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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

2nd April 2026 Conrad Sangma campaigns for NPP in Koridang

2nd April 2026 Imchatoba flags identity concerns, calls for free and fair poll

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

2nd April 2026 Nurses remain ‘heart of healthcare,’ says Nagaland official at Dimapur graduation

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Jack Dorsey-run Square to acquire Afterpay for $29 bn

San Francisco, August 2 (IANS): Financial payments services firm Square, run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has announced to acquire Australian company Afterpay for $29 billion in an all-stock deal. Afterpay, t

Business / 2nd August 2021
No change in petrol, diesel prices for 16 straight days

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS): The oil marketing companies (OMCs) continued to pause fuel price revision for the sixteenth consecutive day on Monday, the longest period in weeks, as wait and watch continues amid

Business / 2nd August 2021
Renault India ships out 760 Kigers to South Africa

Chennai, AugUST 2 (IANS): Renault India on Monday said it has begun exports of Kiger model made near here to South Africa. The first batch of 760 vehicles has been despatched from Chennai Port to South Afric

Business / 2nd August 2021
US blames Iran for tanker attack, prepares for response

Washington, August 2 (IANS): The US has blamed Iran for carrying out last week's deadly drone attack on an oil tanker in the north Arabian Sea, saying "an appropriate response" is forthcoming.

World / 2nd August 2021
Italian region reports 'powerful hacker attack' on health network

Rome, August 2 (IANS): The Italian region of Lazio reported that its online health system network, including its Covid-19 vaccine network and the Health Lazio portal, has been deactivated after what it called &

World / 2nd August 2021
Another police officer escorting polio workers killed in Pakistan

Peshawar, August 2 (PTI): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police officer escorting a team of polio workers in northwest Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakthunkhwa province on Monday, the second such incident in

World / 2nd August 2021
Japan: Belarus runner involved in airport standoff is safe

Tokyo, August 2 (AP): Japan's government said a Belarus track sprinter was safe Monday after she alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff at Tokyo's ma

Sports / 2nd August 2021
Afghan watchdog reports 80% spike in civilian casualties

Kabul, August 2 (IANS): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said that 1,677 civilians were killed and 3,644 others injured in the first six months of this year, marking an 80 per cent in

World / 2nd August 2021
Wildfires rage across Turkish resort towns, force evacuations

Ankara, August 2 (IANS): Forest fires continued to rage across Turkey's south and southwestern coastal resort towns, forcing evacuations of several villages and tourism facilities. The blaze in the Manav

World / 2nd August 2021
Death toll jumps to more than 300 in recent China flooding

Beijing, AugUST 2 (AP): More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said on Monday, three times the previously announced toll. The Henan provincial government said 302 people d

World / 2nd August 2021
Proposal to change name of UP's Firozabad to Chandra Nagar

Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), August 2 (IANS): The newly elected Zila Parishad of Firozabad has moved a proposal to change the name of the district to Chandra Nagar. The Sadar block pramukh, Laxmi Narayan Yadav

India / 2nd August 2021
Govt says no proposal under consideration to waive farmer loans

New Delhi, August 2 (PTI): The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers. In a written reply to the L

India / 2nd August 2021
SC refuses to entertain rape victim's plea to marry tormentor priest

New Delhi, August 2 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by former Catholic priest Robin Vadakkumchery seeking interim bail to marry a girl, who he raped and impregnated when she was

India / 2nd August 2021
Northeast BJP MPs meet Modi, blame Cong for politics over border dispute

New Delhi, August 2 (IANS): Amid the ongoing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram, BJP's MPs from the Northeastern states on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and blamed the Congress for indulging

India / 2nd August 2021
Assam to withdraw FIR against Mizoram RS member

Guwahati/Aizawl, August 2 (IANS): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asked the police to withdraw an FIR against Mizoram Rajya Sabha member K. Vanlalvena which was lodged in the wake of the

North-East / 2nd August 2021
40,134 new COVID-19 cases , 422 deaths in India

New Delhi, August 2 (PTI) India registered 40,134 fresh COVID-19 infections, pushing its virus tally to 3,16,95,958, while the number of active cases registered an increase for the sixth consecutive day, accord

India / 2nd August 2021
Brave Indian women create history, enter Olympic hockey semifinal for first time

Tokyo, August 2 (PTI) The Indian women's hockey team scripted history on Monday by qualifying for the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, beating three-time champions Australia by a solitary goal h

Sports / 2nd August 2021
Hundred side London Spirit coach Shane Warne tests Covid-positive, isolates

London, Aug 2 (IANS) Australian spin-bowling legend Shane Warne has tested positive for COVID-19 during his coaching stint with Lord's-based London Spirit side, which is playing in the inaugural England'

Sports / 2nd August 2021
Blake Lively credits 'restaurant' for kickstarting romance with Ryan Reynolds

Los Angeles, August 2 (IANS) Actress Blake Lively, who has been married to actor Ryan Reynolds since 2012, has shared that their relationship began after a date night at a Japanese restaurant. The star coupl

Entertainment / 2nd August 2021
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 198.2 mn

Washington, August 2 (IANS) The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 198.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.22 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.11 billion, according to the J

World / 2nd August 2021