Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini Chandigarh: The Haryana Cabinet on Friday passed a resolution expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on completing 25 years in public service as the head of govt.Moved by social justice and empowerment minister Krishan Kumar Bedi, the resolution praised Modi’s contribution to the country and Haryana. It also…
In 1990, a small bird became an unlikely symbol of one of America’s fiercest environmental battles. The northern spotted owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, putting the future of vast stretches of old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest at the centre of a bitter fight between environmentalists and the logging industry.Thirty-six…
New Delhi: An employee of a finance firm was allegedly robbed of Rs 17 lakh after two bike-borne assailants threatened him at gunpoint in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar market Friday.A video of the incident surfaced on social media Saturday. The 28-second CCTV footage shows the two men getting off a motorcycle in a residential lane…
Thousands of Indian professionals working in Britain through Indian employers will stop paying dual social security contributions from July 15, with officials estimating that 90-95% of such workers will benefit from the India-UK social security pact coming into force alongside the free trade agreement.The Agreement on Social Security, or Double Contribution Convention (DCC), is expected…
Bengaluru: About 13 people from Karnataka are still missing following last week’s flash flood along Nepal-Tibet border.Chief minister DK Shivakumar said his govt is in constant touch with the ministry of external affairs and central authorities and had sent officials to get in touch with those affected. “Most people have been traced except for one…
New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police registered 72 FIRs and issued 7,249 challans against motorists for wrong-side driving between May 4 and May 9 as part of a crackdown on the dangerous traffic violation, a major cause of head-on collisions, congestion and fatal road accidents.Strict legal action is being taken not only through challans but also…
Navi Mumbai: Shiv Sena workers held a protest on Monday against forest minister Ganesh Naik at the inauguration of certain healthcare projects, after they claimed their leader and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s name was left out of the invitation card.Shinde is also the guardian minister of Thane district. The name of Shinde’s son, Kalyan…
Lucknow: Two siblings drowned in the Saryu river while their teenage aunt was rescued by divers in Gorakhpur district on Sunday morning. The incident took place near a Hanuman temple in Gola area, where the children had gone to bathe. They had come to their grandmother’s home during school vacations.The deceased were identified as Prince,…
Ahmedabad: A fake gas pipeline disconnection alert led a 57-year-old spice trader from Naranpura to download a malicious APK file, allegedly enabling cyberfraudsters to siphon off Rs 5.9 lakh from his bank account. The fraudsters also allegedly obtained a loan of Rs 14.3 lakh in his name and got a credit card issued without his…
Researchers have used cutting-edge satellite technology to find a large underground aquifer beneath Spain’s main agricultural area. This discovery arrives at a crucial time, as water scarcity and long droughts become more common in the Mediterranean region. Scientists employed Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) along with gravity-mapping data, allowing them to see through the ground and…
