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Boost green cover: LG, CM in joint call

Celebrating Van Mahotsav 2023, Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday made a joint call for increasing the Capital's green cover in the coming years even as they planted record 555,000 saplings across the city.

As Yamuna level set to rise, Delhi govt raises flood alert

After a forecast by Central Water Commission that Yamuna's water level might rise to 206.7 metre in Delhi by Sunday evening, revenue minister Atishi said certain parts of the Yamuna Khadar might face flooding.

Humidity persists, rains to bring relief this week

High humidity persisted in the Capital on Saturday along with higher than normal temperatures, snowballing into a sultry day, only made slightly bearable by windy conditions later in the evening.

22K SIM cards seized from cyber criminal in Jamtara

The Delhi Police earlier this month announced the arrest of 31-year-old man from West Bengal's Murshidabad, who illegally procured Indian and international SIM cards in bulk, activated them, and then sold them to cybercriminals operating from Jharkhand's Jamtara district and other parts of the country.

4 jail officials suspended day after Malik's SC visit

Four officials of jail number 7 at Tihar Central Jail were suspended on Saturday, a day after Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik was produced in the Supreme Court in connection with a terror funding case against him, which had prompted the solicitor general to write to the Union home secretary, who called it a major security lapse, and demanded action against the errant officials.

MCD may modify plan to build skyscraper near ITO

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is amending a plan to build Delhi's tallest skyscraper on Indraprastha Marg in central Delhi in view of objections raised by various agencies to the project, senior municipal officials said.

Tomatoes worth ₹3.5 lakh stolen in B'luru, couple arrested

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PM hurt self-respect of Raj: CM on Modi's speech; BJP hits back

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mentioning the state in his statement on the Manipur sexual assault incident, saying that the PM hurt the swabhiman (self-respect) of Rajasthan.

PM gives away over 70,000 job letters during Rozgar Mela

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that greed for power overrode national interest during the UPA government, wreaking havoc on the banking sector, but his dispensation has nursed it back to good financial health.

Outrage over Manipur assault mounts, minor among 2 held

A juvenile and a man, who were allegedly part of the mob that stripped and paraded two women naked in Manipur, were apprehended on Saturday, police said even as outrage and protests over the assault continued in different parts of the country.

G20 talks on energy transition collapse over renewable targets

The G20 failed on Saturday to reach consensus on critical climate issues such as trebling of renewable energy deployment and phasing down of fossil fuels, a chair's summary indicated, although India's minister for renewable added talks were still \"one of the most successful\" for the bloc, and that it laid down important groundwork ahead of the COP28 climate talks later this year.

Gambia govt task force says Indian syrup was behind children's deaths

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On Manipur incident, cops said things ‘calm'

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Yamuna flood threat looms over city again

Authorities began fanning out to localities close to expected evening the Yamuna, which is to swell by Sunday after states upstream received heavy rains, bringing back the threat of floods that threw life out of gear a little over a week ago.

Cummins faces heat as Oz wilt at Old Trafford

There are bad days, and then there's what Australia have endured on Days 2 and 3 of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford in Manchester.

Bumrah bowling with full intensity, Pant back in nets

Speedsters Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna, post their back surgeries, are close to full fitness, batters KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have resumed batting in the nets and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant, having made significant progress in his rehabilitation, has resumed batting and wicket-keeping in the nets, as per a medical update provided by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday.

Vedanta Q1 net profit falls 41% amid lower commodity prices

Vedanta Ltd posted a 41% drop from a year earlier in June quarter net profit at ₹3,308 crore amid lower commodity prices and higher finance costs.

Go First gets nod to resume flights with conditions

The civil aviation regulator has granted conditional approval for the Go First airline to resume flights with 15 aircraft or 114 daily flights in a respite to the airline that has been grounded since May after its owners filed for bankruptcy.

Sensex corrects 1.31%, most in four months

Equity benchmarks fell the most in four months on Friday, as investors booked profits in heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd ahead of its earnings release, and sold off shares of Infosys Ltd and Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) that posted weak earnings the previous day.

Sunak’s Conservatives suffer 2 vote routs but avoid wipeout

Voters weary of economic pain and political turmoil handed Britain's governing Conservatives two thumping defeats Friday in a trio of special elections that point toward likely defeat for the party in the next national election.

Minister tells Raj govt to focus on state, not Manipur; gets sacked

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday sacked Rajendra Gudha as a minister of state, hours after he urged the government to focus on the issue of women safety in the state instead of raising the issue of assault on women in Manipur.

Raigad landslide toll climbs to 22, 95 remain untraced

The search and rescue teams on Friday recovered six more bodies from the site of a landslide at Irshalwadi village in Raigad district of Maharashtra taking the death toll in the incident to 22 while 95 people were yet to be traced, officials said.

Consider Indian languages as teaching medium: CBSE

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday asked its affiliated schools to consider providing the option of Indian languages mentioned in Schedule 8 of the Constitution as a medium of instruction, in addition to the existing options, from pre-primary classes to Class 12.

Fresh consultation on UCC due to its importance: Meghwal to House

The Law Commission's view in 2018 that a uniform civil code (UCC) is \"neither necessary nor desirable at this stage\" was a part of a consultation paper and not a report, and the panel is now seeking fresh ideas and opinions from public and religious groups on the matter, the Union government said on Friday.

Balasore accident due to lapses in alteration of signalling-circuit: Min

Lapses while carrying out \"signalling-circuit alteration\", which was done during repair work close to Odisha's Balasore station in the past, led to the train tragedy that killed 295 people last month, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

SC notice on Rahul's appeal against no stay on conviction

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on an appeal filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against a Gujarat high court order that refused to put on hold his conviction and a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case, fixing August 4 to hear his plea for staying the guilty verdict. Gandhi was disqualified as a MP following the conviction.

SC SEEKS ED REPLY ON SENTHIL'S PLEA CHALLENGING HC ORDER ON ARREST

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife Megala challenging an order passed by the Madras high court that allowed the federal agency to take Balaji into custody in connection with a cash-for-job scam.

Will lay down norms for hearing of suits, says SC

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Manipur on edge after video of man's chopped head surfaces

A video showing a head on a spike emerged from Manipur on Friday, offering new evidence of the barbaric nature of the ethnic clashes in Manipur after footage appeared of women being paraded naked before they were allegedly gang-raped by a mob.

Houses of 2 who were part of mob set afire

Amid growing outrage against atrocities on women in Manipur, which is engulfed in ethnic violence since May 3, angry locals on Friday set ablaze the houses of two men who were allegedly a part of a mob that stripped and paraded naked three women two months ago, according to police officers aware of the details.