Counting of votes underway to elect new Congress president
New Delhi: The new president would replace Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving party president who has been at the helm since 1998, barring the two years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi had taken over
PTI / 19 Oct, 2022
Assam and USAID agree on TOFI afforestation programme
Guwahati: As the climate crisis intensifies, it is ever more important that we protect India's forests and the communities who depend on them, USAID Deputy Mission Director in India Karen Klimowski
PTI / 19 Oct, 2022
Do not bow to political pressures to check illegal coal mining: Meghalaya HC to CS, DGP
Shillong: The court said there were credible reports that part of the illegally mined coal in Meghalaya is transported to other states, primarily on trucks bearing Nagaland licence plates
PTI / 19 Oct, 2022
BSF at Punjab border shoots down Pak drone, 3rd incident in four days
New Delhi/Amritsar: All 3 unmanned aerial vehicles were carrying packets suspected to be narcotics
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
7 dead as helicopter ferrying Kedarnath pilgrims crashes in U’khand
Rudraprayag (U'khand): The helicopter crashed on the way from Kedarnath to Guptkashi, possibly due to bad weather
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
Assam signs 6 MoUs and 1 MoA with industry giants in varied fields
Guwahati: CM said agreements will help in harnessing the state's potential in renewable energy, skill development, tourism and hospitality sectors
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
Preparation in full swing for grand Hornbill Festival
Kohima: In 2020, the festival was celebrated virtually for three days due to the pandemic, while last year the festival was called off midway after the killing of civilians at Oting in Mon district
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
Centre disbands MDMA formed to probe Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
New Delhi: The agency, set up in 1998, for two years on the recommendation of MC Jain Commission and was given annual extensions, but it failed to achieve any major breakthrough
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
Appointing judges is the job of the government: Kiren Rijiju
Ahmedabad: The Supreme Court collegium is headed by the Chief Justice of India and comprises four senior-most judges of the court
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
Kohima DPDB addresses citizens’ commuting woes post shift of taxi/bus parking zones
Kohima: The primary objective of the shift was to ease the traffic congestion within the Kohima town
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
SC reprimands Nagaland govt over extension given to DGP, asks it to send fresh names to UPSC
New Delhi: Nagaland had extended the service and inter-cadre deputation tenure of DGP T John Longkumer, IPS, for a period of six months
PTI / 18 Oct, 2022
ORS pioneer Dr Dilip Mahalanabis dies at 87
Kolkata: During the Liberation War in Bangladesh in 1971, the doctor saved thousands of lives with the oral rehydration solution during an outbreak of cholera
PTI / 17 Oct, 2022
