Yearly Archives: 2024

MHA asks states, UTs to reduce overcrowding of jails

NEW DELHI, 17 Oct: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has asked all states to take steps, including implementation of a specific provision of...

Mother-child healthcare project launched

SINGCHUNG, 17 Oct: The West Kameng district administration, in collaboration with the Arunachal State Rural Livelihoods Mission (ArSRLM), launched 'Amua-Care' - a mother-child healthcare...

DBGY Film Festival highlights climate issues

ITANAGAR, 17 Oct: The Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) was held at Don Bosco School (DBS) here on Thursday with the theme...

2nd joint scientific expedition to Khangri Glacier

ITANAGAR, 17 Oct: The second joint scientific expedition to Khangri Glacier in Tawang district was flagged off by Chief Secretary Manish Kumar Gupta on...

Outgoing Upper Siang deputy commissioner Hage Lailang, who has been transferred as the hydropower development joint secretary, was given a warm farewell by the...

Coordination required to arrest drug smuggling

The West Kameng district police seized cannabis weighing approximately 150 kgs, which was on its way to Assam from Kalaktang in Arunachal Pradesh. This...

Dialogue is way forward

State-Sponsored Violence By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the past decade, 85 per cent of Left Wing Extremists (LWE) strength in Chhattisgarh and 14 top CPI (Maoist) leaders...

Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza

Jerusalem, Oct 17 (AP) Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year's attack on Israel that...

Australia gives 49 aging Abrams tanks to Ukraine

MELBOURNE, Australia, 17 Oct (AP) — Australia will give 49 of its aging M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine months after Kyiv requested the redundant...

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters

DHAKA, Bangladesh, 17 Oct (AP) — A special court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45...

Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus...

LAHORE, Pakistan, 17 Oct (AP) — Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger...

Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to life for billions in fraud in government graft...

HANOI, Vietnam, 17 Oct (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was convicted Thursday of fraudulently obtaining property worth billions of dollars and sentenced...

North Korea says its revised constitution defines South Korea as ‘hostile state’ for first...

SEOUL, South Korea, 17 Oct (AP) — North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state” for...

Iranian foreign minister discusses regional tensions with Egyptian officials in Cairo

CAIRO, 17 Oct (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed rising tensions in the region with Egyptian officials Thursday in Cairo during the...

Hyundai recalls hydrogen fuel cell vehicles due to fire risk and tells owners to...

DETROIT, 17 Oct (AP) — Hyundai is telling the owners of nearly 1,600 Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to...

India extends first-ever rupee-denominated line of credit; Mauritius gets Rs 487 crore

New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) India has extended a new line of credit amounting to Rs 487.60 crore to the government of Mauritius for...

Centre approves Rs 20 cr for Mandi-Kullu roads: Vikramaditya Singh

Shimla, Oct 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh on Thursday said leaders should rise above party politics and work for the development of...

I’m hopeful that govt of India will soon restore statehood to J-K: Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar, Oct 17 (PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Thursday expressed hope that the Centre would soon restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. "We...

NDA committed to furthering national progress, empowering poor: PM Modi

Chandigarh, Oct 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is committed to furthering national progress and...

8 coaches of Agartala-Lokmanya Terminus Express derail in Assam’s Dima Hasao

Guwahati, Oct 17 (PTI) Eight coaches of the Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express derailed at Dibalong station in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Thursday afternoon,...