NEW DELHI: India will have 13 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves with the UN body on Saturday designating the country’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve for that list. Twenty-six new sites have been added during the fifth World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (WCBR) in Hangzhou, China. This is India’s first high-altitude cold desert biosphere reserve and one of…
Tauqeer Raza; Harjit Kaur Cracking down a day after violent protests in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, police on Sunday detained cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan, chief of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council, who had called for a protest in support of the ‘I love Muhammad’ campaign. The clash between demonstrators and police broke out following Friday prayers in the…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the govt’s scheme to provide Rs 10,000 to 75 lakh women in Bihar, alleging that he is engaging in “vote revdi” alongside “vote chori”. Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said that while PM Modi criticised the Karnataka govt’s Griha Lakshmi scheme, which…
BMW crash accused Gaganpreet Kaur NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Patiala court on Saturday granted bail to accused Gaganpreet Kaur in connection BMW accident case which killed Navjot Singh, deputy secretary in the ministry of finance on September 14.The court granted bail to Kaur on a bond of Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of the same…
Tej Pratap Yadav, Tejashvi Yadav (PTI photos) Tej Pratap Yadav, who recently floated his new party Jan Shakti Janta Dal, has launched an attack on RJD, his ancestral party from which he was sidelined.Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the eldest son of Lalu Prasad Yadav slammed RJD leader and his younger brother Tejashwi on the…
Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman who spent 30 years in the United States, shared her ordeal with the ICE after she was arrested and deported to India.“Their behaviour was very bad. I was arrested on 8 September… I was arrested and taken to…
NEW DELHI: Actor-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay claimed that the DMK has underground dealings with the BJP, suggesting that voting for the DMK is effectively voting for the BJP. TVK leader Vijay conducted a campaign in Namakkal on Saturday, where thousands of supporters had gathered since the morning. Even five individuals fainted in…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh DGP Dr SD Singh Jamwal on Saturday briefed about the September 24 violence, which saw violent protests, with 17 CRPF personnel injured and over 70 civilians hurt in stone-pelting and clashes between protesters and authorities. ‘5000-6000 strong group marched and damaged government buildings’ Speaking about the unrest, he described how “a 5000-6000…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) Rajiv Krishna on Saturday said that ensuring rule of law is essential to achieving the state’s development goals under the Viksit Uttar Pradesh Vision 2047 initiative. Speaking at the Times of India’s Viksit Uttar Pradesh Vision 2047 Conclave, the DGP underlined the role of policing in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: Accusing the Congress of looting the people of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the party had even taxed low-income groups while the BJP government has worked to provide relief.Addressing a public meeting in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district, where he launched development projects worth…
