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Adityanath takes a dig at SP-BSP alliance collapse

Lucknow July 24: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday had a dig at the SP-BSP alliance saying their “talaq” was formalised with the people giving no importance to their propaganda. “The talaq of the (Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party) alliance has been formalised. The people have proved they […]

Uproar in Rajasthan assembly over ‘conversions’

Jaipur, Jul 24: BJP legislators stormed the well of the Rajasthan assembly on Wednesday and raised slogans demanding a reply from the ruling Congress on alleged religious conversions in Ajmer district’s Kishangarh town. Raising the issue in the assembly, Ajmer MLA Vasudev Devnani said there is tension in Kishangarh […]

Mother throws baby from hospital window

Lucknow, Jul 23: A two-month-old baby died after he was thrown from the window of a hospital here on Tuesday by his mother who was apparently depressed about her son being underweight, police said. The woman, Shanti, gave birth to the boy on May 26 and he weighed only […]

All nations need to urgently address climate crisis:Alba

New Delhi, Jul 23: Governments of all countries need to urgently address the climate crisis and reduce carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 to save millions of people around the world, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action Summit Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba said on […]

Mercury rises in Haryana, Punjab; rain likely Wednesday

Chandigarh, Jul 23: Day temperatures rose slightly and hovered above normal levels in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, a Meteorological Department report said here. Ambala in Haryana registered a […]

Delhi zoo’s last cassowary dies

New Delhi, Jul 23: The Delhi zoo’s last cassowary — a native of Australia and New Guinea known as the “world’s most dangerous” bird — has died last month, an official said on Tuesday. The flightless bird was the only cassowary in the Delhi zoo for the last 20 […]

Cong,BJP face off at apartment,Section 144 imposed in

Bengaluru, Jul 23: High drama prevailed at an apartment here as Congress and BJP workers rushed there following reports about the alleged presence of two independent MLAs who withdrew support to thecoalition government and aligned with the BJP. Amid the political turmoil, police imposed prohibitory orders in the city […]

Five dozen people rescued from MTNL building fire in Mumbai

MUMBAI – Five dozen people were rescued from a nine-storey government building that caught fire on Monday in Mumbai, authorities said. “The rescue operation is nearly done. We are searching every floor of the building to find out whether anybody is left behind,” a fire department official said. […]

Two more die in Assam floods, death toll reaches 66

Guwahati, Jul 22: Two more people died in Assam floods taking the death toll to 66 Monday, as the situation remained unchanged in the state where 30.55 lakh people of 18 of the 33 districts are affected, an official report said. The deluge also claimed the lives of 187 […]

Woman pushed into gorge in Uttarakhand’s Pauri, rescued

Pauri, Jul 22: A man fled after pushing his lover into a gorge here, police said on Monday. He had brought the woman with her from Delhi on the pretest of taking her to his village, they said. The personnel associated with the 108 ambulance service rescued the woman […]

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