– The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) Chandigarh regional office for failing to appear despite being served notice in the ongoing proceedings on environmental violations in the ecologically sensitive Raisina Aravalis in Gurgaon.._________________Picture by Vinay Gupta A forest department survey has found that…
Kolkata: Srishti Garg, a 17th-batch student of SRFTI, brought laurels to the film school as she won a special jury mention for her film, ‘Lunar Birds’, at the 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) on Wednesday. The film is inspired by the ‘Reclaim the Night’ movement.Made with a crew, comprising Sneha…
Technical glitch in food and civil supplies department’s mobile application disrupted certificate verification for much of the day on Thursday Fuel dispensed without PUCC checks at a Shastri Nagar fuel station as app glitch slackened the drive Technical glitch in food and civil supplies department’s mobile application disrupted certificate verification for much of the day…
The wildlife rescue squad of the Pernem range forest office carried out the latest rescue on Sep 29 Panaji: In two separate incidents, the forest department rescued two Indian pangolins (Manis crassicaudata) and released them into their natural habitat.The wildlife rescue squad of the Pernem range forest office carried out the latest rescue on Sep…
Varanasi: The Varanasi Development Authority has recorded a historic revenue haul of Rs 500 crore between Nov 2025 and the end of Sept 2026, marking the highest revenue generated in VDA’s history.The figure represents a striking surge from VDA’s earlier annual revenue of around Rs 120 crore. In less than a year, the Authority has…
This undated photo released on Israel’s Foreign Ministry social media shows Indian Captain Smit Machchhar in the cockpit of a plane in an unknown location Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt will honour pilot Captain Smit Machchhar with ‘Vishisht Gujarat Garima Award’ for saving the lives of 174 passengers during an attack on a flight from Dubai to…
Of the 23 stubble-burning cases reported from three states on Oct 1, Madhya Pradesh recorded 14, followed by Uttar Pradesh with five and Punjab with four. Bathinda: After leading the six states by a wide margin during the first fortnight of crop residue burning, Punjab saw its share of farm fires fall below 46% on…
Pune: Hinjewadi police on Wednesday registered a case against a couple for allegedly duping three people of Rs 8.15 lakh on the promise of giving them high returns on cryptocurrency investments. A 23-year-old woman from Wakad, who works with a private company, lodged a police complaint on Wednesday.An officer said the complainant came into contact…
Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia Guwahati: Replacing chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will not bring Congress to power, Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia said on Thursday.“Gyanesh Kumar can be replaced, but even if he is, Congress will never come to power. Replacing him will not make Rahul Gandhi the PM either. Until the Congress replaces…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday targeted previous govts, alleging that before 2017 Uttar Pradesh was effectively run by mafia networks and that political leadership had compromised with criminal elements while the police remained unable to act.Speaking at Lok Bhavan after flagging off 87 interceptor vehicles for Uttar Pradesh Police, Yogi said the state’s…
