Yearly Archives: 2024

DC asks election functionaries to be dedicated

ITANAGAR, 17 Mar: ICR Deputy Commissioner Shweta Nagarkoti Mehta asked all the election-related officers to "render exemplary services with dedication and devotion in order...

DEO holds meeting with political parties’ reps

PASIGHAT, 17 Mar: East Siang District Election Officer (DEO) Tayi Taggu held a consultative meeting with the representatives of various political parties in his...

India and China on the brink: Escalating border conflict

The escalating tensions between India and China along their disputed border have once again drawn international attention, with US intelligence agencies warning of a...

CM inaugurates projects in Longding

LONGDING, 17 Mar: Chief Minister Pema Khandu virtually inaugurated multiple projects from the general ground here on Saturday. The CM inaugurated projects such as 'augmentation...

Streetlights installed in remote Mago

TAWANG, 17 Mar: The Indian Army battalion deployed in Chuna installed solar-powered streetlights in remote Mago village in Tawang district under Operation Sadbhavana. After the...

Nat’l seminar on entrepreneurship

PASIGHAT, 17 Mar: The commerce department of Pasighat-based Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) in East Siang district organised a national seminar on 'Entrepreneurship and innovation:...

BJP polarising public opinion ahead of polls

The Centre's decision to notify the rules for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), just a few days before the expected announcement of...

Ammo for opposition states

CAA, Simultaneous Polls By Insaf The timing of the CAA notification and Ram Nath Kovind panel’s report recommending ‘one nation, one election’, other than details of...

Inequality and poverty in India

Editor, Amir Jahan, a mother of three daughters, had been starving for four days in a rented room in Moradabad town in Uttar Pradesh. She...

Not opposed to EVMs but against manipulation: Cong

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: The Congress on Sunday said that it is not opposed to electronic voting machines (EVM) but against their manipulation, and...

European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over...

CAIRO, 17 Mar: The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic...

Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria, soldier wounded

Beirut, 17 Mar: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing...

No additional budget to settle dues of Chinese power plants: Pak to IMF

Islamabad, 17 Mar: Pakistan has assured the IMF that it does not plan to allocate an additional budget to settle the USD 1.8 billion...

Traffic accident in southern Afghanistan leaves 21 dead and 38 injured

ISLAMABAD, 17 Mar: A traffic accident in southern Afghanistan left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured, according to a provincial traffic...

Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 17 Mar: A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with...

Microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain: Study

Panaji, 17 Mar: Polymers in microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain, a study on rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Goa-based...

In 40-hour operation, Indian Navy seizes hijacked ship after Somali pirates downed its drone

New Delhi, 17 Mar: In projection of India's growing maritime power, the Indian Navy executed a dramatic mid-sea operation ending a three-month hijacking of...

1,058 polling stations ‘vulnerable critical’: Manipur CEO

IMPHAL, 16 Mar: Manipur Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pradeep Kumar Jha on Saturday said that 1,058 polling stations out of 2,955 have been identified...

LS polls: Biggest peacetime movement of men, material in world

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: Holding of Lok Sabha elections is a mammoth exercise that entails the biggest peacetime movement of men and material in...

Licenced gun holders in Manipur directed to deposit arms

IMPHAL 17 Mar: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections, district magistrates in Manipur have issued...