JAIPUR: The high-tech surveillance system installed to track big cats and curb poaching in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve has virtually collapsed, with only one of the 12 cameras still functional. Installed under the Wildlife Surveillance and Anti-Poaching System (WS&APS), the network was designed to cover nearly 942 sq km, around 71% of the reserve.“Eleven cameras are…
NEW DELHI: India and China should not allow the boundary question that was left over from the past to define current ties, nor let specific differences affect comprehensive bilateral cooperation, said Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong.Speaking on the anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China, Xu said both countries should firmly oppose “hegemony, power…
Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: In an unusual order, Delhi high court directed two squabbling neighbours to serve pizza and buttermilk to children at a govt-run institution as a condition for quashing the FIRs they filed against each other after altercation over their pets turned into a scuffle.Justice Arun Monga observed recently that continuing the…
NHRC had directed a criminal and financial probe with focus on alleged illegal recruitments and fraudulent use of madrassa land grants PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has stayed an inquiry by the economic offences wing (EOW) of Uttar Pradesh Police against 558 govt-aided madrassas in the state.The probe was being conducted in compliance with directions…
HYDERABAD: The banned CPI (Maoist)’s central committee has ordered senior neta Mallojula Venugopal, 69, to immediately surrender his weapons, warning that People’s Guerrilla Army would forcibly seize them if he failed to comply.Venugopal, also known as Sonu and Bhupati, recently expressed readiness to lay down arms. Party netas dismissed his remarks as false propaganda aimed…
Jojari’s water is used for drinking and farming in parts of Thar NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of media reports about lives and livelihood of two million people being adversely impacted by severe pollution of Jojari river near Jodhpur because of discharge of untreated waste water by more than 400…
NEW DELHI: An expert appraisal committee of the Union environment ministry has granted clearance to the 2,220MW Oju hydroelectric project located in a strategically important region in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district bordering China. One of the largest run-of-river hydro projects in India, it will cost around Rs 25,000 crore and is likely to take…
The eruption on Barren Island India’s only active volcano located on the uninhabited Barren Island in Andaman Sea erupted on Sept 20, presenting a visual extravaganza rare for south Asia. The episode was in fact the result of an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 that hit the region two days before the event.Though the eruption was…
Members of Rampur’s Team Leonine in action MEERUT: In Rampur, a city better known for its royal past, a group of young men has turned remnants of that history into something else. Disused courtyards, locked playgrounds and Nawabi-era structures aren’t tourist spots – they’re practice grounds. For nearly two decades, a group of self-taught athletes…
Indian author Kiran Desai (File photo) LONDON: Booker Prize -winning Indian author Kiran Desai is a favorite to win the coveted fiction trophy for a second time with her first novel in two decades. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is on a US-dominated six-book shortlist announced Tuesday by a judging panel that includes Irish…
