The Indian wolf, commonly known as gray wolf, is found across India and Pakistan DEHRADUN: In a significant development in animal classification, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has for the first time evaluated the Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) separately, suggesting that it may be classified as a distinct species within the Canis…
GURGAON: A 21-year-old labourer died after being crushed under a pile of iron rods that fell from a trailer at a construction site near Ambience Mall on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred around 4 pm in the DLF 3 area, where a private company is constructing a multi-storey building. Rohit, who was from Parwani…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday once again reiterated his claim that he has played a key role in resolving several long-standing conflicts worldwide, including the dispute between India and Pakistan, as he flew to the Middle East.Trump also referred to the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, alluding that he would resolve the issue…
Trump’s 5% country cap on international students The White House has floated a funding-linked “compact” to a short list of elite universities: Accept a package of conditions and enjoy preferred access to federal money. Among those conditions, the most combustible for Indian families is a double cap on international undergraduates—no more than 15% of the…
NEW DELHI: A mix of anticipation and anxiety has gripped Delhi with the Supreme Court hinting that it may allow the sale of green crackers in the city just a week before Diwali. The apex court is likely to deliver its verdict on Monday. While many residents welcomed the prospect of fireworks returning to the…
Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad ALAPPUZHA: Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad on Saturday claimed the growing menace of wild boars destroying crops could be tackled more effectively if people were allowed to consume their meat. Speaking at a programme organised by the Paalamel village panchayat in this coastal district, Prasad said the existing central law,…
CHANDIGARH: Police on Sunday pressed a more stringent section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case related to the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following strong objections from his wife Amneet Kumar.Amneet had accused police of “diluting” the case by invoking Section 3(1)(r) of the…
NASHIK: A half-hour trek uphill, a line of women waiting in the midday heat for an OTP that rarely arrives. Their eyes fixed on a phone tied to a tree – praying for a single bar of signal. Digital welfare dream meets patchy network reality in the tribal heartland of Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district as hundreds…
Lucknow: The Lucknow police killed a wanted criminal carrying a Rs 1.5 lakh reward, Guru Sevak in a late night encounter on Sunday.The accused was wanted in the sensational murder and vehicle loot of cab driver Yogesh Pal, a resident of Budheshwar in Unnao, whose body was discovered in Sitapur on Sept 29. Guru Sevak…
3 held in MBBS student gang rape case DURGAPUR: Three suspects were arrested early Sunday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old MBBS student of a private medical college in Bengal’s Durgapur, police said. The accused – Sheikh Riyazuddin, Apu Barui, and Firdaus Sheikh – were picked up from their homes at…
