Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:10:25
The National Green Tribunal today passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate River Ganga, declaring as 'No-Development Zone' an area of 100 metres from the edge of the river between Haridwar and Unnao and prohibiting dumping of waste within 500 metres from the river.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also declared that an environment compensation of Rs 50,000 will be impo
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:07:32
The flood situation in Assam worsened today as five more deaths were reported in the deluge which has so far affected 17.2 lakh people in 24 districts.
The Brahmaputra river and its tributaries have submerged 2,500 villages, destroyed 1.06 lakh hectares of crop-land, damaged infrastructure by breaching the embankments and overrunning roads and bridges, thereby disrupting surface communication,
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:57:32
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) skipping the 86th Kashmir Martyrs Day, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that the BJP- People's Democratic Party (PDP) alliance is only there to stay in power and loot the state and have got nothing to do with the people of the Valley.
"It is obvious. They have nothing to do with this. They are only here to stay in power and loot t
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:55:25
A person was reportedly beaten up by a mob on suspicion of carrying beef in Nagpur's Bharsingi village.
The incident took place on Wednesday at 11.30 a.m.
Bharsingi comes under the jurisdiction of the Jalalakheda Police Station.
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:53:08
The Supreme Court will on Thursday continue hearing the Cauvery water dispute involving the tussle between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The apex court on July 11 commenced final hearing on the appeals filed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala against the 2007 Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) final award.
A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, had earlier directed the Ka
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:48:18
India's semifinal prospects suffered a massive setback after Australia cantered to a convincing eight-wicket win, riding on a superb batting show by their top-order in the ICC Women's World Cup here today.
Put into bat, opener Punam Raut's fighting century and a 69 from record-breaking skipper Mithali Raj enabled India to post a decent 226 for seven in their sixth group league encounter.
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:44:35
A report by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Prisons) D. Roopa has stated that former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) allegedly paid a bribe of Rs.2 crore to the prison officials, including the Director General himself, to avail special facilities.
The report comes amid rife speculations that Sasikala is receiving VIP treatment at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison where she
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:34:16
Minister Ramanath Rai paid visit to the house of Sharath, the RSS volunteer, who was murdered recently and consoled his father Taniyappa Madival, on 12th July, Wednesday.
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:15:27
Indians were among 11 foreign workers who were killed today in Saudi Arabia when a fire ripped through a windowless house they shared, media reports said.
The 11 workers killed and six injured in the blaze in southern Najran city were all from India and Bangladesh, the Saudi civil defence was quoted as saying by the Arab News.
"Firefighters put out a blaze in an old house lacking windows for
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