Yearly Archives: 2024

DC appeals to citizens to vote

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) DC Shweta Nagarkoti Mehta has appealed to the citizens of the ICR to "participate in the largest...

Campaigning for LS, assembly polls in Arunachal ends

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: Campaigning for the 19 April simultaneous polls in Arunachal Pradesh came to end on Wednesday evening, setting the stage to elect...

Poll officials urged to work in coordination

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: General observer (GO) for Papum Pare district, Amit Dhaka, urged all the sector magistrates, sector police officers, and presiding officers to...

Flag march held, Section 144 CrPC clamped in E/Siang

PASIGHAT, 17 Apr: Defence personnel, including the state police, the CRPF and the BSF,under the supervision of East Siang SP Dr SK Singhal, conducted...

Officials engaged on election duties for P-2 polling stations in Upper Subansiri district have left for their destinations, along with EVMs and other polling...

Mock drill conducted at all polling stations in Palin AC

PALIN, 17 Apr: A 'mock drill-cum-area domination exercise' was conducted at all the polling stations in Palin assembly constituency (AC) in Kra Daadi district...

SC brings down Ramdev’s quackery

The Supreme Court's blistering takedown of Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda for making misleading claims about its products has brought into focus an important issue...

Modi’s gaurantee vs Congress Nyay

Tale Of Two Manifestos By Poonam I Kaushish The stage is set, audiences anticipate as the curtain rises on India’s nautanki of democracy, an ideological spectacle...

A fish rots from the head down

Editor, India has slid down eight places from 85 to 93 in the 2023 Corruption Perception Index. Interestingly, it happened while following a zero tolerance...

What matters is unity in diversity

Editor, Kudos to Rahul Gandhi for vehemently opposing the undemocratic coinage of 'one nation, one people, one language, one leader' emitting foul odour of vulgar...

Elections are a festival of democracy, not wars

Editor, Going by the true spirit, elections are a celebration of freedom, the regime of democracy, the joy of activities, and the zest of competitions. Some...

One Assam Rifles personnel injured in encounter with militants in Assam

Tinsukia/Guwahati, Apr 17: At least one Assam Rifles personnel was injured in an encounter with suspected militants in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday, officials...

Over 70 civil society groups urge citizens to vote for clean environment, stable climate

NEW DELHI, 17 Apr: More than 70 environmental and civil society organisations on Wednesday urged citizens to evaluate India's performance with respect to environment...

LS election a fight between two ideologies: Gandhi

MANDYA, 17 Apr: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed the upcoming Lok Sabha elections a battle between two ideologies - INDIA bloc "fighting...

Cong questions EC on getting SM post on electoral bonds deleted

NEW DELHI, 17 Apr: The Congress on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission's move to get a post on electoral bonds scheme deleted from social...

Campaign ends for lone LS seat in Nagaland

KOHIMA, 17 Apr: Campaigning for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, which would witness a three-cornered fight, came to an end on Wednesday. In...

Modi govt failed people of NE on every front: Cong

NEW DELHI, 17 Apr: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that incidents like Manipur violence and "Chinese incursions" prove that the Modi government has "failed"...

India’s population estimated at 144 crore, 24 pc in 0-14 age bracket: UNFPA report

New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) India's population is estimated to have reached 144 crore, with 24 per cent in the 0-14 age bracket, according...

Electoral fortune in Darjeeling hinges on permanent political solution to Gorkhaland demand

Darjeeling (WB), Apr 17 (PTI) Amid a new political alignment in Darjeeling, the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland is back in focus...

Panel under cabinet secretary set up to look into issues of queer community

New Delhi, 17 Apr: The Centre has set up a committee under the cabinet secretary to look into the queer community's issues, including measures...