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President inaugurates Gaj Utsav at Kaziranga, feeds elephants
The forests and green areas of elephant reserves are very effective carbon sinks, she said.
Nirmala Sitharaman says Nehru had washed his hands off North-East
BENGALURU: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hit back at the Congress questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on Chinese actions on the border, saying the country's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru had washed his…
Delhi Excise case: ED files 3rd chargesheet; names of Sisodia, Kavitha left out
The special court at Rouse Avenue Court will hear the matter on April 14 for cognizance.
Padma Awards: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sudha Murty honoured
NEW DELHI: Veteran socialist leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Late Mulayam Singh Yadav, and medical professional Dilip Mahalanabis, known globally for his work on Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS), were among those conferred the…
SC asks states, UTs to implement Centre’s guidelines
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed all states and union territories to implement in three months the guidelines formulated by the Centre to check "unnecessary hysterectomies", a surgical procedure to remove the uterus, of poor…
Rahul main reason why I, many others left Cong
NEW DELHI: Veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Rahul Gandhi is the primary reason why he and many others are not in the Congress today and claimed that one has to be "spineless" to remain in the grand old party.
He…
NIA and ATS join Kerala train arson attack investigation
KOZHIKODE/KANNUR/LUCKNOW : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has joined the probe into the Elathur train arson attack case to explore the possibility of a terror angle. On Tuesday, a three-member team of the NIA inspected the D1 and…
‘Communal mindset’: India slams OIC for its remarks on Ram Navami
NEW DELHI: India has condemned the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) statement made on India where they have denounced the alleged acts of violence against minorities.
“We strongly condemn the statement issued by OIC Secretariat…
Six tourists die, 11 injured in Sikkim avalanche
GANGTOK: A major avalanche in Tsongmo, a popular tourist destination in Sikkim, has left six tourists dead and injured 11 others, according to multiple reports.
The avalanche at the 14th milestone on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg connecting…
NCP takes different stand than Congress, demands Bharat Ratna to Savarkar
MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has come out in favour of conferring the Bharat Ratna to VD Savarkar, thereby taking a differing stance from its long-term ally Congress over the issue surrounding the controversial freedom…
Free India from corruption, PM Modi tells CBI on its diamond jubilee
Stating that once powerful individuals who are being investigated for corruption are trying to malign enforcement agencies by casting aspersions on their credibility, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that organisations like the…
Bhupesh Baghel: Policy of threatening opposition is harmful for country
Lucknow: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday warned that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) policy of intimidation of the opposition parties would prove harmful for the country.
Talking to the reporters at Uttar…
Atique sent back to Sabarmati Jail after conviction
Prayagraj: Mafia-turned-politician and former MP Atique Ahmed, who along with two others, was convicted to life imprisonment in a kidnapping case, has been sent back to Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in Gujarat amid tight security arrangement…
Mexican Migration center death toll reaches 39
Mexico City: The number of people who died in a fire in a migration center in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez at the border with the United States, has risen to 39, with 29 others injured, the Mexican migration service has said.
"The…
Is Congress protesting against Surat court or Supreme Court ruling
NEW DELHI: Cutting a jibe at protesting Congress leaders inside and outside Parliament Huse, the BJP kept up its counter-offensive against the Congress on the Rahul disqualification issueengaging three Union ministers - Piyush Goyal,…
Kharge invites Opp. leaders over dinner for talk of greater unity
NEW DELHI: Amid growing convergence, opposition parties pushed for greater unity, warning that the crisis wrought by Modi government is beyond survival politicsor political competition among them.
At a dinner meeting hosted by Congress…
LAC: Government planning to build 37 more roads along northern borders
NEW DELHI: The government is considering a proposal to build 37 more roads with a cumulative length of 875 km along the India-China border. This Rs 13,000 crore work has been proposed under the India-China BorderRoads (ICBR) program.…
‘I lost Lok Sabha seat as PM Modi was afraid of my next speech’ says Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Striking a combative note a day after his disqualification, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his Lok Sabha membership was scrapped because of PM Narendra Modiwas scared of his next speech in Parliament, and at the root of his…
Mumbai seaman back home after 14 months in Iran’s Chabahar jail
MUMBAI: 'Angels do dwell on earth.' A Worli resident Aniket Yenpure (30) says so. The merchant navy employeeis back home from Iran after over three years — of which he spent 14 months in jail in the foreign land after narcotics were…
Himshakti: Def. Ministry signs deal with PSUs for Rs 3,000 crore warfare systems for hill regions
NEW DELHI: The defense ministry on Friday inked a Rs 3,000 crore contract for procurement of two integrated electronic warfare systems under Project Himshakti for the army in mountainous terrain.The contract signed with defense PSU Bharat…
