Three days ago, there was a stir in the quiet village of Midania, some 50 km from Lakhimpur Kheri, right next to the buffer forests of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. A crocodile, possibly washed away by floodwaters, was swimming in the village pond. For a while, there was alarm. But after […]
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No connection with Kangana Ranaut, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar
The NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday clarified that he has no connection with the building that houses Kangana Ranaut’s office in Mumbai that was partially demolished by the BMC recently after the actor’s controversial comments. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials demolished portions of Ranaut’s property, alleging structural violations, […]
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Russian police seek to question Alexei Navalny in Germany
Russian police said Friday they were seeking to question opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Berlin after Moscow rubbished Germany’s declaration that he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia and was hospitalised there before being […]
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‘You don’t demolish Dawood’s home’: Fadnavis’ jibe at Sena over Kangana
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday accused the Shiv Sena of blowing the Kangana Ranaut issue ‘out of proportion.’ Fadnavis took a jibe at Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s party, saying that while it ordered the demolition of the Bollywood actor’s office in Mumbai, it won’t demolish […]
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After VHP and Ayodhya seers, Akhada Parishad backs Kangana Ranaut
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, locked in a bitter faceoff with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, has received support from the Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP)—the apex decision-making body of the 13 recognised Hindu monastic orders of the country. Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri has described Kangana Ranaut as a “brave […]
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Kangana Ranaut’s fan arrested in Kolkata for threatening Sanjay Raut
A man believed to be a fan of Bollywood actor Kangana Raut was arrested from south Kolkata late on Thursday night for allegedly making threat calls to Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, police said. “The man identified as Palash Bose, a resident of Tollygunge, was arrested by a team of […]
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NEP 2020: PM Modi vouches for mother tongue as medium of instruction in schools
Strongly vouching for the use of mother tongue as the medium of instruction in schools, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that “people trapped in bookish knowledge” often fail to grasp that language is a way to communicate knowledge but not the entire knowledge in itself. Speaking at the […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput death: Court rejects bail plea of Rhea, Showik and four others
A special court constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Friday. It rejected the bail applications of Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik and four other persons arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for their alleged involvement in a drugs case allegedly linked to Rajput’s death. […]
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Medical camp set up at Uttarakhand’s Dharchula for residents
A medical camp has been set up by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation at an altitude of 13,303 feet in Khuti, the last village of India in Dharchula district, along the India-China border for people living in the villages nearby. “This initiative has benefitted over 3,000 people. More than 1,000 […]
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Marksheet is ‘pressure sheet’ for students, ‘prestige sheet’ for families: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will give a new direction to the 21st century India and its goal is to remove the pressure on students to get marks in examinations. “Can a test, a mark sheet, be a parameter for children’s learning […]
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Urgent need for Pakistan to take immediate, irreversible action against terror groups: Indo-US joint statement
India and the US have called on Pakistan to take “immediate, sustained and irreversible action” to ensure that Pakistani territory isn’t used for terror attacks and to speedily bring to justice the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai and 2016 Pathankot attacks. The two countries also underscored the need for concerted action […]
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Bengal observes September’s 2nd Covid lockdown, it will probably be the last
The West Bengal government is enforcing the second complete state-wide lockdown in September, which is likely to be the last one, according to a top state government official. “This is probably the last state-wide lockdown the state government is enforcing to control the pandemic. No decision has been taken on […]
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Virtual courts can aid in distributive justice by ensuring accessibility and affordability: Bhupender Yadav
A department-related standing committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice headed by Bhupender Yadav, a member of the Rajya Sabha (RS) and the national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday suggested that virtual court proceedings should be allowed to continue beyond the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) […]
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India, China Agree On 5-Point Plan For Resolving Border Standoff In Ladakh
India and China have agreed on a five-point plan for resolving the prolonged border face-off in eastern Ladakh that included abiding by all existing agreements and protocol on management of the frontier, maintaining peace and tranquility and avoiding any action that could escalate matters. The two countries agreed to the […]
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Development of Brahma Kamal Vatika underway in Kedarnath
To meet the high demand of Brahma Kamal flower for offering at the shrine, Kedarnath Wildlife Division is developing a Brahma Kamal Vatika (garden) in Kedarnath valley. Amit Kanwar, Divisional Forest Officer, Kedarnath Wildlife Division, told ANI that in the coming year the demand of the Brahma Kamal flower, which is offered at the holy shrine of Kedarnath, will be met by […]