Guwahati | 8 hours ago
Two train drivers kidnapped in Assam
Guwahati, Aug 29 - Two train drivers were kidnapped by tribal separatists Sunday from a running goods train in Assam, officials said.A police spokesperson said heavily armed militants belonging to the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland - boarded and stopped the train at gunpoint and abducted the driver and his assistant near Gamani on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The rebels man ... read more

New Delhi | 9 hours ago
'No Chinese interference in Indian pavilion'
New Delhi, Aug 29 - India Sunday denied a media report that Chinese officials had confiscated brochures showing the Indian map from the Indian pavilion at the World Expo2010 in Shanghai.A national daily reported that officers from China's Public Security Bureau marched unannounced into the Indian pavilion in July. They allegedly confiscated brochures depicting the Indian map, as they showed Arunac ... read more

1 day ago
A PIL that unravelled one of India's biggest scams
Itanagar, Aug 28 - Bamang Tago, a civil rights leader, did not have the faintest idea that a PIL - he filed way back in 2004 could eventually unravel one of India's biggest frauds involving over Rs.1,000 crore - of government funds allegedly pocketed by a clique of politicians-bureaucrats-contractors in Arunachal Pradesh.'I knew it was a big food scandal in the public distribution system -, but ne ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Take stronger measures over Beijing's visa snub, demands BJP
New Delhi, Aug 27 - The Bharatiya Janata Party - Friday called upon the government to take 'stronger measures' over Beijing's refusal to allow the visit of an Indian Army general as he had Jammu and Kashmir under his command.BJP spokesman Tarun Vijay said that the inappropriate response of China over visa of Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal, who heads the army's northern command, was a 'matter of concern'. He ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
India halts defence exchanges, refuses visas to Chinese army officers
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Aug 27 - India Friday put all future defence exchanges with China on hold after Beijing refused to welcome an army general as he had Jammu and Kashmir under his command, well informed sources said.Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal, who heads the Northern Command that guards the borders with China and Pakistan, had been nominated to travel to China for a regular high-level defence exchange ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Three Chinese army officers refused visas: Sources
New Delhi, Aug 27 - Three Chinese army officers have been denied visas to India as a fallout of Beijing saying the visit of an Indian Army officer to China would be inappropriate as he had Jammu and Kashmir under his command, sources said Friday.'Two captains of the Chinese army were to visit Pachmarhi and a colonel was to visit the NDC -. They have been denied visas,' the sources said. They said ... read more

Guwahati | 2 days ago
Assam, Arunachal work to resolve border row
Guwahati, Aug 27 - Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Friday decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve a violent boundary row.'As agreed upon, both the state police would dismantle the bunkers and withdraw from their posts and instead carry out joint patrolling in the border areas,' Bhumidhar Barman, wh ... read more

Imphal | 3 days ago
Manipur faces food crisis as Nagas start blockade
Imphal, Aug 26 - The northeastern state of Manipur is staring at an acute scarcity of essentials and fuel with tribal Naga groups enforcing a 25-day economic blockade and accusing New Delhi of failing to meet their grievances.'Manipur would soon witness serious food crisis, coupled with scarcity of fuel and medicines, with trucks carrying supplies refusing to come to Manipur for fear of attacks,' ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
Himalayan treatment listed in traditional medicine system
New Delhi, Aug 25 - A traditional medicinal system popular in the Himalayan region was Wednesday included in the government's list of medical treatments.With an amendment made in the Indian Medical Central Council Bill, Sowa-Rigpa, one of the oldest methods practiced by health professionals in the country, will be part of health ministry's AYUSH department. AYUSH has already recognised Ayurveda, ... read more

5 days ago
Gegong Apang arrested in PDS scam, sent to police custody
Itanagar, Aug 24 - Former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister and veteran Congress leader Gegong Apang was Tuesday sent to seven days police custody after he was arrested by Special Investigation Cell - sleuths for alleged involvement in the Rs.1,000 crore public distribution system - scam.Apang, one of India's longest serving chief ministers, was arrested from outside the office of the SIC here arou ... read more