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SON OF THE SOIL

Working towards reversing environmental damage, DFO Dharmveer Dairu explains to Harpreet Bajwa how he recycled discarded plastic bags during tree plantation initiatives and sold them to generate revenue

Will launch 20 products over two years, says Ola Electric

OLA ELECTRIC, country's largest electric two-wheeler maker, will be launching one new product every quarter and expanding its company-owned store footprint to 2,000 by March 2025.

India Cements loss widens to ₹339 cr, revenue from ops down 18.4% to ₹1K cr

THE India Cements Ltd (ICL) on Friday reported a consolidated net loss to ₹339.13 crore for the second quarter ending September 2024.

US probes racist mass texts sent to Black people

federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week.

Gaza rescuers say 14 killed in Israeli strikes

TWO separate Israeli strikes killed at least 13 people, including women and children, in Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian medical officials said, as Israel announced the first delivery of aid in weeks to the war-battered northern Gaza.

Qatar may ask Hamas to shut its Doha office

Doha withdraws as key mediator for Gaza truce and hostage deal as talks hit roadblock

27 DEAD IN SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AT PAK RAILWAY STATION

At least 27 people, including 14 security forces, were killed and 62 others injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing at a railway station in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said.

Tackling terror, ending wars to be Don's focus

THE priorities of President-elect Donald Trump are border, terrorists, bringing home hostages, and ending the forever wars, said Kash Patel, an Indian-American lawyer in an interview.

Kerala-origin nurse settles into UK political life

SOJAN Joseph is among the new crop of Indian-origin Labour members of Parliament who pulled off an impressive feat by being elected from a former Conservative Party stronghold of Ashford in Kent, south-east England, in the July general election.

Home truth: Temple theft cases surge in Gujarat

IN Gujarat, a surge in burglaries is hitting not only homes left vacant during Diwali vacations but also temples, according to government data.

Modi takes 'ATM for royal family' swipe at Cong

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that wherever a Congress government is formed, that state becomes the ATM of the party's 'shashi parivar' (royal family).

meanwhile, Kharge hits back at BJP 'divisive pitch'

COUNTERING Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's 'batenge toh katenge' slogan, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that several leaders from his party, including Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, have laid down their lives to unite the country.

On UP bypoll campaign trail, Yogi seeks quota for SC/ST, OBC in AMU

AMID the ongoing debate on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University, especially, against the backdrop of Supreme Court's Friday order, UP CM Yogi Adityanath pitched in for the OBC reservation in the prestigious institution.

Ram temple in Ayodhya likely to miss June deadline, to be ready by Sept '25

THE upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya, scheduled to be completed in June 2025, will take an additional three months’ time to be fully ready.

Soren retorts, says no need to answer every BJP query

RESPONDING to questions about Bangladeshi infiltration into Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that he did not find it necessary to respond to every question raised by the Opposition, mainly the BJP.

Bangla intruders to be thrown out of J'khand: Shah

CAMPAIGNING for the BJP in Hazaribagh in poll-bound Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah vowed to deport all Bangladeshi intruders from the state if the party came to power in Jharkhand.

IT'LL BE NASTY A LITTLE BIT AT TIMES... BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING

\"He died like a dog,\" is not a phrase one would usually get to hear in the official speech of the US president.

Cong says committed to nationwide caste survey

AFTER PM Modi's scathing attack on Congress for playing caste politics, the party asserted on Saturday that a nationwide caste survey and the lifting of the Supreme Court's \"arbitrary ceiling\" of 50 per cent on quota for SCs, STs and OBCs are central to its vision for the country.

Bail delay a breach of basic rights: SC

Says even a single day's delay in deciding bail plea affects fundamental rights of the people

4-point fillip to urban poverty alleviation mission

PILOT PROJECT FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Out of 19 key positions, 10 lying vacant in NMC for months, shows RTI reply

THE National Medical Commission (NMC), which regulates medical education and professionals, is yet to fill key positions vacant for several months, reveals a reply to an RTI application.

BJP's 2-front fight: Assembly polls, naming new party chief

THE BJP is busy managing election battles on two fronts: First is the Assembly polls in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, the second is the election of the new party chief.

MODI & TRUMP: MADE FOR EACH OTHER

If any world leader is as loved as he is hated, it is Donald Trump, elected 47th president of the US.

HOW TO BE ON TOP OF THE GAME

IDEO games came to India decades ago—to the delight of children and despair of parents.

THE 'PAW'SITIVE FORCE

Alert and agile, these dogs are more than petsthey're partners in tracking poachers in dense forests.

Finding solace in caring for others

ALLIATIVE care is a field within medical science which focuses on providing comfort to patients throughout their treatment, sometimes even to those who are terminally ill.

Crushed under debt, powerloom owner, wife die by suicide

UNABLE to bear the burden of mounting debts, a powerloom owner and his wife allegedly hanged themselves to death at their residence in Vempeta, Sircilla town, on Saturday afternoon.

Telangana Guv seeks AG's opinion on ACB plea to prosecute MLA

GOVERNOR Jishnu Dev Varma has sent for legal opinion a request by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) seeking permission to prosecute an MLA in the state in connection with the allegations of financial irregularities in the conduct of Formula E races in Hyderabad.

Don't act like animals, Naidu warns netizens

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Cong giving 8 jobs/hr in T'gana: CM

Reddy, while campaigning in poll-bound Maharashtra, says BJP has no success story to share