One-man mission to offset loss of forests
Deforestation has devoured vast swathes of forest areas in the once heavily forested Kerala. Hydro electric projects, quarrying, mining and clearance of reserve forests for planting eucalyptus and cultivation of cannabis have robbed the southern State of its wild forests, and what remains today is the skeleton of dense forests,...
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Contest for Speaker’s post to set a new precedence
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BJP rolls up sleeves for 4 States elections
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Shah focuses on Manipur
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Alert train pilot saves 10 lions
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15 dead, 50 hurt in Bengal train collision
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Musk’s EVM remark sparks row in India
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Tourist guides to turn saviours
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Unease in NDA over NEET
In what could be the first sign of “political” uneasiness in the just formed Narendra Modi-led NDA Government, its partner JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar-led Bihar Government has come down cracking by registering an FIR in the infamous NEET entrance paper leak though the Centre has been defending from day one and...
Tension flares up in Capital over water woes
The ongoing water crisis in Delhi has sparked protests, vandalism, and heated political exchanges across the Capital. On Sunday, unidentified individuals vandalised the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) office in Chhatarpur amid the severe water shortage while tensions also flared in the Dwarka, where a dispute over access to water from...
Army to turn heat on J&K terrorists
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday here reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of several terror incidents in the region recently and also took stock of the preparations for the annual Amarnath Yatra scheduled to commence from June 29 and will continue till August...
Jeevan dayini Ganga in distress amid intense heatwave
On the auspicious day of Ganga Dussehra, the Ganga River in Varanasi reached an unprecedented low, measuring 189.66 feet against the expected 193 feet. The river’s width, typically spanning 70 to 80 metres in June, has now been reduced to 30 to 35 metres, exposing the ghats and revealing environmental...
Delhi seeks more water from Haryana
The Delhi Government has appealed to Haryana to discharge additional water into the Yamuna on humanitarian grounds amid water crisis in the national Capital. Delhi's Water Minister Atishi said Delhi is facing a shortage of 70 million gallons per day (MGD) in production due to lack of raw water in...
Metro corridor to boost Delhi, Ghaziabad, Kundli connectivity
The Ministry of Finance's Project Investment Board (PIB) has approved the extension of Rithala-Bawana-Narela corridor till Kundli under Delhi Metro Rail Project Phase-IV, which would cost `6231 crore. The corridor will ensure seamless connectivity between Ghaziabad (UP), Delhi and Kundli (Haryana) and is estimated to have a daily ridership of 1.26...
Jawan martyred, 8 Naxalites killed in encounter
Eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Saturday, police said. Two other STF personnel sustained injuries in the incident, they said. A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter...
