New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi “lacks comprehensive data” on dairy farms and ‘gaushalas’ in areas under its jurisdiction, an NGT panel said asking the civic authorities to carry out a complete inventory of the dairy farms by June 30. The solid-waste monitoring committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which recently held a review…
New Delhi: Noting that India has offered a lot to the common heritage of mankind, Spanish Ambassador Jose Maria Ridao has said his country is keen to expand bilateral cultural ties, especially by organising shared activities here. He noted that while Spain is a small country, it too has contributed to this common heritage and that…
Maharajganj/Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday claimed goons and the mafia used to forcibly occupy the land of the poor under previous governments but now, the state is free of anarchy and there is rule of law. He also alleged that earlier, the SP, BSP and the Congress used to hand pistols…
Bhopal: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has found alleged “diversion” of crores of rupees and misappropriation of church assets as part of a money laundering probe against an arrested former bishop of the Church of North India (CNI) in Madhya Pradesh. The former bishop, P C Singh, was arrested by the ED last month…
Gonda (UP): Facing allegations of sexual harassment by seven women wrestlers, WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Saturday said he is ready for “any kind of investigation” but won’t resign from his post as it would mean he has accepted the charges against him. “I am completely innocent and have full faith in Supreme Court…
New Delhi: Rekha Singh, wife of Naik Deepak Singh who was killed in the Galwan Valley clashes in 2020, has been commissioned into the Indian Army as a Lieutenant, officials said on Saturday. She has been posted to a frontline base along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, they said Lt Singh…
New Delhi: For the first time, the Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its artillery regiment. The women officers have joined the Regiment of Artillery after successfully completing their training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on Saturday. Military sources said the women officers who joined the Regiment of Artillery are Lt…
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed solidarity with protesting wrestlers after meeting them at Jantar Mantar here on Saturday and accused the government of “protecting” WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women grapplers. The Congress general secretary also called for the Wrestling Federation of…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the deaths of two teenage girls in separate incidents in West Bengal and said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should resign as women are no longer safe in the state under the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) rule. One of the victim girls was allegedly raped and…
New Delhi: The Congress urged the Election Commission (EC) on Friday to ban Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls for their alleged derogatory statements against the minority community that create an atmosphere of communal disharmony. A delegation of Congress leaders, including…
