Carrying essentials, first goods train from Guwahati reaches Manipur

Imphal/Guwahati (IANS) Amid the crisis of food grains and other essential materials in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, the first goods train reached the Khongsang railway station in the state’s Tamenglong district from Guwahati on Monday.

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Kalanithi Maran vs SpiceJet Ltd: Delhi HC issues notice for non-compliance of orders, seeks CMD’s presence

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to SpiceJet Ltd and its Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh in Kal Airways and its promoter Kalanithi Maran’s application seeking urgent hearing of its enforcement petition in a case…

Govt taking measures to restore peace at the earliest: Manipur CM

New Delhi (IANS) Amid criticism from the Opposition parties over the current crisis in the state, Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said on Monday that his government is taking measures to restore peace in the northeastern state at the earliest.

Over 700 Myanmar nationals enter Manipur; Assam Rifles asked to push them back

Imphal (IANS) As many as 718 Myanmar nationals, including 301 children and 208 women, have entered into Manipur’s Chandel district due to the ongoing clashes between the Army and the civil forces in the country, an official said on Monday.

The…

Armed Forces 11K officers short; posts of Major, Flight Lt going vacant

New Delhi (IANS) There is a shortage of more than 11,000 officers in the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy of which more than half are in the Army, officials in the Defence Ministry have said.

According to the Defence Ministry, there is a shortage…

TMC's 'Martyrs Day' rally signals reversal of Mamata & Abhishek's roles

Kolkata (IANS) There were enough indications of a political role reversion between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the party’s national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee for the time being at the party’s annual 'Martyrs’ Day'…

38-yr-old fraud case: Army, Air Force officials sentenced to 3-yr rigorous imprisonment by CBI court

New Delhi (IANS) Thirty eight years after a fraud of Rs 3.82 crore was committed by some senior Army and Air Force officials in the name of local purchases, a Special CBI judge in Lucknow awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to eight accused,…

Dubai-bound Air India flight returns to Thiruvananthapuram airport

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) A Dubai-bound Air India flight made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport soon after taking off on Sunday, officials said.

Air India, in a statement, said that the emergency landing was due to an issue…

Manipur horror: Freedom fighter's 80-year-old wife burnt alive amid attack

Imphal, (IANS) In another horrifying case of ongoing ethnic violence reported from Manipur after the parading of two naked women in Kangpokpi district on May 4, the octogenarian widow of a freedom fighter was locked inside her house and it set on…

SC stays ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque till 5 p.m. Wednesday

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that a Varanasi court’s direction allowing an extensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will not be enforced till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, saying that “some…