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Coexisting with Wild Animals is Possible

It felt like anything could have happened on that dark night.

Was 25 mins away from jaws of death, says Hasina

A voice note from former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, detailing how she and her sister Rehana narrowly escaped death when they fled the country last August, has been shared online by her party, Awami League.

Property Rights Will Help End Rural Poverty: Modi

PM distributes over 65 lakh property cards under SVAMITVA scheme

Ghora mandi: David on sale, asking price ₹21 cr

Another eye-catcher: 69-inch-tall white equine

Surreal Salvador Comes to Town

The interiors of a new restaurant in Bengaluru is an eccentric interpretation of the outlier artist's chaotic genius

Indusind Bank CFO Gobind Jain resigns

GOBIND JAIN, chief financial officer of the private sector lender Indusind Bank, has put in his paper \"to pursue other professional opportunities,\" the bank said in an exchange filing on Saturday.

PMK blames VCK for petrol-bomb attack on three, cops deny charge

A petrol bomb attack on January 16 that left three men, claimed to be PMK cadre, with severe burns injuries, took a casteist and political turn on Saturday, with PMK president Dr Ramadoss and his son Anbumani Ramadoss linking the attackers to Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK).

Cong Committed To Caste Census Across India: Rahul

Says ready to suffer political loss, calls Bihar caste survey 'fake'

Ramaswamy Plans to Run for Ohio Governor's Post

INDIAN American entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy plans to run for Ohio governor, multiple media reports said Friday.

CBI court convicts IG, 7 other cops in custodial death case in Himachal

A special CBI court here on Saturday convicted the Himachal Pradesh inspector general of police and seven other policemen in the custodial death of an accused in the gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Himachal Pradesh's Kotkhai in 2017.

Hyundai, TVS to make 3W, micro 4W for Indian mkt

Korean co to offer design, engg, tech; Chennai co to do mfg, mktg

Jaishankar: Trump in power may have major impact on global order

TWO days before representing India at President Donald Trump's inauguration, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said it is \"an event that is expected to have profound consequences for the global order.\"

Only 3% of doctors who applied for NMR enrolment got registered: RTI

ONLY 3 per cent of MBBS doctors who had applied for registration in the National Medical Register (NMR), launched by Union Health Minister JP Nadda with much fanfare five months ago, have been enrolled so far, as per a RTI reply.

Local Help To Success

With Indian singles shuttlers struggling, badminton officials are looking inwards for local coaches to spark revival. Anmol Gurung tries to find out BAI's plan...

Cong to reclaim bungalow 7 at Jantar Mantar Road

THE Congress may soon initiate 'systematic' and 'serious' efforts to take over properties belonging to the party before its split in 1969, including the erstwhile head office at bungalow number 7 on Jantar Mantar Road.

Gaza Truce Deal Was Uncertain Till Last Minute

THE breakthrough ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was stitched together just minutes before the press conference announcing it, sources told BBC.

Action against officials for Maiyan Samman Yojana irregularities in Jharkhand

IN a crackdown on irregularities in Maiyan Samman Yojana, the Hemant Soren government's flagship scheme for women, IDs of three computer operators in Jharkhand's Garhwa have been cancelled.

Collector Gave Up Chair at Jallikattu to Save Her Seat

MADURAI District Collector gave up her seat to Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's son Inbanidhi during the jallikattu event in Alanganallur on Thursday to maintain and reserve her position as the collector, said Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Saturday.

1,125 Agreements Inked at Int'l Fair; Stalin Releases 30 Translated Books

Let us hope our writers will not just aim for Jnanpith award but also Nobel prize, says Stalin

TikTok to 'go dark' in US today as SC upholds bans

TikTok said it will have to 'go dark' this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won't enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

When A Worker Leads To Unshackle Chains

When 56-year-old S Selvam, a daily wager laborer belonging to the Irular community, asked his employer for permission to visit his newly-born grandson, he was met with a resounding ‘No.’ When he insisted, Selvam was abused with caste-based slurs. For even the slightest slip-ups, he and his fellow workers would be brutally beaten up. The dooming reality dawned on him. He was seen as less than human, enslaved by bonded labor.

Lalu Passes RJD Baton to Tejashwi Ahead of Election

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday gave power to party leader Tejashwi Yadav, equivalent to what he possessed as his son is vying for the post of chief minister.

Two hard-line judges shot dead in rare attack on Iranian judiciary

A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in the late 1980s.

A CULTURAL MAP DRAWN WITH RICE

INDIA observes Sankranti as a mid-winter harvest festival, symbolising new beginnings.

Bar Council to act against 'arm-twisting' advocate

is a class case of how an advocate can misuse his status and arm-twist others and make a living out of it.

Int'l balloon festival charters route to Madurai

THE recent instances of hot air balloons going off course and landing in places other than the marked ones have been misunderstood as cases of emergency landing, said balloon pilot Koen Audenaert, a native of Europe, here on Saturday.

From Vigyan To Gyan

E speaks in staccato. Sounds silly and sublime at the same time. And breaks into an impromptu jig. The first week of Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, already visited by over 70 million, saw this unlikely head-turner, Abhey Singh, 34, now a media star as the 'IITian Baba'.

Trump's MAGA Meets Modi's Vishwaguru

HE hemispheres of global politics are divided by a guild of alliances that are a salmagundi of nationalist interests.

At 5,445, number of irrigation tanks that are full up two-fold compared to last year

IN the last four months, the number of tanks that have reached their full capacity in Tamil Nadu has gone up from 450 to 5,455, thanks to the copious rainfall during the northeast monsoon season.

SHUTTLER COMPLAINS OF SMOG, BIRD-DROPPINGS

POLLUTION and lack of hygiene—two most infamous reared their heads during India Open badminton here on Saturday.