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700 students face deportation from Canada; Punjab government seeks Centre’s intervention
As many as 700 Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation from Canada after the authorities in that country found 'admission offer letters' to educational institutions to be fake.
India committed to Paris agreement
The policies and programmes implemented by the government show that environmental protection is one of the central pillars of India’s governance framework.
Sisodia fails to get relief, HC rejects interim bail plea in money laundering case
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma allowed him to meet her for one day at their residence or hospital at her convenience between 10 am and 5 pm but under certain conditions.
Odisha train accident: More than 100 bodies still waiting to be claimed
Four days after a deadly three-train crash killed 275 people in India, a large number of bodies remain unclaimed.
GRP books unnamed Rly officials, Commissioner of Railway Safety starts probe
The probe team also inspected the panel and signal room at the Bahanaga Bazar station before interacting with the station manager, two station superintendents and other railway staff.
Meitei rally condemns divisive politics, calls for peace in Manipur
The participants demanded that the government stop “illegal migrants” from Myanmar entering Manipur.
Assam-Arunachal border heats up again, 2 die in firing
The incident occurred at Panbari near the interstate border when the victims were planting trees and saplings.
People form human chain to save Yamuna from heavy pollution
A large number of representatives of social, cultural and religious organisations too participated in the campaign.
Violence unabated in Manipur, 3 killed
Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
Two cousins held for murder of elderly woman, daughter in Delhi’s Krishna Nagar
On Wednesday, a person made a PCR call at 7.56 pm about a foul smell emanating from a flat on the first floor of a building in Krishna Nagar’s E Block, following which a police team rushed to the spot
Antilia bomb scare case: Supreme Court grants 3 weeks interim bail to ex-cop Pradeep Sharma
A vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal granted the relief to Sharma, a former encounter specialist of Mumbai Police, after noting that his wife has to undergo surgery.
Plastic waste biggest threat to environment
The degradation of ecosystems has a cascading effect on wildlife and the livelihoods of millions of natural resource-dependent people.
Houses of MLA, others torched as Manipur violence continues
The militants, who signed the suspension of operation or SoO agreement with the government, came down the hills and torched the houses in Serou, the police said.
Congress leaders spar over CM face in Madhya Pradesh polls, Digvijaya backs Kamal Nath
The war of words between Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Govind Singh and Kamal Nath loyalist MLA Sajjan Singh Verma took place after a meeting on MP poll preparations.
Metro sells 74 lakh QR code-based paper tickets, dip in sale of tokens
However, any future planning will keep in mind the constraints of digital technology and that not all commuters may have access to smartphones, they said.
Environmental crusader and ex-IFS officer Manoj Misra of ‘Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan’ fame dies…
While pollution in the Yamuna had become a national concern in 1994, it was Misra's leadership that brought environmental flow and the river's floodplains into the spotlight.
Veteran theatre director-actor Aamir Raza Husain dies at 66; Akhilesh & Tharoor pay tributes
Husain produced and acted in several plays, including over 91 productions and 1,000 plus performances with Stagedoor Theatre Company as its creative director.
Congress calls special meet to choose Khan as CLP leader
The party high command was authorised to appoint the CLP leader, added a party source.
Caught on Camera, under-construction bridge collapses in Bihar’s Bhagalpur
The bridge, an ambitious project of chief minister Nitish Kumar, was being constructed to connect Khagaria with Bhagalpur and its adjoining districts.
Police in Himachal seek strict legal deterrence to combat smuggling of ‘chitta’ in…
The majority of chitta is smuggled in consumable or intermediate quantities (5-250 grams) to escape punishment as consumable and intermediate quantities are bailable, police said.