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8th April 2026 Free and Fair: Koridang bye-election voting today

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8th April 2026 Leprosy cases in Nagaland confined to three districts

8th April 2026 Nagaland: Koridang bypoll turns into multi-cornered contest as 6 candidates vie amid tense atmosphere

8th April 2026 ‘Family is built on love, not biology’

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Stokes out for 12 weeks, leaves India for surgery

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS): England and Rajasthan Royals (RR) all-rounder Ben Stokes will fly home on Friday from India and will be out of action for 12 weeks after sustaining a finger injury. CT scan and re

Sports / 16th April 2021
Racer Rabindra geared up for European GT4 season

Monza (Italy) April 16 (IANS): India's Akhil Rabindra commences his 2021 European GT4 Series season with AGS Events Racing Team, from April 16-18. The 24-year-old Bengaluru racer -- the only Indian in th

Sports / 16th April 2021
Organisers rule out cancelling or postponing Olympics

Tokyo, April 16 (IANS): Organisers of this year's Tokyo Olympics are ruling out a cancellation or another postponement of the Games despite a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus infections in Japan.

Sports / 16th April 2021
Manipur makes it mandatory for people entering the state to produce COVID-19 negative report

Imphal, April 16 (PTI): The Manipur government has issued an order making it mandatory for all persons entering the state to produce a negative COVID-19 test report, an official said on Friday. The official

North-East / 16th April 2021
Arunachal Pradesh reports 8 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 16,920

Itanagar, April 16 (PTI): Eight more persons including two security personnel, tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the total caseload in the northeastern state to 16,920, a senior health

North-East / 16th April 2021
Mizoram logs 25 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 4,447

Aizawl, April 16 (PTI): Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,447 as 25 more people, including a 91-year-old woman, tested positive for the virus, an official said on Friday. Of the 25 fresh cases, 19 were

North-East / 16th April 2021
Sec 144 Cr PC in Shillong on Sundays to check spread of COVID-19

Shillong, April 16 (PTI): The Meghalaya government on Friday clamped Section 144 Cr PC in the capital town of Shillong prohibiting opening of markets and vendor businesses on Sundays in view of the surge in COV

North-East / 16th April 2021
Meghalaya parties resume stir to keep state out of CAA purview

Shillong, April 16 (IANS) An apex body of over 17 organisations, which have been agitating to implement the Inner Line Permit (ILP) across Meghalaya, on Friday organised a demonstration in front of the civil se

North-East / 16th April 2021
NASA SpaceX Crew-2 set for launch on April 22

Washington, April 16 (IANS) US space agency NASA is set to launch SpaceX Crew Dragon second flight to the International Space Station on April 22, it said. The Crew-2 with four astronauts on board, will lift

Science & Technology / 16th April 2021
Women owned-businesses in India to rise 90% in next 5 years: Report

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Businesses owned by women entrepreneurs in India are likely to witness a 90 per cent growth in the coming five years, compared to the US (50 per cent) and UK (24 per cent), according

Life & Style / 16th April 2021
Covid survivors may only need one vaccine dose: Study

Washington, April 16 (IANS) People who have recovered from Covid-19 require only one vaccine dose. A second jab is important for those who have not had Covid-19 to reach strong immunity, suggests a study. Th

Health / 16th April 2021
Why wearing mask is not enough to keep Covid at bay

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) With Covid-19 spreading fiercely in many parts of the country, it has now become extremely important to follow all the precautionary measures, besides wearing a mask, to keep infectio

Health / 16th April 2021
Young Covid survivors not safe from reinfection: Lancet

New York, April 16 (IANS) If you are planning to avoid vaccination just because you are a Covid survivor, think twice. According to a new study, despite a prior Covid-19 infection young people can likely catch

Health / 16th April 2021
Is Modi era the end of Congress?

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) A timely and comprehensive political critique of India's 'grand old party', the Indian National Congress, author Amit Bagaria's new book "Congress-Mukt Bharat: Is

Featured News / 16th April 2021
Debabrata Saikia: Assam Cong has a leadership pool and party will decide on the CM's post

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Former leader of opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia is the son of former Assam chief minister Hiteshwar Saikia, who was instrumental in the signing of the Assam Accord. Sai

North-East / 16th April 2021
Petrol, diesel price revision on hold again a day after cuts

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS): Fuel prices in the country remained unchanged on Friday a day after oil marketing companies decided to cut the retail price to pass the benefit of softer global oil prices to the con

Business / 16th April 2021
'Govt should regulate cryptocurrencies, not ban them'

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS): As government plans to come up with a Cryptocurrency Bill, sector stakeholders have said that the government should regulate the cryptocurrency ecosystem, rather than banning them.

Business / 16th April 2021
Amazon Prime hits 200M users globally: Bezos

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS): Amazon Prime has reached a user base of 200 million, according to the outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos, which is an increase of over 50 million during the pandemic only. In his final annua

Business / 16th April 2021
General insurer Royal Sundaram fined by IRDAI

Chennai, April 16 (IANS): City based Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company Ltd was fined Rs 3,00,000 and also warned by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for violation of norms.

Business / 16th April 2021
Online communities helping Indians sail through pandemic: FB

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS): Amid the pandemic, India saw a steep growth in online communities on Facebook and 92 per cent respondents said they received some form of support through online community groups amid

Business / 16th April 2021