Yearly Archives: 2024

Using Islamophobia for electoral interests

Editor, Post World War II, Germany has not only forbidden the salute and slogans of the Nazis; the responsible mandarins of the nation constantly discourage...

Affordable healthcare for the aged a necessity

Editor, The editorial, 'Increasing elderly population needs social security' (AT, 5 April, 2024) rightly observes that it is necessary to provide healthcare and social security...

Mukesh Sahni back in Bihar’s RJD-led alliance, his party to contest 3 LS seats

Patna, Apr 5 (PTI) Bihar's opposition Mahagathbandhan on Friday claimed to have received a shot in the arm with the return of former state...

Three nominations rejected for second phase Assam polls

Guwahati, Apr 5 (PTI) The nomination papers of three out of the 65 candidates were on Friday rejected during scrutiny for the second phase...

Assam CPI(M) accuses BJP of model code violation, complains to CEO

Guwahati, Apr 5 (PTI) The Assam unit of CPI(M) has alleged that the BJP has violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by collecting...

Himanta defends Kangana’s remark on Netaji as independent India’s first PM

Guwahati, Apr 5 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday defended actor-turned-politician and BJP's Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut's assertion that Netaji...

Cultivators, housewives, full-time politicians in fray for first phase Assam polls

Guwahati, Apr 5 (PTI) Cultivators, businessmen, retired government employees, advocates, housewives and full-time politicians are among the candidates in fray for the first phase...

Assam Cong chief files Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Himanta

Guwahati, Apr 5 (PTI) Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah has filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma...

Cultivators, housewives, full-time politicians in fray for first phase Assam polls

Guwahati, Apr 5 (PTI) Cultivators, businessmen, retired government employees, advocates, housewives and full-time politicians are among the candidates in fray for the first phase...

In Assam’s biggest-ever drug haul, heroin worth Rs 210 crore seized

Guwahati, 5 Apr: In the biggest-ever drug haul in Assam, heroin worth Rs 210 crore was seized in the Cachar district, police said. One person...

Congress promises ‘Rajasthan model’ of cashless insurance of up to Rs 25...

New Delhi, 5 Apr: The Congress on Friday promised that if it comes to power, it will adopt the previous Ashok Gehlot government’s ‘Rajasthan...

‘Nation forgot Manipur’: Women traders question poll relevance

IMPHAL, 5 Apr (PTI): Amid the lingering aftermath of ethnic conflicts, the women traders at Manipur's iconic 'Ima market' -- the only market in...

NCERT books tweaks: References to controversial topics dropped

NEW DELHI, 5 Apr: Dropping references to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, the killing of Muslims in the Gujarat riots and...

Japan’s Kishida, ahead of US trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other...

TOKYO, 5 Apr (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he wants to strengthen military and weapons development cooperation with the United...

UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns...

GENEVA, 5 Apr (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel in a...

Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s...

TALLINN, Estonia, 5 Apr (AP) — Russian authorities on Friday again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine,...

Turkey arrests two more people suspected of spying for Israel

ANKARA, Turkey, 5 Apr (AP) — Turkish authorities have arrested two people suspected of providing information to the Israeli spy agency, a top official...

German investigators seize fake US bills with a face value of over $103 million

BERLIN, 5 Apr (AP) — German investigators said Friday they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million,...

New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the...

HUYE, Rwanda, 5 Apr (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The...

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

JERUSALEM, 5 Apr (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone...