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    Boundary stones of erstwhile Manipur kingdom
    North East

    Boundary stones of erstwhile Manipur kingdom 'disappear'

    Imphal, Apr 10: Three stones installed during the rule of Maharaja Chandrakriti in the mid-19th century, to mark the eastern boundary of the then Manipur kingdom with Burma, have “disappeared”, a senior official said on Monday. Keithellakpam Dinamani, Joint Director of the Arts and Culture...
    Nationwide Covid mock drill underway to take stock of preparedness
    National

    Nationwide Covid mock drill underway to take stock of preparedness

    New Delhi, Apr 9: Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, mock drills to take stock of hospital preparedness are being held in several public and private facilities across the country on Monday. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the city to review the mock...
    SC to hear in July plea of Meghalaya against HC order on settling of its border dispute with Assam
    North East

    SC to hear in July plea of Meghalaya against HC order on settling of its border...

    New Delhi, Apr 10: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear in July a plea of the Meghalaya government challenging the high court's decision staying the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya for settling their festering boundary dispute. A...
    Shah to visit Arunachal village along China border on Monday
    North East

    Shah to visit Arunachal village along China border on Monday

    Itanagar, Apr 10: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to launch the 'Vibrant Villages Programme' (VVP) in Kibithoo, a village along the India-China border, during a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh starting Monday, officials said. Shah, in his first visit to the northeastern state as...
    Active Covid cases in country rise to 35,199
    National

    Active Covid cases in country rise to 35,199

    New Delhi, Apr 10: India logged 5,880 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases have increased to 35,199, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,979 with 14 deaths. While four deaths each were reported from Delhi and Himachal...
    Markets trade in green amid firm Asian equities, foreign fund inflows
    Business

    Markets trade in green amid firm Asian equities, foreign fund inflows

    Mumbai, Apr 10: Equity benchmark indices climbed in initial trade on Monday tracking firm trend in other Asian markets and continuous foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 164.79 points to 59,997.76 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 52.55 points to 17,651.70. ...
    This has inspired every Indian: PM Modi on Prez Murmu taking sortie on Su-30 fighter jet
    National

    This has inspired every Indian: PM Modi on Prez Murmu taking sortie on Su-30...

    New Delhi, Apr 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday after she undertook a sortie on a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft, saying she has displayed exceptional leadership time and again. Murmu took a sortie on the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet at Assam's Tezpur Air Force...
    Tripura
    North East

    Tripura's first all-woman band 'Meghbalika' on cloud nine after traversing rough...

    Agartala, Apr 9: Thirty-two-year-old Moon Saha, a guitarist, was being pressurised by her family members to get married. However, Saha, who was then 26, wanted to pursue her interest in music and scoured social media for other women who went to music schools. Finally, in...
    Sikkimese feel betrayed as Article 371F ‘violation’: PK Chamling
    North East

    Sikkimese feel betrayed as Article 371F ‘violation’: PK Chamling

    Gangtok, Apr 9: SDF supremo Pawan Kumar Chamling claimed that the Sikkimese people feel betrayed as Article 371F, which guarantees special provisions for Sikkim, was "violated". The former chief minister, in a telephonic interview with PTI, also alleged Sikkim had become a hotbed for political...
    Two from Mizoram arrested with gold bars worth over Rs 8 crore in West Bengal
    North East

    Two from Mizoram arrested with gold bars worth over Rs 8 crore in West Bengal

    Siliguri, Apr 8: Two people were arrested in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district with gold bars worth Rs 8.61 crore, officials said on Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a vehicle at Panikauri toll plaza in Fatakpur, they said. Thirteen...
    Rise in Covid cases in Delhi: Hospitals, polyclinics asked to ramp up testing
    National

    Rise in Covid cases in Delhi: Hospitals, polyclinics asked to ramp up testing

    New Delhi, Apr 8: Hospitals, polyclinics and dispensaries in Delhi have been instructed by health department authorities to scale up testing amid an upward trend in COVID-19 cases here in the past several days, sources said on Saturday. More than 3,800 coronavirus cases have been recorded in...
    Eat now, pay later: Pune trader offers mangoes on EMI
    National

    Eat now, pay later: Pune trader offers mangoes on EMI

    Pune, Apr 8: With the prices of Alphonso mangoes eye-wateringly high, a trader in Pune in Maharashtra is offering the king of fruits on Equated Monthly Instalments or EMI. If refrigerators and air-conditioners can be purchased on instalments, why not mangoes, reasons Gaurav Sanas of...
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