Cairo: The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country’s presidential election next month, Libya’s election agency said. Seif al-Islam submitted his candidacy papers in the southern town of Sabah, the agency said in a statement. Gadhafi’s son was captured by fighters late in 2011, the […]
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LIVE BLOG: Latest updates on the Mizoram wildfire
Find the latest updates here: Mizoram wildfire: PM Modi extends all possible support Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and offered him the Centre’s full support to deal with forest fires raging in several parts of the state. READ MORE Indian Air force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter landed on Monday to douse […]
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Bengal to soon conduct trials of COVID-19 booster shots
Kolkata: The West Bengal government is planning to soon conduct trials of COVID-19 booster shots in the metropolis, and has started feasibility tests at different medical establishments, a senior official of the health department said on Friday. Six hospitals have come forward so far, expressing their willingness to be part of the trials, he said. “We […]
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Pakistan: Mob lynches Sri Lankan citizen over blasphemy
Lahore: Angry supporters of a hardline Islamist party attacked a factory in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, lynching a Sri Lankan national and burning his body over allegations of blasphemy, police said. Priyantha Kumara, who was in his 40s, was working as the general manager of a factory in Sialkot district, some 100 kms from here, […]
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WHO rushes team to S Africa to help combat new variant
Johannesburg: The WHO has rushed a team of experts to South Africa’s Gauteng province, the epicentre of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, to ramp up surveillance and contact tracing efforts as the country grapples with rising cases of infections. Omicron, which was first identified in South Africa exactly a week ago, now has been detected […]
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Meghalaya: 12 differently-abled beneficiaries receive assistive devices
Shillong: Out of a total of 200 beneficiaries state-wide, 12 beneficiaries of East Khasi Hills District received UDID Disability Certificates and Assistive Devices in a programme held on Friday in observance of International Day for Persons with Disabilities-cum-North East Disability Summit 2021 at Shillong Club, Shillong. The assistive devices have been sponsored by All-India Council for […]
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Nagaland: Rengma Nagas to go on hunger strike over demand for district
Kohima: The Rengma Hoho on Friday announced its decision to conduct a sit-in dharna followed by a hunger strike, intensifying its demand for a separate district. Through a release, Rengma Hoho president Pollem Tep and general secretary Sinhilo Thongseb said as per a resolution adopted during the 6th executive body meeting of the Rengma Hoho […]
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Mizoram minister says MNF ‘anointed by God’ to face hard times
Aizawl: Senior Mizo National Front (MNF) adviser and Mizoram Deputy Chief Minister Tawnluia on Friday claimed that his party is different from others. Addressing a meeting at the MNF office here, Tawnluia said the MNF belonged to the entire Mizo nation and is different from other political parties because it is the party of Mizos. Founded […]
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Elephants fall into same pond for second day in Assam’s Goalpara
Goalpara: Six elephants were trapped in the same muddy pond on Thursday night in Assam’s Goalpara district where five other pachyderms had been struck a day before, an official said. All the elephants were rescued successfully and chased back into nearby forested areas, he said. In the latest case, six elephants of a herd fell into […]
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Manipur ambush: Nagaland Guv extends financial aid to deceased soldier’s family
Kohima: Nagaland Governor Jagdish Mukhi extended financial aid to the family of Naga soldier Rfn N Khatnei Konyak, who was killed along with six others in an ambush by militants on the convoy of the 46th Assam Rifles in Manipur on November 13. Mon Deputy Commissioner Thavaseelan K handed over a cheque of Rs 3,00,000 […]
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Centre issues FAQs on Omicron, says follow precautions as before
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Friday said while there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, some of the mutations reported may decrease the efficacy of the jabs. It, however, underscored that definitive evidence for new variant’s increased remission and immune evasion is awaited. […]
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Cultural theft by non-Naga scholars dictating our young: Naga Author
Kohima: Prominent Naga author Easterine Kire said cultural theft by non-Naga scholars over the past years has been dictating the Naga culture in the minds of the young people. She was speaking at the first edition of the Nagaland Literature Festival which began here on Friday. As part of the ongoing Hornbill Festival celebration, the […]