Conrad Sangma becomes Meghalaya CM
Shillong, March 6 ( IANS) National People’s Party (NPP) leader Conrad Kongkal Sangma, son of former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Sangma, was on Tuesday sworn in as the 12th chief minister of Meghalaya. Governor Ganga…
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Conrad Sangma sworn in as Meghalaya CM
Shillong, March 6 (IANS) National People’s Party (NPP) leader Conrad Kongkal Sangma was on Tuesday sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
Lenin statue in Tripura razed, post-poll violence continues
Agartala, March 6 (IANS) The post-poll violence in Tripura continued for the fourth day on Tuesday even as the administration, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) urged everyone to maintain…
Man chops off son’s hand over phone, porn addiction
Hyderabad, March 6 (IANS) A 45-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly chopping off his 19-year-old son’s right hand as he was enraged with the teenager’s addiction to watching films and porn on mobile…
BREAKING NEWS: Conrad Sangma sworn in as Meghalaya CM
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ICICI’s Kochhar, Axis’ Sharma summoned in PNB fraud case
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank’s Shikha Sharma have been summoned by an anti-fraud agency in the bank fraud case involving jeweller Nirav Modi and his partner and uncle…
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday was repeatedly disrupted and then adjourned till 2 p.m., amid noisy protests by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members as well as the Opposition. The first…
Kim Jong-un wants to ‘write new history’ with S.Korea
Seoul, March 6 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he wants to “vigorously advance” relations with South Korea, telling a visiting delegation from Seoul he hoped to “write a new history of…
Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon over PNB fraud
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday till 12 noon over the Opposition raising various issues, including the Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud. As soon as the…
Unicef: Child marriages decline, significant drop in India figures
New York, March 6 (IANS) There has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages worldwide and India contributed significantly to the global decline in the practice, the UN children’s agency Unicef said…
Facebook asks if men could request sexual photos from minors
London, March 6 (IANS) Facebook has admitted that a survey asking users whether it should allow an adult man to ask a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures was a “mistake”. The social network ran a…
PNB fraud: CBI questions top Gitanjali official
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday began questioning the Vice President of Banking Operations of Mehul Choksi’s Gitanjali Group in connection with its ongoing probe into the multi-crore PNB fraud case, officials…
Chinese space station to crash to Earth within weeks
Beijing, March 6 (IANS) Chinas first space station is expected to come crashing down to Earth within weeks, but scientists have not been able to predict where the 8.5-tonne module will hit, a media report…
Israel getting bullied by the UN: Haley
Washington, March 6 (IANS) US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has slammed the UN saying that the international body has bullied Israel, the media reported. “At the UN and throughout the UN agencies, Israel…
Key Indian equity indices open in green
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices opened on a higher note on Tuesday. The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 61.65 points or 0.60 per cent at 10,420.50…
Technology, public mobilisation will defeat climate change: UN
By Arul Louis United Nations, March 6 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is betting that the battle against climate change will be won through the technological advances and public mobilisation even if governments fail to act….
Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya continue: UN
Nay Pyi Taw, March 6 (IANS) The ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar is continuing in Rakhine state, from where at least 700,000 people have fled to Bangladesh since August 2017, the…
Republicans fear ‘trade war’ from Trump’s tariffs
Washington, March 6 (IANS) Top Republican lawmakers including House Speaker Paul Ryan have raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on metals fearing that it could pave the way for a “trade…
Ex-Russian spy critically ill in UK ‘after exposure to substance’
London, March 6 (IANS) One of the two people critically ill at a UK hospital after “suspected exposure to an unknown substance” is a Russian man who was exchanged in a high-profile “spy swap” in…
Pyongyang, Seoul reach agreement to hold inter-Korean summit
Seoul, March 6 (IANS) The North Korean leader and South Korean high-level envoys have reached an “satisfactory” agreement during their meeting in Pyongyang, to hold a inter-Korean summit with the South Korean President, the North…