Need infrastructure, but can’t deforest our way to prosperity: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi | Deforestation is the wrong way to prosperity and it would haunt the people in the form of ecological imbalance, former Union Minister Jairam...
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Water works unit shut temporarily, water crisis looms large on Agra
Agra| Agra is likely to face water shortage as one of the city’s two water works unit shut down on Thursday for cleaning and maintenance...
Uttarakhand govt sets up panel to examine objections about Kedarnath
Dehradun| The Uttarakhand government has constituted a panel headed by Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj to look into objections being raised about upcoming film Kedarnath, a...
Fitch slashes India growth forecast to 7.2 percent on reduced credit availability
New Delhi | Fitch Ratings Thursday slashed India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.2 percent for current fiscal, from 7.8 percent projected in September, citing higher financing...
Odisha Police planning to send team to Bengal to verify religous conversion claim
Bhubaneswar | Odisha Police is planning to send a team to West Bengal to verify claims of religious conversion being carried out by an NGO at...
CBI vs CBI: “Why did Centre not consult Selection Committee before Verma’s removal?” asks CJI Ranjan Gogoi
The CBI director and the special director were fighting like “Kilkenny cats”, exposing the country’s premier investigating agency to “public ridicule”, the government said. ...
Babri mosque demolition anniversary: Ayodhya seers seek divine intervention for Ram temple
The Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit is pending in the Supreme Court, which will decide the schedule of hearing in January. Ayodhya| Seers in the temple...
SC denies urgent hearing of plea demanding investigation of Rtd Justice Kurian Joseph’s media interview
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a demand of investigation into retired SC Judge Justice Kurian Joseph’s media interview. Lawyer Shashank Singh...
UP CM Adityanath meets family of Inspector Subodh Singh killed in Bulandshahr violence
Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met the family of the police inspector Subodh Singh who was killed in the Bulandshahr...
BJD leaders to meet 22 parties over women’s reservation
The development came a day after BJD chief Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate steps to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill, in Parliament....