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2nd April 2026 Dimapur to finally get a new DC office complex

2nd April 2026 ECI bars exit polls from April 9 to 29, enforces 48-hour silence rule

2nd April 2026 Nagaland: Senior Congress leader K Therie resigns from INC

2nd April 2026 Case backlog eases in HC, swells in lower courts in Nagaland

2nd April 2026 BJP hopes for ‘high margin’ win in Koridang

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2nd April 2026 Nagaland bags Gold, multiple medals at Khelo India Tribal Games 2026

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It's racist, ignorant: Deepika Padukone on being called Priyanka

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Actress Deepika Padukone, who has been mistaken for Priyanka Chopra by the foreign media in the US multiple times, says it's racist and ignorant for people to assume that people with sim

/ 5th May 2017
Shivpal announces new party, Mulayam to head it

Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Friday announced he was floating a new political party to be headed by his elder brother Mulayam Singh Yadav. The new outfit will be ca

/ 5th May 2017
India ready to deal with 'misadventure' from Pakistan: BSF

Shillong, May 5 (IANS) India is prepared to deal with any misadventure by Pakistani troops or terrorists, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General K.K. Sharma said on Friday. "They (Pakistan) k

/ 5th May 2017
Never been approached for a biopic: Deepika Padukone

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) When news emerged that a biopic is in the works on badminton star Saina Nehwal, there was speculation on whether Deepika Padukone would play the part. But Shraddha Kapoor was finalised f

/ 5th May 2017
Mother's oily fish intake may cut kids' diabetes risk

London, May 5 (IANS) Women who increase consumption of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) -- found especially in oily fish such as salmon and trout -- during pregnancy or lactation period, may protect

/ 5th May 2017
'We are at the beginning of the road'

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Indias art world had never experienced it before -- a multimedia art exposition showcasing the works of eleven legendary avant-garde artists of the 19th and the 20th century with cutting

/ 5th May 2017
Lack of funding, poor infra hit higher education in NE

Agartala, May 5 (IANS) A dearth of investments, poor infrastructure and lopsided planning affect higher education in the Northeast, though the region has enough potential, meritorious students and teachers, exp

/ 5th May 2017
Don't blame us for meet cancellation in India: China

Beijing, May 5 (IANS) China on Friday said it cannot be blamed for the cancellation of a tripartite meet between the Foreign Ministers of India, China and Russia after Beijing reportedly refused to take part in

/ 5th May 2017
Indian rocket lifts off with South Asia Satellite

Chennai, May 5 (IANS) An Indian rocket with the over two ton South Asia Satellite or GSAT-9, intended to address the region's "economic and developmental priorities", blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport

/ 5th May 2017
Myanmar says fake news being spread to destabilise Suu Kyi government

YANGON, May 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has warned the public that false news and rumours are being spread by unidentified people wishing to cause "political instability" during the tenure of leader Aung

/ 5th May 2017
India plans no-fly list of unruly passengers - aviation secretary

NEW DELHI, May 5 (Reuters) - India is looking at creating a national no-fly list of unruly passengers, the top bureaucrat at the civil aviation ministry said on Friday, weeks after a lawmaker admitted assaultin

/ 5th May 2017
Philippines' Duterte says chat with Xi was at Trump's request

MANILA, May 5 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday his telephone conversation this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss the Korean peninsula crisis was at the behest of hi

/ 5th May 2017
As Trump woos China’s Xi, Dalai Lama has to wait on the sidelines

BEIJING/NEW DELHI, May 5 (Reuters) - When Donald Trump was elected in November, the Dalai Lama said he was keen to meet the incoming U.S. president, but since then Trump has cozied up to China's leader Xi Jinpi

/ 5th May 2017
U.S. House votes to repeal, replace Obamacare, Senate battle looms

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, handing Republican President Donald Trump a victory that could prove short-l

/ 5th May 2017
With maiden jet flight, China enters dog-fight with Boeing, Airbus

SHANGHAI, May 5 (Reuters) - China's home-grown C919 passenger jet completed its long-delayed maiden flight on Friday, a major first step for Beijing as it looks to raise its profile in the global aviation marke

/ 5th May 2017
India moves resolution of $150 billion bad debt problem into RBI's court

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, May 5 (Reuters) - India on Friday tweaked its laws to help tackle the record $150 billion in troubled bank debts, giving the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) greater power to identify and enforce r

/ 5th May 2017
Merkel says wants good partnership with Britain after Brexit

HAMBURG, Germany May 5 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Friday for fair and constructive negotiations with Britain over its exit from the European Union, with the aim of retaining a good pa

/ 5th May 2017
Djokovic parts ways with coaching team in bid to boost results

May 5 (REUTERS) - World number two Novak Djokovic has parted company with his coaching team in a bid to halt a run of poor results which culminated in a quarter-final exit at the Monte Carlo Masters last month.

/ 5th May 2017
Supreme Court upholds death penalty in Delhi gang rape case

NEW DELHI, May 5 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday upheld death sentences against four men who fatally gang raped a woman on board a bus in 2012, a crime that sparked widespread protests and drew internat

/ 5th May 2017
Beyond the tyranny of ‘performed’ gender

Nabina Das Poets young and old from the North-East have, for a while now, been talking about gender fluidity and being trapped by pre-assigned roles In her book Politics of the Female

/ 4th May 2017