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Itanagar: Tension gripped the Arunachal Pradesh capital on Tuesday after former Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, unseated on July 13 by a Supreme Court ruling, committed suicide, police said. Pul, 47, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his official residence. Incumbent Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein confirmed to IANS that Pul had committed suicide. […]

Shillong: Security forces shot dead two highway robbers in an encounter in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, the police said today. On being informed that a group of dacoits were looting coal-laden trucks plying on the NH-62 at Tamsura village, the police reached the spot at about mid-night. As they approached, the robbers fired […]

Imphal, Aug 9 (IANS) ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila on Tuesday ended her 16-year-long fast against the AFSPA and announced her intention to join politics. Doctors removed the nasal feed tube from Sharmila, who has been on fast unto death since 2000 to protest the imposition of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Manipur.

New Delhi: Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, today appeared before a Delhi court. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan moved their bail pleas after they appeared before Special CBI Judge […]

Canberra: Australian defence scientists who analysed signals from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have revealed the Boeing 777 fell very fast before crashing into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia. Australian media reported on Tuesday that data analysis and manufacturer simulations showed it was likely the aircraft lost engine power before falling […]

Srinagar: A moderate intensity earthquake today shook the Kashmir Valley but there were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage. “An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude was experienced at 9.46 AM in Kashmir Valley,” Aamir Ali, coordinator of Natural Disaster Management Cell, said. He said the epicentre of the tremor was in Hindukush region of […]

Mumbai: The “Mohenjo Daro” team is in a happy space as even before the film has hit the screens, it has managed to recover Rs 60 crore through its satellite, music and other rights. “A major chunk of their investment has already been recovered. Since ‘Mohenjo Daro’ is a production film and not an acquisition, […]

New Delhi: Actor Akshay Kumar, who has done several daredevil stunts in Bollywood, says the action genre has witnessed changes over the years. Akshay believes that action sequences have changed due to influx of technology from places like China and Australia. “Action has changed a lot over the years. We have started getting so much […]

Los Angeles: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian says she was terrified of dancing beside singer Beyonce Knowles. After a salsa class during the family’s trip to Cuba on a new episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”, Kim revealed her fear, reports eonline.com. “Like, it was our biggest fight that I don’t dance at Kanye’s […]

Los Angeles: Singer Lady Gaga could be releasing new music this month, according to Texan DJ Chase Murphy. Taking to Twitter to address the rumour, one fan tweeted to Murphy to find out if it was true after Murphy made an announcement regarding it on his radio show, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “Is it true that you […]

India on Friday became the third country, after the US and Brazil, to cross four lakh deaths due to Covid-19 pandemic. There were 853 deaths reported in the past 24 hours.

Even as the chess world is raising a toast for the 12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra, an Indian origin American for becoming the youngest GM in the world, there are two Tamil Nadu connections and a Maharashtra connection for that achievement.

One of the most galling atrocities committed against Uighur women in the camps is the Chinese Communist Partys (CCP) forced sterilisation campaign.

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 182.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.95 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Sputnik Light, the single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, can submit Russian safety data for approval in India, Dr Reddy's Laboratories said on Thursday.