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Raj forest dept to probe disappearance of tigers

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan forest department on Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations that around 25 tigers were missing from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Sawai Madhopur.

Minister booked for 'threatening' officer probing mining case

BENGALURU: Police have booked Union minister HD Kumaraswamy after a senior officer investigating a mining case against the JD(S) leader accused him of intimidation.

Green nod obtained with fake docs: Panel

THE ST PANEL RECOMMENDED THAT THE FOREST CLEARANCE GRANTED TO THE COAL PROJECT BE ANNULLED FOR THREE VILLAGES IN CHATTISGARH

Quota, farmers in focus of new INDIA bloc promises

Key features of manifesto

Why should Wiki not be treated as publisher: Govt

NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has issued a notice to Wikipedia citing numerous complaints of bias and inaccuracies in information provided by it, asking why it should not be treated as a publisher instead of an intermediary, news agencies PTI and ANI reported on Tuesday.

SC clarifies principles of eminent domain doctrine

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's Constitution bench ruling on Tuesday clarified the principles surrounding eminent domain, a legal doctrine that allows the government to take private property for public use, often with compensation.

Post ultimatum, rebels face MVA, Mahayuti heat

RULING MAHAYUTI ALLIANCE IS GRAPPLING WITH 18 WHILE THE OPPOSITION ALLIANCE OF MVA HAS 22 REBELS IN THE FRAY

'I should stop somewhere': Pawar hints at retirement after RS term

PUNE: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar indicated on Tuesday that he was contemplating retirement from his six-decade-long career in legislative politics.

'BJP trying to plunder J'khand resources': Kharge in fresh attack

RANCHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being \"jhootho ke sardar (head of liars)\" and alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to grab power to plunder Jharkhand's mineral resources as it has no intention to ensure the welfare of people in the poll-bound state.

One terrorist killed, two soldiers injured in J&K

SRINAGAR: An unidentified terrorist was killed while two security personnel were injured in an encounter in the Bandipora district of Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.

Woman attacked by auto driver with brick, critical

Police have arrested the 25-year-old auto-rickshaw driver for attacking the 38-year-old woman with a brick during a robbery attempt last week, leaving her with a fractured skull

Indians hold protests day after violence near temple in Canada

TORONTO: Thousands of Indo-Canadians on Monday protested against the attack on a Hindu temple in the Greater Toronto Area before dispersing as police declared their assembly \"unlawful\" and deployed armed personnel in riot gear to clear the protesters, fuelling anger.

Winter appearances

Three hawkers in the Millennium City

43RD EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR FROM NOV 14 TO 27

NEW DELHI: The 43rd edition of the India International Trade Fair will be launched in the Bharat Mandapam on November 14 with the \"Viksit Bharat-2047\" theme, senior officials from India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) said.

DJB worker, 24, found dead in drain chamber

A 24-year-old contractual labourer employed by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was found dead inside a 21-foot deep drain chamber in Anand Vihar on Monday, police said on Tuesday.

1,670 trees were chopped in Ridge: FSI tells top court

How many trees felled?

HC notice on plea by father of victim in Rajendra Ngr case

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notice in a plea filed by the father of one of three IAS aspirants who drowned in a waterlogged basement of a coaching centre in west Delhi's Rajendra Nagar seeking directions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to preserve footage of the CCTV cameras installed in and around the coaching centre.

Cop among 2 crushed by speeding DTC bus

NEW DELHI: An allegedly speeding Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus swerved onto a pavement late on Monday night, killing a 24-year-old on-duty Delhi Police constable and a 23-year-old man, before crashing into a divider on Ring Road near Monastery Market in north Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

'Very poor' air chokes Delhi 3rd day running

Delhi's air quality remained perilously close to plunging into the \"severe\" category, marking a third consecutive day in the higher end of the \"very poor\" range on Tuesday.

BJP says CPWD will probe Flag Staff row

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Delhi assembly, Vijender Gupta, on Tuesday said that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), while acting on his complaint seeking probe into \"illegal construction\" at 6, Flag Staff Road during the stay of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, has directed the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to probe the allegations.

CM: 1,000+ Chhath ghats to ensure that devotees have access near their homes

NEW DELHI: Chief minister Atishi announced on Tuesday that over 1,000 Chhath ghats have been prepared across the city, ensuring access to devotees within a 1-2km radius of their homes, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party slammed the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government over high levels of pollution in the Yamuna.

A.O. Hume, Wayanad and a gold rush in 1878

Wayanad saved the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi in 2019, when its voters exercised their franchise overwhelmingly in favour of the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha election; he lost his family borough, Amethi—ensuring that he stayed in Parliament.

In a boost to madrasas, SC overturns HC ruling

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the Allahabad high court's March ruling that declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act unconstitutional in a verdict that came as a big boost to the minority institutions, even as it underlined the critical role of State oversight in educational standards in recognised madrasas.

Bandhavgarh elephants died after eating infected kodo millets: Toxicology report

Ten elephants who died near Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, last week were killed on account of eating a surfeit of fungus-infected kodo millet, a toxicology report confirmed on Monday, ruling out foul play in the deaths that shocked the country and raised serious questions about the safety of pachyderms.

Delhi woman hit with a brick by auto driver

THE WOMAN LAY IN A POOL OF BLOOD TILL 7.30AM ON SATURDAY, WHEN A PASSERBY NOTICED HER AND CALLED THE POLICE

MSP hike, million jobs in 7 Jharkhand pledges by INDIA

RANCHI: The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Tuesday released its manifesto for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly polls, pledging seven guarantees including a million job opportunities, a 1932 land record-based domicile policy, ₹2,500 for women and higher minimum support prices.

Two judges object to CJI's view on justice Krishna Iyer doctrine

NEW DELHI: The momentous ruling by the Supreme Court on property rights and the interpretation of \"material resources of the community\" under Article 39 of the Constitution did not just involve intense legal debate on the evolving economic landscape of India, but also revealed a stark division among the judges on the nine-judge bench.

India enters race for 2036 Olympic Games

NEW DELHI: India has formally entered the race to become the host nation for the 2036 Olympics, submitting an \"expression of interest\" to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hold sport's biggest global event 12 years from now.

Tree-felling defence by LG fails to convince SC

SC VOICED ITS DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER THE LG ACTUALLY WASN'T AWARE ABOUT THE FELLING OF TREES IN THE RIDGE AREA OF THE CAPITAL

Palestinian PM Resigns Citing 'New Reality' Of War In Gaza

The United States and other powers have called for a reformed Palestinian Authority to take charge of all Palestinian territories after the end of war