Jun (AP) — The president of Cyprus said Tuesday that he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through...

A military training plane crashes in central Turkey, killing its 2 pilots

ANKARA, Turkey, 4 Jun (AP) — A military plane crashed during training on Tuesday, killing its two pilots on board, Turkey’s defense ministry announced. The...

German authorities see Islamic extremist motive in Mannheim knife attack

BERLIN, 4 Jun (AP) — German authorities say they have uncovered evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week’s knife attack in the...

Philippines says China coast guard seized food dropped by plane for Filipino forces in...

MANILA, Philippines, 4 Jun (AP) — The Philippine military chief on Tuesday said the Chinese coast guard seized one of four food packs dropped...

A volcano erupts on a central Philippine island, sending hundreds into evacuation centers

MANILA, Philippines, 5 jun (AP) — A volcano belched a plume of ash and steam into the night sky in the central Philippines in...

Slovenia lawmakers convene for a vote on the recognition of a Palestinian state

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, 4 Jun (AP) — Slovenia’s lawmakers on Tuesday convened for a vote on the recognition of a Palestinian state. The government endorsed a...

NDA sweeps Assam LS polls, wins 11 seats; Cong gets three

Guwahati, 4 Jun: The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday swept the Lok Sabha elections in Assam bagging 11 of the 14 seats while Congress bagged...

Leaders of a particular religion worked against NDA in NE: Himanta

Guwahati, 4 Jun: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Tuesday that the NDA lost the Lok Sabha seats in Nagaland and Meghalaya...

Time for hard decisions

By Inder Jit (Released on 15 January 1980) Good government, we were once taught, was no substitute for self-government. Following independence, we learnt to our cost...

A grand shock for the BJP

Editor, Though the BJP/NDA will manage to secure a third term in the national arena, albeit by a much reduced margin, it's indeed heartening that...

Promises never fulfilled

Editor, The Lok Sabha elections are over and the results have been declared. During the campaigning, every political party made promises to fulfill the needs...

APWWS seeks BJP’s intervention in enacting anti-polygamy law

ITANAGAR, 3 Jun: The Arunachal Pradesh Women's Welfare Society (APWWS) has sought the state BJP president Biyuram Wahge's intervention in enacting laws to ban...

One dies in SUV accident

ROING, 3 Jun: A young man was charred to death in a tragic accident that occurred on the Roing-Dambuk highway between an SUV and...

Over 370 kgs of waste collected from Sangti River

DIRANG, 3 Jun: Over 370 kgs of waste was collected from Sangti River here in West Kameng district during a cleaning drive under the...

Alleged child assaulter gets bail

ITANAGAR, 3 Jun: Barely a week after the arrest of agriculture development officer of East Siang Nanung Sitang for mercilessly beating up a minor...

Legislative assembly promises to be different with Waii and Wangham’s presence

ITANAGAR, 3 Jun: As assembly election results were being announced, social media were flooded with 'Tiger is back' posts. It was about former home...

Itanagar police arrest inter-state drug peddler

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, June 03: Itanagar capital police on Monday reportedly arrested two inter-state drug peddlers and recovered 348.58 grams of heroin from their possession. In...

TRIHMS performs state’s first primary angioplasty

ITANAGAR, 3 Jun:  A team of cardiologist of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS)  has  performed  a primary angioplasty  procedure,...