India has repeatedly called on Russia and Ukraine to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue and end their ongoing conflict.
Operations were on Friday intensified against NDFB-S militants along the border with Arunachal Pradesh even as the death toll in the massacre rose to 81.
Pawar made the announcement at the 25th anniversary of the party, founded by him and P A Sangma in 1999.
AFSPA confers special powers on the armed forces in areas deemed as disturbed.
'... that they should listen to people of the soil of the North East and find a permanent solution to tribal problems.'
The 'Angh' of Oting, Tahwang, is contesting the February 27 assembly polls on a Naga People's Front (NPF) ticket against the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party MLA P Paiwang Konyak, who is a cabinet minister in the outgoing government.
The country in the last 24 hours reported 1,136 deaths due to the pathogen taking the overall toll to 79,722.
In its supplementary charge sheet, the police said 'serious riots had broken out in consequence to the protest march organised by Jamia students' against the amended citizenship law on December 15 last year.
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They came, they wowed and won our hearts with these gorgeous outfits representing their states.
A total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories.
Imam has been booked under Section 13 (unlawful activities) of the Act in the case, said his counsel advocate Mishika Singh. The police had earlier charged Imam with sedition, alleging his speech promoted enmity between people that led to riots.
Of the 2,109 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 779 deaths. Gujarat comes second with 472 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 215, West Bengal at 171, Rajasthan at 106, Uttar Pradesh at 74, Delhi at 73, and Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at 44.
He was slapped with a sedition case after a video of his purported speech went viral on social media where he was heard speaking about "cutting off" Assam and the northeast from the rest of India.
Twenty-five children -- 12 girls and 13 boys -- have been selected for the prestigious award, which they will receive from the prime minister on January 23 and thereafter participate in the Republic Day parade, officials said.
Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business for the second day on Thursday after uproar by members over the Telangana issue, killing of a student from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi and plight of Tamil fishermen.
'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it.'
At this time, sixty years ago, Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi and a majority of his men were captured as prisoners of war by the Chinese during the 1962 war. His son Michael Dalvi, 77, has preserved his father's memory and the story of the gallant men of the 7th Infantry Brigade with honour.
The death toll climbed to 66,333 with 1,045 more fatalities reported in 24 hours.
Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 56,948 cases.
Of the 1,075 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 432 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 197, Madhya Pradesh at 130, Delhi at 56, Rajasthan at 51, Uttar Pradesh at 39 and Andhra Pradesh at 31.
Parliamentarian from the northeast on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in wake of the outrage over death of a student from Arunachal Pradesh in New Delhi, an incident which the latter described as condemnable.
A group of MPs from the northeast met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and demanded an anti-racial discrimination law and judicial inquiry into the death of Aruachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania.
According to the ministry, Maharashtra remained at the top with the total cases at 1,985, including 217 patients who have recovered/discharged and 149 patients died.
The meetings with the chief ministers will be held on Saturday, an official said.
A 14-year-old girl from Manipur was allegedly raped by her landlord's son in South Delhi's Munirka area.
The Delhi government on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of Nido Tania, son of a Congress leader from Arunachal Pradesh, who was allegedly beaten up by some shopkeepers in Lajpat Nagar area of South Delhi on Wednesday.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday promised to take action against those responsible for the death of a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh and ensure a speedy probe.
After Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, discontent is brewing among Congress MLAs in Manipur.
The Centre on Monday directed the Delhi oolice to adopt zero tolerance approach in cases of attacks on people from northeast and asked it to strictly follow the guidelines in providing security to those hailing from the region.
Asserting that India is on track to vaccinate its entire adult population by December, top officials on Monday said a blueprint is in place to ensure a total supply of 187.2 crore doses by the year-end that would be enough for the country's 94 crore 18-plus population.
A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to four of the five persons arrested for allegedly beating and molesting two Manipuri girls and hurling racist abuses at them.
The BJP president will have to address issues like scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution, an issue dear to the party and the Sangh Parivar for long and a promise included in the manifesto during the last elections.
The village in Maharashtra has continuously sent soldiers to the Army since World War I. Every other person you meet is a soldier or a retired soldier or is aspiring to be a soldier.
Three persons arrested in connection with death of a 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh youth, who was allegedly beaten by some shopkeepers in New Delhi, were on Tuesday remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court.
A man arrested for allegedly beating and molesting two Manipuri women while hurling racist abuses at them was on Monday sent to one-day police custody by a Delhi court.
In the Northeast, while three people died in Assam, two each lost their lives in Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in rain-related incidents.
All the five have been isolated in Pathnamathitta general hospital and are under observation. Their tests were confirmed on Saturday night.
A day after total shutdown in Assam to protest against the CAB, fresh protests erupted in the state and neighbouring Tripura and other parts of the nation.
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