NEW DELHI: Union environment ministry has initiated an independent inquiry into the death of 10 jumbos in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, and said preventive measures are being taken by officials to avoid such incidents in the future. Referring to preliminary information shared by state govt, the ministry Saturday said the death may be because of poisoning,…
KEONJHAR: Tension prevailed in Champua PS area of Odisha’s Keonjhar district after vandals destroyed a nearly 200-year-old place of worship in Jharkhand‘s Jayantigarh village Friday evening, reports Naresh Chandra Pattanayak. Jayantigarh is located on the banks of Baitarani river which borders Odisha and Jharkhand. The incident triggered road blockades and market closures in both the…
Aditya Sharma’s X-ray shows some of the 65 items found in his stomach AGRA: A 14-year-old boy from Hathras in UP died hours after doctors at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital — in a complex and gruelling surgery that lasted almost five hours — removed about 65 objects, including batteries, chains, razor blade fragments and screws, from…
NAGPUR: Jagdish Uikey, a 35-year-old resident of Maoist-affected Gondia district in Maharashtra, was taken into custody by Nagpur police on charges of sending 354 hoax emails targeting Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), top govt officials, flights and trains across India. Uikey had emailed PMO and other officials nearly 100 times since January, requesting endorsement for his…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau NEW DELHI: In its response to Canada’s allegation that Union home minister Amit Shah authorised attacks on Sikhs in Canada, Indian govt said on Saturday that it summoned the country’s diplomat to strongly protest the “absurd and baseless” references made by their minister before a parliamentary…
Hab-1 inflatable habitat at Leh is equipped with essentials like a hydroponics farm, kitchen and sanitation facilities for analog space NEW DELHI: The country’s first analog space mission has taken off at Leh in Ladakh, where space agency Isro will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat as India is planning to send a human to…
JAMMU: Three persons, including a woman and her 18-month-old son, were killed and as many were injured when the car they were travelling in rolled down deep into a gorge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.The accident took place as the driver lost control over the vehicle near Chamelu Morh, when the car was…
NEW DELHI: In a first, NHAI will rope in a bank to collect user fee on a highway stretch, marking a paradigm shift in the tolling system in the country. It has invited bids for selecting an acquirer bank for country’s first multi-lane free flow (MLFF) toll collection on the recently-opened Dwarka Expressway.The MLFF tolling…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, saying he has “destroyed” the dignity of his office by consistently making hollow promises to 140 crore Indians. “Pradhanmantri ji ne 140 crore Bhartiyon ke samne baar-baar khokhle waade karke desh ke sarvoch aur sammaanajank pad ki garima ko dhwast kar…
BSP chief Mayawati (File photo) NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) of being “hand in glove” ahead of the November 13 bypolls for nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, where the BSP is contesting independently.In a press conference, Mayawati condemned the…
