Thick plumes of smoke still rose skywards from Ghazipur landfill on Monday, hours after a major fire broke out there. According to the Delhi Fire Service, the landfill witnessed a big fire Sunday evening due to the gases produced in the massive mountain of waste. Complaints of throat and breathing irritation were received from several … Read more
A mobile cremator using LPG cylinders was employed by residents of Thoothukudi as the local cemetery became unusable after the recent flood that struck southern Tamil Nadu. The residents were forced to seek alternative options as the incessant rain rendered all 12 crematoriums allocated to people from different castes useless. Ganesan, a resident of Thoothukudi … Read more
Nara Lokesh with folk dancers during Yuvagalam padayatra in Tuni Assembly constituency in Kakinada district on Saturday. Telugu Desam Party national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Saturday assured that the TDP would attract more companies to the Kakinada Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) to guarantee more employment opportunities for those who parted with their land for … Read more
People queue outside Bakshi stadium in Srinagar on Tuesday to attend Independence day function in Srinagar on August 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The J&K administration on Saturday said 36.85 lakh locals, around 29% of the Union Territory’s population, participated in the Independence Day functions this year and termed the feat “a historic milestone”. … Read more
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at Neh-Pema Shelpu Drupkhang on April 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: Rahul Karmakar GUWAHATI A Colonel in the Indian Army apparently sowed the seeds of a Buddhism-Sikhism dispute near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh 36 years ago. On April 24, the National Commission for Minorities sought a … Read more
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Four people were injured in a clash between pilgrims and local people during a fair in the Sikh pilgrim town of Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh,” officials said on March 6. Certain remarks made by the two sides against each other triggered the clash … Read more
February 02, 2023 11:05 pm | Updated February 03, 2023 12:15 am IST – SRINAGAR/JAMMU Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Tehreek supporters stage a protest in Srinagar on February 2, 2023 against the administration’s land eviction drive across the Kashmir Valley. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid growing protests over the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor administration’s … Read more
Army bomb disposal team arrived after an explosion, in Dangri village in Rajouri district, on January 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Locals had reported militant sightings in Rajouri and the intelligence agencies had also raised an alarm about a likely ‘fidayeen’ attack days ahead of the Dangri attack, which left six civilians dead in … Read more
In Rajasthan’s Pali district, scores of villagers turned up on Saturday to draw a boundary around their village using a concoction made from cow urine, milk and holy water which they will believe will keep Covid-19 at bay. Villagers claim it’s a decades’ old tradition as per which a line using the concoction is drawn … Read more
Hundreds gathered outside the Dehradun Airport on Sunday to demonstrate against the proposed felling of more than 10,000 trees. Seen holding placards that read ‘Save Thano’, the demonstrators were also seen hugging the trees. The demonstration was triggered by Uttarakhand government’s decision to seek the National Wildlife Board’s approval for transfer of 243 acres of … Read more