Ladakh residents to get ownership rights over 60,000 acres of barren land | India News
Ladakh residents will now have rights over barren lands or wastelands owned by govt SRINAGAR: Ladakh residents will now have rights over barren lands or wastelands owned by govt, with…
Terrorist shot dead in J&K’s Budgam | India News
Security forces Friday gunned down a terrorist during an anti-terror operation deep inside a forest area SRINAGAR: Security forces Friday gunned down a terrorist during an anti-terror operation deep inside…
RSS says of critics of Mohan Bhagwat’s UK trip: ‘Let them speak, we’re open to dialogue’ | India News
RSS spokesman Sunil Ambekar in London for Mohan Bhagwat visit LONDON: The RSS shrugged off criticism by civil groups of its chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat’s UK trip, saying in a…
India working with Moscow, Kyiv to end war: EAM | India News
S Jaishankar said Friday India is exploring ideas with both Russia and Ukraine to bring the conflict to an end NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Friday India…
PMLA court: Cheques, drugs constitute proceeds of crime | India News
The judge convicted two accused and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for three years NEW DELHI: Broadening the definition of “property” under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, a special PMLA…
Smoking raises mortality risk by 55% for diabetics | India News
Smoking raises mortality risk by 55% for diabetics NEW DELHI: Smoking increased the risk of death from any cause by 55% among people with diabetes, according to evidence reviewed in…
HC allows 2 ‘linked’ to NEET leak to go for counselling | India News
The court was hearing the students’ plea seeking release of their re-NEET results NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has directed National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare within 24 hours the NEET-UG…
CPI(ML)L to launch ‘Fix the schools’ campaign, seeks to keep Jantar Mantar momentum going | India News
CPI(ML) Liberation is looking to build on the gains made by its students’ wing AISA NEW DELHI: Preparing to assert the Left’s presence in upcoming state polls next year in…
SC awards pension to Mumbai engineer who forged ST certificate | India News
SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has rewarded a wrongdoer – a man who got appointed as a junior civil engineer in…
Coal stock at thermal plants plummets, ‘critical’ at 50 units | India News
Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level NEW DELHI: Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have…
Europe waking up to Modi’s warning ‘a bit late’: Belgian PM | India News
Belgian PM said India and Europe were now facing similar challenges NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Friday said Europe had been slow to recognise the risks…
Hours after AAIB report, AI sacks Phuket flight pilot | India News
Air India Friday sacked the pilot-in-command of its badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi NEW DELHI: Air India Friday sacked the pilot-in-command of its badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi flight hours…
‘Exceptionally rare’: All 3 hydraulic systems of Air India Phuket-Delhi flight failed together | India News
The hydraulic failure itself, the more immediate cause of the injuries onboard, unfolded within a five-second window. VT-EXO, an eight-year-old A320neo carrying 145 people, had just been cleared to climb…
SC overturns trial court, HC orders to acquit kidnap-murder accused | India News
Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts NEW DELHI: For the third time this week, Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts – in a kidnapping…
Punjab government to hike DA of 85,000 employees from 42 to 60 pc: Minister Aman Arora | India News
Punjab government will raise the Dearness Allowance of around 85,000 government employees Chandigarh, Punjab government will raise the Dearness Allowance of around 85,000 government employees recruited after July 17, 2020…
This Chilean community catches fog in giant nets and turns coastal mist into water; the unusual idea now harvests up to 650,000 litres a year in a drought-hit region | World News
A drought-hit community in northern Chile has found an unusual source of water in something that usually passes unnoticed. On the hills above Peña Blanca, in the Coquimbo region, giant…
Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Never follow the crowd, go where it’s…” – a powerful advice on success | World News
Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger (Image: Wikipedia) Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quote is a genuinely powerful reminder about individuality, courage and finding real opportunity precisely where other people are not…
In 1978, advocates sought affordable homes in a New York town; nearly 50 years and a landmark court battle later, a $98 million community with 145 homes is finally complete
Representative Image (AI-generated) A proposal that began as a fight for affordable housing in a Long Island community in 1978 has finally resulted in 145 affordable homes. Matinecock Court, a…
Chinese man studying in Canada arrested by US for espionage-like activities, sister says ‘If my brother is a Chinese spy, then I am Trump’s father’
A Chinese student studying in Canada has been arrested in the US for espionage-like activities as he was seen taking photographs of planes, freight, etc. A Chinese student studying at…
Joseph Martinek bought a Texas farm in 1911; 115 years later, his descendants donated a conservation easement protecting 470 acres of farmland, wildlife habitat and open space
From left to right: Tiffany Osburn, TLC Board Member and Deputy State Archeologist; Russell Friemel, landowner; and Sergio Ayala, archeologist. (Photo: Stephen Ramirez) Martinek Farm, located outside La Grange in…
A former California oil field has faced development pressure for 50 years; after a 25-year preservation fight, supporters are $20 million short of a $95 million land purchase
Sign in West Coyote Hills advertising proposed trails. (Photos: Fullerton Observer) For 50 years, West Coyote Hills in Fullerton, California, has faced the threat of development. The 510-acre open space…
In Oklahoma, a veteran spent 5 years fighting back invasive cedars on his 400-acre ranch; now native grasses are returning and water is flowing into newly reappearing streams
Heishman started working with Duel Brown, the Pawnee County conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, who helped find practical ways to improve the property. Retired Marine Corps veteran Brian…
He came to Canada to study. Then he protested and was ordered to leave. Gurpreet Singh says the intimidation worked, students are now afraid
Gurpreet Singh now has no option other than leaving Canada. (Photo: Toronto Star) Gurpreet Singh thought he was fighting for the right to stay in Canada and build a life…
Gold miners have breached a refuge built for rescued orangutans; 14 hectares of Indonesia’s sanctuary damaged in 3 years
Illegal gold miners have encroached on Indonesia’s Jantho forest reservation, a vital reintroduction site for the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. The country’s largest environmental pressure group, Indonesian Forum for the…
Donald Trump calls Maria Bartiromo a ‘true warrior’ after Fox News exit, says he ‘can’t believe’ she is leaving and warns ‘her fans will not be happy’
US President Donald Trump praises Maria Bartiromo as a “true warrior” after her Fox News exit, saying her fans “will not be happy.” (Photo: Instagram) US President Donald Trump has…