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Shillong, Aug 5 (IANS) In a significant step aimed at protecting the environment and promoting sustainable tourism, the East Khasi Hills district administration has prohibited roadside cooking and indiscriminate dumping of waste at tourist destinations, viewpoints and other public places...
Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) The Gorkha community in Jammu and Kashmir celebrated the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 on Wednesday amidst heightened police vigil and deployment of police and CRPF personnel. Community members exchanged greetings, distributed sweets...
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Wednesday inspected the erosion-hit Jamuguri area in Lakhimpur district and directed officials to prepare a comprehensive long-term protection plan, asserting that the state government would take every necessary step to...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday strongly criticised Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi for using children to spread confusion and for selectively raising issues while ignoring the plight of protesting students in...
Jaipur, Aug 5 (IANS) A high-level committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) to define the Aravalli range in compliance with Supreme Court directions will undertake a field...
Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) The Congress leadership on Wednesday intensified efforts to contain growing dissent triggered by the Karnataka Cabinet expansion, with Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and AICC Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala personally reaching out to disgruntled legislators. As...
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Amid growing healthcare disruptions across the state, the Maharashtra Medical Education and Drugs Department (MEDD) on Wednesday appealed to the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) to immediately call off their ongoing strike. The strike, which...
Jaipur, Aug 5 (IANS) Rajasthan Police’s State Cyber Crime Police Station has arrested three more accused in its ongoing crackdown on an international cyber slavery and human trafficking syndicate that allegedly lured Indian youths to Southeast Asian countries and forced...
Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) The post-mortem report of Vimal Kumar, Executive Officer of the Dehri Municipal Council, has revealed that he died after sustaining severe injuries in a brutal assault with a blunt object. The findings have provided crucial details...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday praised India for always being "a good friend" and stressed her proposed return home was a personal decision and did not involve conferring with the Indian government....
Colombo/New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri reaffirmed India's unwavering commitment to Sri Lanka under India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy and 'Vision MAHASAGAR' during his official visit to the island nation on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Indian Railways has simplified its licensing framework to allow container train operators (CTOs) to run container trains on all routes across the network under a single all-India license, with a uniform registration fee of...