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

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Assam oil well fire: Leakage expected to be capped at any moment

Guwahati, August 17 (IANS): Indian and foreign experts are now in the final stages of capping the oil well leakage and dousing the fire at the state-owned Oil India (OIL) field in eastern Assam's Tinsukia d

North-East / 17th August 2020
Law in Motion -3

Rupin Sharma IPS The General Diary (GD) or Station Diary or Roznaamcha-1 A number of States have State Police Rules and Manuals. Rules take precedence over manuals. Manuals are usually interna

Infocus / 17th August 2020
‘Land of Khiamniungan is not a battleground’

KTC, KNM & PPO flay firing incident at Pangsha Noklak, August 17 (MExN): The Pangsha Public Organisation (PPO), Khiamniungan Menyiu Hoikam (KMH), and the Khiamniungan Tribal Council (KTC) have condemned

Nagaland / 17th August 2020
Gadkari lays foundation stone of Rs 3K-crore highway projects in Manipur

IMPHAL, AUGUST 17 (PTI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday laid the foundation stones of Rs 3,000-crore highway projects in Manipur and said the government will soon take up additional projects worth Rs 16

North-East / 17th August 2020
Manipur withdraws gallantry medal to SI

Imphal, August 17 (IANS): The Manipur government has withdrawn the Chief Minister's Gallantry Medal conferred on a police Sub-Inspector, suspended him, and ordered a high-level inquiry after his alleged arr

North-East / 17th August 2020
3 Assam districts still flood-hit; 11,900 people affected

Guwahati, August 17 (PTI): Three districts of Assam - Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Baksa are still inundated and 11,900 people are reeling under the impact of the flood on Monday, an official bulletin said here. L

North-East / 17th August 2020
Senior SDF leader arrested for sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl: Sikkim Police

GANGTOK, AUGUST 17 (PTI): Senior Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) leader Rup Narayan Rai was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at his residence where she was staying for month

North-East / 17th August 2020
PIB Imphal holds webinar on National Education Policy

IMPHAL, AUGUST 17 (MExN): The Press Information Bureau and Regional Outreach Bureau, Imphal organized a webinar on the new National Education Policy 2020 on August 17. Th Radheshyam Singh, Education Mi

North-East / 17th August 2020
Diphupar ‘B’ COVID Task Force engaged in fighting pandemic

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 17 (MExN): Diphupar B Village, led by its Council Chairman Kahuto N Chishi , along with a team comprising of Village Council members, Naga Women Welfare Society ,

Nagaland / 17th August 2020
Tobacco free campaign at Naga United AB-HWC

Nagaland / 17th August 2020
Stolen vehicles recovered

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 17 (MExN): The Dimapur police recovered four stolen vehicles during the past week. According to a press release issued by the Dimapur police PRO, the vehicles were recovered by a special team of

Nagaland / 17th August 2020
Nagaland: News in pictures - August 17

Nagaland / 17th August 2020
Philippines promises 'refreshed' coronavirus approach as capital exits strict lockdown

MANILA, August 17 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday eased the strict coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital Manila as his government promised a "refreshed" approac

World / 17th August 2020
Amazon blazes burn forest, farmland and threaten homes

PORTO VELHO, Brazil, August 17 (Reuters): Residents and firefighters in northwestern Brazil are battling fires that are raging in the Amazon, destroying farmland and threatening their homes. The blazes,

World / 17th August 2020
Gaza rapper, 11, strikes chord with rhymes about war and hardship

GAZA, August 17 (Reuters): Gaza rapper Abdel-Rahman Al-Shantti may only be 11 years old but his rhymes on war and hardship in the Palestinian enclave have reached thousands of people, conveying in English

World / 17th August 2020
RBI lifts restriction on remuneration of Bandhan Bank MD

MUMBAI, AUGUST 17 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the restriction regarding the remuneration of Bandhan Bank's MD and CEO after the promoter shareholding was brought down to 40 per cent i

Business / 17th August 2020
As Democrats prepare to nominate Joe Biden, widespread fears about unfair election

WASHINGTON, August 17 (Reuters): With less than 80 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, it looks like Joe Biden's race to lose. Yet, as Democrats nationwide gather online this week to n

World / 17th August 2020
Back to the paddy fields. COVID smashes Indian middle-class dreams

DUTTA NAGAR, India, August 17 (Reuters) - Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons tucked inside Kinder Joy eggs to scoo

India / 17th August 2020
Mexican president volunteers to try Russian coronavirus vaccine

MEXICO CITY, August 17 (Reuters): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would volunteer to be among the first to try a Russian vaccine for the novel coronavirus if it proved effec

World / 17th August 2020
U.S. won't approve Israeli annexations for 'some time', Kushner says

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, August 17 (Reuters): The United States will not consent to Israeli annexations in the occupied West Bank for "some time," preferring to focus on the Israel-UAE normalisation

World / 17th August 2020