New Delhi: In the wake of a forest fire raging in Odisha's Simlipal National Park for over a week, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar Wednesday said a committee of experts is being sent to help the state government manage such incidents in the region....
Muzaffarnagar: Farmers are ready to stay put on Delhi borders to protest against three agri laws for the remaining three and half years of the Modi government's second term and the stir cannot be ‘culled’ any which way the Centre tries, legendary farm leader Mahendra...
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned Tuesday and handed his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya. The move came after heavy speculation throughout morning, with Trivendra Singh Rawat expected to address a press conference ahead of his meeting the governor. However, the 60-year-old...
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice during the pre-lunch period Tuesday amid a continued uproar by the opposition. The uproar was led by the Congress, over a discussion on the rising fuel prices. The Rajya Sabha was first adjourned till noon for about...
New Delhi: Public representatives and politicians should not make unauthorised statements indicating that the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing an end. These remarks invoke a ‘false sense of security’ among the people, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said Monday. The association’s reaction came after Union Health...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Monday its observation during the hearing last week in a bail matter in a rape case was ‘completely misreported’. The Supreme Court added that it has the ‘highest respect for women’. The comments – on International Women’s Day –...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday constituted a state-level task force to review and suggest measures to contain wildfire incidents reported across the state. “The task force has been formed under the chairmanship of Sandeep Tripathy, former PCCF and HoFF, Odisha,” informed the Forest and Environment...
Kaptipada/Balasore: Notwithstanding the claims of the authorities that the wild fire raging inside the Simlipal sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district since the past eight days, satellite images showed that the fire has not been contained fully, a report said. In fact, Forest officials and firefighters have...
Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 116.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.59 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...
Kolkata: The Union Home Ministry has asked the paramilitary Assam Rifles to prevent any Myanmar national from crossing into Indian territory and push back any found attempting to cross over. The Assam Rifles guards the India-Myammar border in the northeast, while the BSF guards the border...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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