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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Tamil Nadu government’s plea against the National Green Tribunal’s order allowing mining major Vedanta access to the administrative unit inside its closed Sterlite Copper plant at Tuticorin and asked the NGT to “finally decide” the matter. A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra Read More…
Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo had an addition to the Humboldt penguin family, making it the first zoo in the country have Humboldt penguin chick hatched while in captivity. The chick that hatched at 8.02 pm on August 15 is in good health, according to the zoo authorities. The mother, Flipper, is doing fine as well, they Read More…
There are over 8,000 stations on the Indian Railway network and they are classified into seven categories: A-1, A, B, C, D, E and F based on their annual passenger revenue. The QCI survey looked at the 75 stations in the A-1 category and the 332 A category stations. India has 16 zones of Indian Read More…
On July 2, three priests were booked for rape and one for molestation. Fr Mathew is alleged to have used the woman’s church confession regarding a relationship she had with Fr Varghese, before and after her marriage, to intimidate and sexually abuse her. Last week, the Supreme Court cancelled interim protection from arrest provided to Read More…
He is a MBA and BPharma graduate and allegedly printed a fake appreciation letter supposedly received from former President Pranab Mukherjee to digitally market his book was arrested by the Delhi Police’s cyber cell on Thursday. Police said he was arrested from Bengaluru, almost a year after they received a complaint from Rashtrapati Bhawan. Police Read More…
Deoria’s superintendent of police Rohan P Kanay said Girija Tripathi, the manager of the Vidhvansani Mahila and Balika Sanrakshan Griha, and her husband Mohan were arrested after a raid by the local police late on Sunday. “During the raid, 18 of the total 42 women enrolled were found missing. We have arrested the women operator Read More…
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Police on Thursday arrested two of the eight men booked for allegedly raping a goat on July 25 at a village in Nuh district, earlier known as Mewat. The seven-year-old goat was pregnant and died the day after the assault, police said. The incident took place at Maroda village, which is around 73 kilometres south Read More…
The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill that restores the original provisions of the law, a demand of many Dalit rights groups, political parties, including members of the BJP and the ruling alliance. Bowing to intense pressure from Dalit rights activists, the Read More…
Saffron Hindutva preacher Baba aka Sudhir Makkar, undertaking his 25th Kanwar Yatra this year, is said to be wearing gold jewellery weighing around 20 kgs, which at today’s market price would be worth approximately Rs 6 crore. With each yatra, Makkar’s gold acquisitions have gone up, in 2016 he was sporting 12kgs of gold. Last Read More…
