In order to facilitate the expansion of Doon’s Jolly Grant airport, Uttarakhand forest department has decided to give up 215 acres of land of Shivalik Elephant Reserve, one of the premier elephant reserves in the country. The move will mean not only a further shrink in the area for elephant movement but also lead […]
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‘Violates religious beliefs’: BJP lawmaker slams cops over 2.30am cremation
Nand Kishor Gurjar, a lawmaker of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday asked governor Anandiben Patel to act against officials, who he said, had denied the family of the Hathras gang-rape victim the right to perform her last rites. Gurjar, who represents Loni assembly constituency of Ghaziabad near […]
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ED files chargesheet against LeT chief Hafiz Saeed in terror funding case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, his deputy Shahid Mehmood, a Dubai-based funds manager Mohammad Kamran and a Delhi-based hawala operator Mohammad Salim in connection with its money laundering probe against outfit’s financial arm Falah-i-Insaniyat (FiF) Foundation. The agency had initiated […]
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14-year-old girl killed with stones, body dumped in field in UP’s Bhadohi
A 14-year-old girl was murdered and dumped in a field outside a village under Gopiganj police station area of Bhadohi district on Thursday noon, police said. The incident took place when the girl went out of her house for some work. “Relatives of the girl said she went outside for […]
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Nawaz Sharif talks of ‘missile reverse-engineering’ to tout military ties
In an attempt to demonstrate his ties with Pakistani military just days after hitting out at its leadership, ousted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed that his government had reverse-engineered a US cruise missile to develop the country’s own missile programme. Nawaz Sharif’s comments from London, where he is […]
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Critical moment, says PM Johnson, as new Covid-19 cases surge
After months of low numbers of new cases and deaths, a new real-time study showed higher prevalence of the coronavirus across the UK, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson describing the situation as a “critical moment”. As of Wednesday evening, 7,108 new cases were reported across the UK – more than […]
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International flights: New destinations, rules, relaxations in October
The Centre has not extended the ban on commercial, international passenger flights till October 31. Though a number of activities have resumed in the country in a phased manner, regular international flights are one of those which are still restricted. The restriction also owes to the embargos other countries have […]
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Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: A USSR relic simmering for a century
For almost four decades, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been battling over a piece of land situated in the mountainous region of south Caucasus. The dispute over Nagorno Karabakh that began in 1988 has over the years caused massive human rights violations, a severe refugee crisis and impacted the economies of […]
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Uttarakhand forest department to radio collar wild animals for study
Uttarakhand forest department authorities have initiated the process to put radio collars on five tigers, 10 elephants and 15 leopards in the hill state in a bid to study the animals’ movements and behaviorial pattern and also prevent the growing man-animal conflict. JS Suhag, chief wildlife warden, Uttarakhand, said that […]
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Sonet in flight mode as Kia Motors India records its highest-ever monthly sales
Kia Motors India registered a record performance in domestic sales charts in the month of September and sold 18,676 units here, its highest-ever since making India debut back in August of 2019. And while Seltos, its first product here, was driving the numbers up thus far, Sonet’s launch last month has provided a […]
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CSK CEO rubbishes reports of Asif breaching bio-bubble protocols
Chennai Super Kings fast bowler KM Asif did not breach the bio-secure bubble protocols set for the players in IPL 2020, confirmed CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan. He dismissed the reports of Asif breaching the protocols and said ‘the matter has been blown out of proportion’. Viswanathan said that there is a […]
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GST collection shows growth for the first time since March
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection, a tax on consumption, has shown the first sign of recovery in business activities since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown from March 25 with a 4% year-on-year growth at Rs 95,480 crore in the September, and a 10.4% jump over […]
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Sony PS Plus games for October revealed: Need for Speed Payback, Vampyr
Sony has announced its two new titles that are coming as a part of PS Plus games this month. And the titles are – Need for Speed: Payback and Vampyr. While one is a racing game, the other one is a RPG title. Both of these will be available starting […]
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Last nail in the coffin of Yogi government: Randeep Singh Surjewala
Quoting Lala Lajpat Rai, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday said the baton charge on Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi’s cavalcade will prove to be the last nail on the Yogi government’s rule in Uttar Pradesh. “Lala Lajpat Rai had said that every baton on my body will prove to […]
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Car falls in Uttarakhand’s Koteshwar dam; one body recovered, search on for other 3
The body of one of the four passengers (23), who were travelling by a car that had fallen into the backwaters of Koteshwar dam in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district, has been recovered while a search operation is in progress for the missing three. The missing persons are suspected to be dead […]