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IMPHAL/GUWAHATI: PM Narendra Modi‘s face on saffron billboards and posters bearing the legend “Viksit Bharat Viksit Manipur” and a flurry of administrative activity formalised on Thursday his much-anticipated visit to the conflict-ridden state on Sept 13.As Imphal and Churachandpur woke up to official confirmation of the prime ministerial visit, the United Naga Council suspended its…
A person was injured Thursday at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, while security teams were clearing a building after reports of suspicious activity, the US Navy said.The Naval Support Activity Annapolis said in a statement that Navy security officers and local law enforcement responded to the campus shortly after 5pm.“There is no active…
INDORE: An 11-year-old girl died of cardiac arrest while playing at her school in Betma, Indore district, on Wednesday. The Class VI student had been playing with friends during the sports class when she died. Witnesses said she began to feel fatigued, sat down on the ground, and collapsed moments later.Teachers were immediately informed, and…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 66% of live births in 2023 were first-order births – a terminology used to refer to the first born – and just 3.6% accounted for fourth or higher order births, according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2023. In terms of spacing of births, it stated, 53.6% of second and…
NEW DELHI: An early Friday landslide struck Upper Rimbi in West Sikkim’s Yangthang constituency, leaving at least four people dead and three others missing.According to SP Geyzing Tshering Sherpa, three people were killed on the spot, while two injured women were rescued by police, SSB personnel and local villagers. Rescuers built a makeshift tree log…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will address the international conference on India’s manuscript heritage on Friday and also launch the ‘Gyan Bharatam’ portal, a dedicated digital platform to accelerate manuscript digitisation, preservation and public access.The PMO highlighted the three-day conference, which began on Thursday under the theme ‘Reclaiming India’s Knowledge Legacy through Manuscript Heritage’, will…
Authorities released more images of person of interest in Charlie Kirk assassination Utah authorities have released more close-up images of a person of interest in the fatal shooting of US President Donald Trump ally and right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on Thursday (local time). In the latest released images, a man can be seen wearing a…
NEW DELHI: Reminding police personnel that they have to forgo their personal bias relating to religion, race or caste after donning the uniform, Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on Maharashtra police for not holding a probe into the statement of an eyewitness in the communal riots in Akola in May 2023, reports Amit…
Federal agencies notify Harvard of reinstated grants: What delays remain after court ruling. (AI Image) Federal agencies have begun notifying Harvard researchers about the reinstatement of research funding that was frozen during the Trump administration. This freeze, which affected approximately $2.7 billion in grants and contracts, was halted following a federal judge’s ruling that deemed…
‘The Bengal Files’, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Anupam Kher, and directed by Vivek Agnihotri has wrapped up its first week at the box office but the numbers have not been as strong as expected. The film earned just over Rs 11 crore in seven days, falling behind other new releases such as Tiger Shroff’s action…
