Congress MP KC Venugopal flags green threats from Great Nicobar project
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Congress on Friday once again voiced its opposition to the Great Nicobar development project by flagging its adverse impact on the environment – an allegation repeatedly dismissed by the Centre as baseless. Congress General…
India facing shortfall in per-capita green cover: Giriraj Singh on World Environment Day
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) With NDA leaders across the country undertaking tree plantation drives on World Environment Day under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign, Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh cautioned that the country currently faces…
Gambhir calls ICC’s idea of switching from red ball to pink in Tests to combat bad light ‘a proactive move’
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) India head coach Gautam Gambhir supported the ICC’s decision of trialling the switch from a red ball to a pink ball when bad light threatens a Test match, calling it a “proactive and positive move.” During its…
BJP’s Debashish Samantaray files nomination for Odisha Rajya Sabha bypoll
Bhubaneswar, June 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Debashish Samantaray on Friday filed his nomination papers for the by-election to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha at the State Assembly premises here. Chief Minister Mohan Charan…
Monsoon intensifies in Kerala, first red alert of season issued
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Heavy rainfall continues across Kerala as the monsoon intensifies, with the India Meteorological Department issuing the first red alert of the season for five northern districts. Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur,…
Kerala Minister Sunny Joseph defends brother-in-law’s inclusion in personal staff
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Kerala Minister Sunny Joseph on Friday defended the appointment of his brother-in-law, Benny Thomas, to his personal staff, saying there were no legal barriers to the appointment and that Benny is a committed public…
Rising drug abuse, moral decline fuels crime surge in Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 5 (IANS) Bangladesh has witnessed a troubling deterioration in social safety indicators, with cases of child abuse, rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment in educational institutions regularly making headlines across the country, a…
NIA arrests 4 more in road blockade, judicial officers’ detention cases in Bengal’s Mothabari
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday informed that four more accused persons have been arrested in connection with four separate cases related to road blockades and the alleged illegal detention of judicial officers…
Naksha Saran’s character in Sudigaali Sudheer’s ‘Hai Lesso’ revealed
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) The makers of director Prasanna Kumar Kota’s upcoming rural drama, ‘Hai Lesso’, featuring well known Telugu actor Sudheer Anand, more popularly known as Sudigaali Sudheer, in the lead, have revealed the…
China’s strategy of extending geopolitical clout runs into hurdle in Latin America: Report
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) China strategy of taking up economic projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in developing countries with the objective of extending its geopolitical clout across regions appears to have run into a hurdle when it…