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DEHRADUN/HALDWANI/ALMORA/RUDRAPUR: In Uttarakhand, each monsoon brings devastation-roads wash away, homes collapse, and there is widespread destruction. This year, the monsoons have been particularly harsh, as the disasters at Dharali, Tharali, Harsil and Syanachatti show. Amid this annual havoc, children are among the most vulnerable, forced to study in crumbling govt schools despite crores being sanctioned…

MANGALURU/BENGALURU: In a surprising twist in the alleged mass burials case in Karnataka’s Dharmasthala, the SIT arrested the complainant-witness Saturday after cops found inconsistencies in his statements during questioning.He was produced before a judicial magistrate’s court in Belthangady, and remanded in SIT custody until Sept 3.The whistleblower, who had accused influential figures of rapes, murders…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo till Aug 25 in the Sambhal mosque row and issued notice to the Hindu petitioners. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar passed the orders.The top court was hearing an appeal filed by Masjid committee challenging an order of the Allahabad…

KOLKATA: Police filed the first chargesheet Saturday in the alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old law student at a Kolkata college, naming four men nearly two months after the main accused was arrested. The crime allegedly occurred June 25 between 7.30pm and 10.50pm in a security guard’s room on campus. Survivor’s complaint led to arrests…

HYDERABAD: Stating that marital discord within the confines of a warring couple’s home cannot be brought under the purview of the atrocity law, Telangana HC has quashed the criminal proceedings against a woman and her father under SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, pending before a Rangareddy district and sessions judge, reports…

NEW DELHI: BJP Saturday alleged Congress has systematically suppressed freedom of expression and pointed to the disclosure by former Samajwadi Party MP and Urdu journalist Shahid Siddiqui that late Congress neta Ahmed Patel pressured him not to publish an interview with then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and got SP to deny him a ticket for…

Space minister Jitendra Singh, along with Isro chairman V Narayanan and four Indian astronauts at Bharat Mandapam on National Space Day. NEW DELHI: Space minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday revealed during National Space Day that space technology played a significant role during Operation Sindoor.While mentioning the operation during which India launched missiles deep into Pakistan…

NEW DELHI: On the country’s second National Space Day, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that India has already reached the Moon and Mars, and now it is time we “must explore deeper regions of space”. Emphasising that these unexplored areas hold vital secrets for the future of humanity, the PM announced, “Beyond galaxies lies…

NEW DELHI: Government has temporarily suspended postal services to the US as US-bound air carriers have denied carrying shipments due to lack of clarity on new norms issued by American customs department, Ministry of Communications said Saturday.However, services will continue for letters, documents and gift items up to $100. The exempt categories will continue to…

NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar flagged trade, India-Pakistan mediation and the controversy over India’s purchase of oil from Russia as three issues that have complicated the relationship with the US. The minister ruled out any compromise on the red lines drawn by India in trade negotiations and on mediation while underscoring India’s position on…