New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday said no permission has been granted to any individual or organisation to hold a protest or gathering at Jantar Mantar over reservation reforms and warned people against assembling there based on “misleading” social media posts. This comes after several videos and posts surfaced on social media calling upon people…
Guwahati: Assam’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary has recorded its first-ever sighting of the rare migratory Smew (Mergellus albellus), marking a conservation milestone for the protected area, Forest and Climate Change Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said on Sunday. Alongside the Smew, teams also recorded the endangered Bengal Florican, highlighting the sanctuary’s growing importance as a safe habitat…
Paradip: A Panama-flagged cargo ship with 24 crew members, mostly Chinese, on board sank in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, about 240 nautical miles off the Odisha coast, officials said. Twenty of the crew members on the ship, MV Ocean Winner, were Chinese, three Myanmarese and one Bangladeshi, they said. The ship was heading…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced that the fourth Saturday of August will be observed as ‘Garima Diwas’ in order to create awareness of the safety and security of sanitation workers and strengthen their social security. Majhi said this while addressing a national workshop on “Mission Zero – Ending Fatality in Sanitation Work”…
Pune: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he has faced abuse for years for questioning the government on issues it dislikes, but asserted that he would not be “straightened up”. Gandhi made the remarks while interacting with Bhojpuri singer Neha Rathore, known for her satirical songs criticising the government, during his party’s youth outreach…
New Delhi: An estimated 8.7 crore Indian youth aged 15 to 29 are not studying, working, or receiving training, a recent Niti Aayog report said, highlighting the urgent need for subsidised training programmes to encourage self-employment and align with local demand and emerging sectors. The Aayog, in the report titled ‘Reimagining Skilling for Viksit Bharat@2047’,…
Mumbai: The BJP on Saturday dubbed Rahul Gandhi’s student event in Pune as “Paise Ki Goonj”, alleging that the Congress had paid social media influencers to mobilise crowds, triggering a fiery response from the Opposition, which claimed the saffron party feared the growing Gen Z support. While BJP spokesperson Navnath Ban alleged that the Congress…
Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held a key meeting with senior hill leaders at a hotel in Sukna in the Darjeeling foothills on his third and final day of his north Bengal visit. The meeting is expected to address the agenda of finding a “permanent political solution” to the long-standing issues of…
New Delhi: India and the UK on Friday agreed to expand bilateral exchanges between the armed forces of the two countries through joint exercises, training and capacity building, as both sides held a key dialogue in Delhi. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh co-chaired the 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting with Permanent Under Secretary…
Gonda (UP): Launching a scathing attack on yoga guru Ramdev on Friday, former BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said the campaign originally launched by him in the name of “swadeshi” has now extended to include spurious products and foreign goods. Throwing a challenge to Ramdev to hold a protest, Singh said if the yoga guru…
