UK PM Sunak stands firm amid serial strike action
London: NHS nurses are on strike and NHS ambulance operators, railway workers, border force staff and postal workers are planning industrial action in the coming weeks
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
Days when Afghanistan was used by others as ‘strategic depth’ are over: India to UNSC
United Nations: MEA said India is closely monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan and is actively engaged with the international community on issues related to that country
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
Hostage crisis: Pakistan’s special forces storm counter-terrorism centre, kill all 33 Taliban terrorists
Peshawar/Islamabad: The standoff began when an arrested TTP militant under interrogation snatched an AK-47 from the police and opened fire and freed other militants in
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
Clamour for compensation grows in Assam’s Nagaon after ‘peaceful’ eviction drive
Guwahati/ Batadrava: A senior police officer said more than 1,200 bighas of land were cleared in four villages of Dhing revenue circle area by a posse of 600 security personnel
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
Par panel flags possibility of ‘benami’ petrol pumps operating in country, calls for probe
New Delhi: The panel has flagged the possibility of individuals operating petrol pumps in the name of SC and ST applicants due to certain changes made in the allocation guidelines
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
Huge cache of arms, explosives recovered in Manipur
Imphal: The explosives were supposed to be used to damage government installations in the state ahead of Republic Day next year
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
Royal Bengal Tiger spotted in Brahmaputra, rescued
Guwahati: Forest officials think the tiger could have strayed from Orang National Park in Darrang district
PTI / 21 Dec, 2022
ENPO reaffirms call to boycott Nagaland assembly polls over statehood demand
Kohima: The apex tribal body of the region convened an emergency central executive council meeting in Tuensang on Monday
PTI / 20 Dec, 2022
Nepal blacklists 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy
Kathmandu: The list of the companies that do not comply with WHO standards were published after inspection of the manufacturing facilities of the pharmaceutical companies
PTI / 20 Dec, 2022
Assam plans to remove jail punishment in labour law violation cases
Guwahati: In all the bills, the punitive measure of imprisonment has been removed but the amount of fine has been hiked by several times
PTI / 20 Dec, 2022
Ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 approved for next of kin of COVID-19 victims: govt
New Delhi: The primary responsibility for disaster management, including disbursal of relief assistance to the affected people, rests with the state governments concerned
PTI / 20 Dec, 2022
Better Assam-Meghalaya coordination could have averted Mukroh clash: Sangma
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said the clash at Mukroh village near the Assam border, that left six people dead, could have been averted had all agencies of the two state governments kept “proper coordination and
PTI / 20 Dec, 2022
