‘Ban slash-and-burn’

Keonjhar: Extensive deforestation for paddy cultivation due to the practice of slash-and-burn process on forest lands in Bhuyan Juang Pirh range under Keonjhar forest division and various other places under Telkoi forest range is posing great threat to the green...

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Money stolen from Baldevjew Temple

Keonjhar: Miscreants have fled with cash by breaking open the donation box at the Baladevjew Temple in Keonjhar Thursday night, officials of the Town police station said here Friday. Police have initiated a probe into the incident and interrogated the...

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Excise policy case: Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot appears before ED

Excise policy case: Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot appears before ED

New Delhi: Delhi minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday for questioning in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy for the capital, officials said. Gahlot (49), an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Najafgarh, is the minister for transport, home and law in the Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested in the case by...

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Israel-Hamas indirect ceasefire talks to resume from today in Doha, Cairo

Israel-Hamas indirect ceasefire talks to resume from today in Doha, Cairo

Tel Aviv: The indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are set to resume from Saturday in Qatar's capital of Doha and the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Sources in the Israeli Prime Minister's office told IANS that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already agreed to send two separate delegations for resuming mediatory talks. The Doha delegation will be headed by Mossad Chief David Barnea while the team to Cairo will be...

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Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in UP’s Ghazipur amid tight security

Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in UP's Ghazipur amid tight security

Ghazipur/Lucknow: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest at the Kali Bagh burial ground in Ghazipur Saturday. The body was brought to the family's ancestral burial ground, about half a km from their residence, where a grave was dug Friday. The local administration made elaborate security arrangements outside Ansari's residence and the burial ground. Ansari died due to a cardiac arrest Thursday. His body was brought to his hometown around midnight...

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Indian Navy frees Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by pirates, rescues 23 Pakistani crew members

Indian Navy frees Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by pirates, rescues 23 Pakistani crew members

New Delhi: The Indian Navy has freed an Iranian fishing vessel that was hijacked by pirates and rescued its crew of 23 Pakistani nationals, following ‘intense coercive tactical measures’ as part of an anti-piracy operation at sea that lasted for more than 12 hours, officials said. Following Friday's operation, specialist teams from the Navy undertook a thorough sanitisation and seaworthiness check of the fishing vessel in order to escort it to...

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PCB wants to bring Babar back as captain

Lahore: PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has offered Babar Azam captaincy in the white ball formats but the star player has not yet made his decision, sources have claimed. It has been learnt that Babar has set down conditions for accepting the captaincy, including having a say in appointment of coaches. Babar has conveyed that he should given...

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Battle of unequals: DC needs Shaw boost against formidable CSK

Visakhapatnam: Delhi Capitals will be aiming to rejig their out-of-depth batting order by bringing the flamboyant Prithvi Shaw in the mix against the defending champions Chennai Super Kings in what could be safely termed as a 'battle of unequals' Sunday's Indian Premier League encounter. In T20 format, reputations do go for a toss but DC in their...

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ED files first chargesheet in Delhi Jal Board money-laundering case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its first chargesheet in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), official sources said Saturday. The prosecution complaint was filed by the federal agency before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi March 28, the sources told...

Excise policy case: Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot appears before ED

Excise policy case: Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot appears before ED

New Delhi: Delhi minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday for questioning in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy for the capital, officials said. Gahlot (49), an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Najafgarh, is the minister for transport, home and law in the Delhi government...

Tamil actor Daniel Balaji passes away after heart attack at 48

Tamil actor Daniel Balaji passes away after heart attack at 48

Mumbai: Actor TC Balaji, known by his screen name, Daniel Balaji, passed away at the age of 48 in Chennai. He predominantly worked in Tamil and Malayalam cinema. The actor died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kottivakkam. His body was taken to his residence in Purasaiwalkam for last rites. Daniel, who started his career...

Israel-Hamas indirect ceasefire talks to resume from today in Doha, Cairo

Israel-Hamas indirect ceasefire talks to resume from today in Doha, Cairo

Tel Aviv: The indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are set to resume from Saturday in Qatar's capital of Doha and the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Sources in the Israeli Prime Minister's office told IANS that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already agreed to send two separate delegations for resuming mediatory talks. The Doha delegation will...

Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in UP's Ghazipur amid tight security

Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in UP’s Ghazipur amid tight security

Ghazipur/Lucknow: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest at the Kali Bagh burial ground in Ghazipur Saturday. The body was brought to the family's ancestral burial ground, about half a km from their residence, where a grave was dug Friday. The local administration made elaborate security arrangements outside Ansari's residence and the burial ground. Ansari died due...

President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on former PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, two others posthumously

President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on former PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, two others posthumously

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The awards to Rao, Singh, Thakur and Swaminathan were received...

 

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