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A police officer in Imphal said that Assam Rifles jawans, led by their officers, had last week blocked police vehicles on the Kwakta Gothol road while the police were going to undertake operations against militants.The Assam Rifles officers, however, said the para-military troopers were undertaking their task assigned by the command headquarters to ensure security of the people and to prevent clashes between Kuki and Meitei cadres.Meanwhile, after various Meitei organisations, including the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) and Meira Paibi, the ruling BJP in the state also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to replace Assam Rifles…

He even criticised the former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed for allegedly cutting short his Assam visit during the India-China war in 1962.Sarma said: “In October 1962, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed came to Assam and went to Tezpur. However, he left from there very quickly and literally fled away, anticipating a Chinese occupation in Tezpur. He did not have a chat with the local people… rather thought of securing himself.””Ahmed might have thought that China would be coming here, what his role was in staying there,” he added. The Assam Chief Minister also criticised Jawaharlal Nehru and claimed that he did not…

“Cultureless, dignity-less leaders and ministers of Bhadkau Janata Party (BJP) are acting like goons and using Sadak Chap language and abusive words in the Parliament against the opposition leaders,” Yadav said. “They are sensing defeat in Lok Sabha poll 2024 and hence have left democratic dignity, tradition, culture and healthy dialogue. They are extremely scared of the defeat in 2024 and have become freaked out,” he added. Earlier in the day, Rane asked the opposition leaders to sit on their seats with his behaviour looked unparliamentary with the sense of threatening fellow lawmakers of the opposition parties. –IANSajk/vd

Georgetown (Guyana), Aug 8 (IANS) Skipper Rovman Powell’s unbeaten 19-ball 40 powered West Indies to 159/5 in 20 overs against India in the third T20I of the five-match series here at Providence Stadium on Tuesday.After a decent start, West Indies appeared to be in control of the game. However, India made a comeback with Kuldeep Yadav taking two wickets in an over. But the hosts managed to achieve the highest score of the series, thanks to Powell’s unbeaten knock of 40 runs.West Indies got off to a decent start with openers Kyle Mayers and Brandon King adding 30 runs in…

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P.K. Mishra chaired the seventh meeting of the Coordination Committee on India’s G20 Presidency at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, where the event is going to be hosted. The meeting covered summit preparedness in substantive as well as logistical aspects, official sources said. Progress and outcomes on both Sherpa and Finance track were also reviewed. Presentations were made in this regard by the Sherpa (G20) Amitabh Kant, the Economic Affairs Secretary, and the Information and Broadcasting Secretary. Discussion was held on Indian Presidency’s priorities including Green Development, accelerating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), strong sustainable balanced…

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Sanjay Karol refused to admit the plea filed by Delhi lawyer Reepak Kansal. “Who compels you to watch all these channels? If you do not like them, then do not watch them,” it remarked. In 2020, the Supreme Court had issued notice to the Centre, the Press Council of India, the News Broadcasters Association, the News Broadcasters Federation, and the News Broadcasting Standards Authority and sought their responses in the matter. The petition said that there is need to regulate broadcasting electronic channel as there is circulation of fake news, bad journalism,…

On Tuesday, Tiwary announced that he has decided to come out of his few days-old retirement to play one more season for Bengal in the red-ball format and hopefully help the team bag the elusive Ranji Trophy crown. Manoj announced his sudden retirement from the game on social media last Thursday.In a press conference held at the Media Center of the Eden Gardens on Tuesday, Tiwary was accompanied by CAB President Snehashish Ganguly and Hony Secretary Naresh Ojha.Speaking about Tiwray’s sudden retirement, Ganguly said, “After I got to know about Manoj’s retirement, I was very much surprised at his decision.…

The concert — ‘Asha@90 Live’ — will be held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai and will see the veteran singer perform some of her most memorable tracks on the occasion of her birthday.Bhosle interacted with the media on Tuesday, and spoke about the concert. She also sang the song ‘Tu Tu Hai Wahi’.In her career spanning over eight decades, the Padma Vibhushan awardee has recorded songs for films and albums in various languages and received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, 18 Maharashtra State Film Awards, and two Grammy nominations, among many others.She is considered to be one…

The incident occurred in a housing colony under K-Haat police station in Purnea when her mother, who went out to work, left the sleeping daughter alone on bed and the child fell in the water inside the room. In the last few days, heavy rain has been continuously taking place in the Seemanchal region and water logging has taken place in several localities of Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, Katihar etc. “After feeding milk to the girl, her mother put her on the bed and went to another house for work. When she returned home, she found the baby floating in the…

The court declined Kalita’s plea as it refused to provide the complete CCTV footage related to the riots area, and chats from the WhatsApp groups of police officials.It may be noted that it is a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) that alleges a larger conspiracy behind the violence.Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Amitabh Rawat considered the ongoing investigation into individual riots cases and their nature. He agreed with the Delhi Police’s stance that providing the entire relevant footage and chats to Kalita, as supplied to the accused in individual cases, was unnecessary for a UAPA case.Special public prosecutor…