More tourists bring in more trash on Vanjangi Hill

More tourists bring in more trash on Vanjangi Hill

Plastic water bottles and other trash strewn around by visitors being cleared as part of a cleanliness drive at Vanjangi Hill, Paderu, in Alluri Sitarama Raju district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Heaps of plastic waste and other garbage has been collected from the hill top and the surroundings of ‘Vanjangi Hill’ in the last … Read more

Hill highway project will improve tourism prospects: Minister

Hill highway project will improve tourism prospects: Minister

Minister for Public Works P.A. Mohamed Riyas on Monday said the completion of the ongoing hill highway project in Kozhikode would help improve the tourism prospects of the district. Opening the construction works of the Thalayad-Malappuram stretch of the road project at Kattippara, he pointed out that the State government had already succeeded in completing … Read more

Rahul Gandhi extends Ladakh tour, to visit Kargil ahead of hill council polls

Rahul Gandhi extends Ladakh tour, to visit Kargil ahead of hill council polls

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi extended his Ladakh tour by six days. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday extended his Ladakh tour by six days and will meet the youth leaders and address a public gathering in Kargil.  Mr. Gandhi’s change in his otherwise two-day tour comes just weeks ahead of … Read more

Govt. not trying to impose Bengali on students, says Minister after hill leaders oppose priority language terms

Govt. not trying to impose Bengali on students, says Minister after hill leaders oppose priority language terms

A day after the West Bengal Cabinet led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee approved a three-language formula where students across State-run schools in classes V-VIII, will have to study Bengali as a priority language, State Education Minister Bratya Basu on August 8 said that that government does not wish to impose Bengali. The Minister said that … Read more

2 killed, 3 injured as giant rocks sliding from hill crush cars in Nagaland

2 killed, 3 injured as giant rocks sliding from hill crush cars in Nagaland

Two persons were killed and three others injured as giant rocks slid and crushed their cars in Nagaland’s Chumoukedima district. Photo: ANI Two persons were killed and three others injured as giant rocks slid and crushed their cars in Nagaland’s Chumoukedima district on Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident happened amid heavy rains on National … Read more

High Court seeks information on Hill Fort palace restoration work

High Court seeks information on Hill Fort palace restoration work

The Hill Fort Palace. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Telangana High Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the officials concerned failing to explain the steps taken to restore and conserve the Hill Fort palace, a heritage structure. A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy, hearing a PIL petition seeking restoration … Read more

Hill State People’s Democratic Party, a BJP ally, pushes for bifurcation of Meghalaya

Hill State People’s Democratic Party, a BJP ally, pushes for bifurcation of Meghalaya

The HSPDP wants Meghalaya to be divided between the Garo community and the Khasi-Jaintia communities. GUWAHATI A regional constituent of the ruling alliance has taken the lead in pushing for the bifurcation of poll-bound Meghalaya. Meghalaya is one of three north-eastern States where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in February and March 2023. … Read more

Capitol Hill Fox That Bit 9 People Tests Positive for Rabies

Capitol Hill Fox That Bit 9 People Tests Positive for Rabies

April 7, 2022 – A red fox responsible for biting at least nine people on Capitol Hill tested positive for rabies, according to the District of Columbia Department of Health. The animal, which was captured early this week by Capitol Hill police, was euthanized Wednesday, a procedure that is required under Washington, DC, law for … Read more