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New Delhi: India lost 18,200 hectares of primary forest in 2024 compared to 17,700 hectares in 2023, according to new data from Global Forest Watch (GFW), a global collaboration of over 100 organisations. The GFW said the country lost 3,48,000 hectares of humid primary forest...

New Delhi: India Wednesday rolled out its massive global campaign 'Operation Sindoor Outreach' to expose Pakistan's direct and indirect links to terrorism as the first group of an all-party delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha left for a five-nation visit from New Delhi....

Chandigarh: Border Security Force (BSF) troops on duty in the border area of Amritsar in Punjab have apprehended an intruder from Pakistan, the paramilitary force said Wednesday. "On May 20, during the evening hours, vigilant troops observed the suspected movement of a person who crossed...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking criminal prosecution of Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a controversy surrounding the alleged discovery of a huge pile of burnt cash in the storeroom attached to his bungalow in the national...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma directed Khedkar to cooperate...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, arrested for his alleged offensive social media posts on Operation Sindoor, but refused to stay the investigation against him. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotisar Singh directed...

New Delhi: As part of India’s intensified global outreach against terrorism, an all-party delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha will depart for Japan Wednesday to begin a five-nation tour to expose Pakistan's continued support for terror groups. The delegation is part of a...

Narayanpur: 27 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, officials said Wednesday. A `supporter' of police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the gunfight, they said. The encounter took place...

United Nations: While the Security Council was debating maritime security and expressing concern over terrorism on the seas, Pakistan tried to bring up a river issue, the Indus water. That was in keeping with Islamabad's total obsession with matters relating to India, regardless of the...

London: Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection ‘Heart Lamp' has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London. Mushtaq described her win as a victory for diversity as she collected the prize Tuesday night...