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Imphal: The BJP announced its list of all 60 candidates for the February 27 and March 3 Manipur Assembly polls on Sunday, dropping three sitting MLAs including Yumkham Erabot Singh of Wangkhei, Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh of Moirang and  Mayanglambam...

Imphal: News publishers across the state have resolved to increase to price of newspapers published in Manipur in two phases. Newspaper price in Manipur have not been increased since 2014 despite increase in price of paper, ink and transportation. As...

New York:  The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the “centerpieces” of a roughly USD 2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according to a report in The New York...

Brussels: The European Union has deplored the Russian decision to extend the list of EU officials that will be subject to travel restrictions, the EU External Action Service said.On Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow had...

New Delhi: The government on Friday appointed Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad graduate and Economics professor Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA).A Finance Ministry statement said that Nageswaran has assumed charge from today....

Washington: According to the White House US President Joe Biden warned that there is a "distinct possibility" that Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the BBC reported on Friday.This statement comes after a build-up of tens-of-thousands of Russian...

Washington: NASA announced veteran space scientist Laurie Leshin has been appointed to be the new director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory."Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)...

New Delhi: The government on Thursday handed over Air India to Tata group concluding the long-running disinvestment process for the loss-making carrier.Along with Air India, the Tata group has also acquired its wholly-owned subsidiary Air India Express and...

Beijing: China on Thursday urged the US not to interfere into Beijing Winter Olympics and "stop playing with fire" on the Taiwan issue."The United States should stop interfering with the holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics, stop playing...

Islamabad: At least 89 Pakistani citizens have been killed in relation to 1,415 accusations and cases of blasphemy in the country since 1947.On Tuesday, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), a think-tank, in a report stated...