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NEW DELHI: With its tiger numbers rising to 2,500, India has agreed to help countries revive numbers of the big cat and even promised to relocate some of the species if the environment is favourable for the survival of tigers. The meeting focused on recovering tiger populations in areas withRead More
New Delhi, April 14 Taking strong note of the fact that almost 400 government schools in the new state of Telangana have “zero enrolment”, the Supreme Court has sought a report from an experts’ panel on reasons for non- participation of children. The apex court’s concern came after Telangana informedRead More
New Delhi, April 14 With the second phase of odd-even scheme set to be rolled out from tomorrow, ride-sharing apps like 360Ride and Rapido are lining up free rides and scaling up operations to handle higher demand from consumers. The odd-even scheme was implemented on an experimental basis from JanuaryRead More
New Delhi, April 14 The Delhi government is all set to roll out the second phase of the odd-even scheme tomorrow with 2,000 traffic personnel, 580 enforcement officials and over 5,000 civil defence volunteers being deployed on the roads of the national capital daily for 15 days. “An enforcement planRead More
New Delhi, April14 The Supreme Court today decided to hold detailed hearings on a plea for booking BSP chief Mayawati for alleged corruption despite objections by her and the Central Bureau of Investigation. Mayawati’s senior counsel KK Venugopal contended that the petitioner, Kamlesh Verma, was a former BSP functionary whoRead More
Jaipur, April14 Drawing a parallel with Rohith Vemula case, Rahul Gandhi today supported the demand for a CBI probe made by the family of a 17-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and found dead under mysterious circumstances, and accused BJP and RSS of discriminating against Dalits. The Congress vice-president,Read More
Alipurduar, April 14 Amid the hubbub of electioneering in West Bengal, the Totos, a tribe said to be numerically the smallest ethnic group in West Bengal, long for the day when one of their own will become a legislator. “If the Anglo-Indians can have a nominated member in Parliament, whyRead More
New Delhi, April 14 Britain’s exit (Brexit) from the European Union will be a “catastrophe” for the country as also a “big loss” for Europe having “very serious consequences”, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said today. “In my personal opinion, Brexit will be a very bad thing for Europe becauseRead More
New Delhi, April 12 The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to go into the problem of “huge bad debts” of nationalised banks. A Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur issued a notice to the Union Finance Ministry and the Indian Banks’ Association seeking their response within two weeks. TheRead More
Bijnor (UP), April 12 The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested two persons in connection with the murder of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed and said domestic dispute was the reason behind the crime. IG (Bareilly Zone) Vijay Kumar Meena told a press conference that the trio followed on motorcycle theRead More
