NEW DELHI: An advisory panel of the environment ministry has given in-principle approval for diversion/de-notification of protected forest land for multiple projects in different states. These include the diversion of more than 109 hectares of forest land in West Bengal for a coal mine and de-notification of over 1,501 hectares of reserve forest land for…
AGRA: A 12-year-old girl suffered permanent vision loss in one eye after her aunt allegedly attacked her with a steel hairband in a fit of rage after the former accidentally dropped the latter’s infant daughter on the ground while playing. The girl, a Class 8 student, is undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical…
NEW DELHI: International military aviation analysts and historians have backed Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh’s recent assertion that during Operation Sindoor the IAF shot down at least five Pakistani air force jets and one big airborne early warning aircraft.Amid denials by Pakistan, Tom Cooper, renowned Austria-based aerial warfare expert has said that what ACM…
WASHINGTON: The US government noted abuses in India and Pakistan in a shortened human rights report released on Tuesday that said India “took minimal credible steps” to combat the abuses while Pakistan “rarely took credible steps.” The Trump administration scaled back the annual US govt report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar Tuesday criticised orders by some civic bodies to shut slaughterhouses and meat shops on Aug 15, calling such bans wrong.“These restrictions are imposed on faith-related occasions like Ashadhi Ekadashi, Mahashivratri, or Mahavir Jayanti. Maharashtra has people who eat both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food,” he said. “If it is an…
Kanpur: A 33-year-old man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting and killing his 14-year-old cousin, hours after she tied a rakhi on him. The accused, Surjeet, had visited his uncle’s home on Rakshabandhan.Police said that later that night, he allegedly attacked the girl and tried to pass it off as…
MUMBAI: On a day the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation reiterated it would not withdraw its order to shut slaughterhouses and meat shops on Aug 15, more corporations – Kolhapur, Ichalkaranji, Nashik and Jalgaon – issued similar directives.Maharashtra CMDevendra Fadnavis said the decision was not taken by the Mahayuti govt but by an earlier govt in…
A para-athlete was among two people who died on Sunday morning during treatment, 19 days after being bitten by a rabid dog in Chinched village, Balangir district.Para-athlete Jogendra Chhatria (26) and Hrusikesh Rana (43) were attacked by a stray dog on July 23 while heading to the village pond for a bath. The dog first…
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NEW DELHI: The commerce and finance ministries are in dialogue for the Rs 2,250 crore export promotion mission, with the Expenditure Finance Committee expected to take it up soon, an official said on Wednesday.The mission was part of budget announcements but has gathered urgency in the wake of the possible adverse impact of US tariffs…
