The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested the district commandant of the Home Guard in Lucknow for preparing fake documents showing inflated attendance and forging signatures of station house officer to get salaries disbursed, causing huge loss to the state exchequer. The commandant has been identified as Kripa Shanker. Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Lucknow, Kalanidhi […]
India are set to play their maiden Day-Night Test at the historic Eden Gardens starting Friday and one man who played a crucial rule in convincing skipper Virat Kohli to agree to play a pink ball Test against Bangladesh is none other than current Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly. […]
The Centre on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that it was serious about the health of the state-owned telecommunication company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and is set to “revive” it and make it “profitable”. The announcement was made during Question Hour in the Lower House by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who holds the […]
For the first time since Article 370 was scrapped on August 5, most shops in Kashmir opened through the day. Last week’s snowfall in Kashmir spurred the opening up of shops and other businesses. Kashmir has been witnessing a shutdown since August 5 with shops opening only for a couple of hours in the morning […]
It was a harrowing time for Delhi police on Monday in the national capital. While controlling the JNU students, who took to the streets against the fee hike, Delhi Police forgot to look after other areas where jams are commonplace. The police had the inputs about other protests happening in the city, but it chose […]
Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) that is seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue, has been a member of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). His son, Umar Khalid, 32, was named in the JNU sedition case of […]
A deadly game of survival is on in the Sambhar lake of Rajasthan for decades — salt versus birds. The result came a few days back: thousands of birds were seen floating dead in the lake and their carcasses scattered on the edge of the 12 km catchment area. The dead birds seen floating in […]
Failing to quell concerns of tribals on displacement from forest land, the government on Friday said it has decided to withdraw a draft for possible amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government has withdrawn the draft circulated as it was collated by officials to discuss an amalgamation of […]
Abdul Jabbar, whose name had for 35 years become synonymous with Bhopal gas tragedy survivors’ battle for better rehabilitation deal and health facilities, died on Thursday — in near penury and for want of proper treatment in over two months’ hospitalisation. The 62-year-old activist, who fought for justice for nearly 20,000 victims and thousands of […]
The air pollution emergency in Delhi persisted on Thursday with an overall air quality index (AQI) of 470 in the severe plus category. The PM 10 count is also in the severe plus category at 496 and PM 2.5 count at 324. The Delhi AQI is almost at Wednesday’s level which clocked an overall count […]