Unidentified gunmen torched govt offices, including two police outposts, and more than 70 houses in several villages of Manipur’s Jiribam district bordering Assam early Saturday, shattering peace in the north-eastern state already grappling with ethnic strife since May last year, reports Prabin Kalita.Jiribam, known for its diverse ethnic composition of Meiteis, Nagas, Kukis, and non-Manipuris,…
KOTTAYAM: ZamngIchan Chandini has witnessed horror and endured hardships that few 14-year-olds can imagine. Hailing from a violence-hit district in Manipur, Chandini, who lost her home in the ethnic conflagration that engulfed the northeastern state and was unable to continue her education, is now back in school, in Kerala, along with 46 other students who…
KOTTAYAM: ZamngIchan Chandini has witnessed horror and endured hardships that few 14-year-olds can imagine. Hailing from a violence-hit district in Manipur, Chandini, who lost her home in the ethnic conflagration that engulfed the northeastern state and was unable to continue her education, is now back in school, in Kerala, along with 46 other students who…
NEW DELHI: As the buzz about allies seeking to secure a higher share of berths and high-profile portfolios in Modi 3.0 govt persisted on Saturday, there were indications of the BJP leadership asking NDA partners to ‘pare down’ their demands to ‘reasonable limits’ while assuring that unfulfilled desires may be given due consideration at an…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das said the decision to bring in 100 tonnes of gold was made because the quantum of gold outside the country had gone up due to RBI’s purchase. Part of the gold was decided to be held within the country as there was storage capacity available.“The quantum of…
BHUBANESWAR: Caretaker chief minister Naveen Patnaik defended his close aide VK Pandian on Saturday, amid the criticism directed at BJD’s chief election strategist for the party’s recent electoral setback. Naveen expressed his disappointment and deemed the criticism directed towards Pandian regrettable.Amid the internal turmoil in BJD following the party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha…
BHUBANESWAR: Caretaker chief minister Naveen Patnaik defended his close aide VK Pandian on Saturday, amid the criticism directed at BJD’s chief election strategist for the party’s recent electoral setback. Naveen expressed his disappointment and deemed the criticism directed towards Pandian regrettable.Amid the internal turmoil in BJD following the party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha…
BHUBANESWAR: Sofia Firdous, 32, of Congress has created history by becoming the first Muslim woman to be elected MLA in the state from the Barabati-Cuttack seat. She defeated BJP candidate and noted gynaecologist Dr Purna Chandra Mahapatra (69) by a margin of 8,001 votes.Though 141 women have become MLAs in Odisha since 1937, no Muslim…
SHAMLI/SAHARANPUR: Azma Qureshi, 33, is in shock like many others in North Haqeeqat Nagar at Banat town in Shamli. Her husband Tehseen (Guddu) Qureshi was among two labourers transporting cattle who were lynched in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh on Friday. The third man is battling for life.“She was the last person to have spoken to…
DEHRADUN: Dhruv Dahiya, 21, from Bengaluru is a fourth-generation officer. His great-grandfather fought World War-II on the Burmese and African fronts, his grandfather is a Shaurya Chakra recipient who saw action in 1971 Indo-Pak war, and his father, Commodore Shivnath Dahiya, a test pilot for Tejas, was the first to land the aircraft on INS…
