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6th October 2025 ‘FALLING APART’: CCPO demands action against contractor over crumbling Pfutsero–Phek road

6th October 2025 Nagaland University develops flexible supercapacitor

6th October 2025 Manipur: Flight operations temporarily suspended at Imphal airport after drone sighting

6th October 2025 Bihar Assembly election schedule announced: Voting on Nov 6, 11; Results on Nov 14

6th October 2025 US, Japanese scientists awarded 2025 Nobel Prize for Medicine for discovery on immune system

6th October 2025 Eight killed in ICU fire at SMS Hospital in Jaipur; CM orders probe

5th October 2025 BSNL’s indigenous 4G network to be upgraded to 5G in next 6-8 months: Minister

5th October 2025 Centre directs states to ensure rational use of cough syrups

5th October 2025 Bengal landslide: Death toll rises to 20, rescue operations underway

5th October 2025 Nagaland: 'Our voices are so important'

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Punjab to forgive over $1.5 billion in farm debts

NEW DELHI, June 20 (Reuters) - Punjab will waive more than $1.5 billion in loans to farmers, becoming the third state to do so in response to growing rural distress caused by food oversupply and weak prices.

/ 20th June 2017
Kepler telescope finds ten more possible life-friendly planets

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 20 (REUTERS): Astronomers on Monday added 219 candidates to the growing list of planets beyond the solar system, 10 of which may be about the same size and temperature as Earth, boost

/ 20th June 2017
US group favours ban on sale of smartphones to kids under 13

New York, June 20 (IANS) With the balance between children's screen time and other activities going for a toss in more and more homes, a group in the US state of Colorado has for the first time sought ban on sa

/ 20th June 2017
Exclusive: Trump seen hardening line toward Pakistan after Afghan war review

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanista

/ 20th June 2017
U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release

June 20 (Reuters) - An American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months died at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday, just days after he was released from captivity in a coma, his family said.

/ 20th June 2017
'He said he was Christian, they shot him,' says son who saw father die

DAYR JARNOUS, Egypt, June 20 (Reuters) - Egyptian schoolboy Mina Habib rarely leaves his house these days. The 10-year-old is still recovering from seeing Islamist gunmen kill his father for being Christian.

/ 20th June 2017
Modi to discuss H-1B visa issue with Trump next week – official

NEW DELHI, June 20 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take up the issue of visas for skilled workers when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump next week in Washington, a senior government official sa

/ 20th June 2017
Hike rolls out India's first payment wallet within messaging platform

MUMBAI, June 20 (Reuters) - Indian instant messaging platform Hike rolled out an in-app electronic payments wallet on Tuesday in a bid to cash in on rising digital transactions, replicating similar services off

/ 20th June 2017
Love you unconditionally: Shilpa to mother

Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Actress Shilpa Shetty on Tuesday shared a heart-warming message for her mother Sunanda Shetty's birthday. She says she loves her unconditionally. Shilpa took to Instagram to

/ 20th June 2017
JD-U to meet on Wednesday over Presidential poll

New Delhi/Patna, June 20 (IANS) Top leaders of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United will meet in Patna on Wednesday to decide the party's stance on the President's election in which the NDA has decided to field Ram

/ 20th June 2017
Grape compounds can kill colon cancer cells

New York, June 20 (IANS) Compounds found in grape skins and seeds can kill colon cancer cells and may eventually lead to treatments to help prevent the condition, say researchers including one of Indian origin.

/ 20th June 2017
GST to be launched on June 30 midnight in Parliament

New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The new indirect tax regime -- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) -- will be launched at the midnight of June 30 in the Central Hall of Parliament in an hour-long event that will evoke m

/ 20th June 2017
China says no change in position on Masood Azhar

Beijing, June 20 (IANS) A day after saying it shared India's concern about terrorism, China on Tuesday said it still had issues in declaring Pakistani militant Masood Azhar as an international terrorist. &nb

/ 20th June 2017
Floods in Tripura, over 2,000 families displaced

Agartala, June 20 (IANS) Heavy monsoon rain disrupted life in Tripura as over 2,000 families were displaced after their houses were inundated by the flood water, official said here on Tuesday. The

/ 20th June 2017
Kovind quits as Bihar Governor

New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The NDA's Presidential candidate, Ram Nath Kovind, has resigned as the Governor of Bihar, it was announced on Tuesday. The resignation has come before Kovind files his nom

/ 20th June 2017
NPCC ask Nagaland legislators to ‘vote consciously’ in Prez election

DIMAPUR, JUNE 19 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today asked the MPs and MLAs of Nagaland State for a “conscious vote” in the upcoming Presidential elections. A pres

Nagaland / 19th June 2017
Record 65.6 mn people displaced worldwide, says UN

United Nations, June 19 (IANS): A record 65.6 million people are either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced across the globe, the UN refugee agency said on Monday. The estimated figure fo

/ 19th June 2017
Pathetic road condition affecting quality of life, rues MVC over neglect

DIMAPUR, JUNE 19 (MExN): The Mimi village council (MVC) today expressed disappointment at the deplorable road condition in their area and said that the area has been neglected and abandoned by the concerned dep

Nagaland / 19th June 2017
Gov apprises Home Minister on four lane project setback

DIMAPUR, JUNE 19 (MExN): Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya met the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh today in New Delhi and highlighted the need for all stakeholders to come together for an amicable settleme

Nagaland / 19th June 2017
On Dimapur road condition, PWD (NH) asks for patience

DIMAPUR, JUNE 19 (MExN): In response to the Western Sumi Students’ Union’s (WSSU) 10 day ultimatum for the Chief Minister to intervene and address the pathetic road condition in Dimapur, particularl

Nagaland / 19th June 2017