Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) DHARAMSHALA: The Government of India has raised serious concerns over China’s reported construction of a mega dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, a development that could have significant implications for South Asia’s ecology, water security, and geopolitics, according to Phayul.The ministry of external affairs…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon come up with a community radio station exclusively for its students, teachers and other stakeholders, according to officials.The proposal was approved in the recent Governing Body meeting of the board, where it was decided that the application for procuring a license be moved.“The proposal…
Representational Image (AI-generated) A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao has alleged that a piece of meat was found in a vegetarian meal ordered online from a local restaurant, during the Hindu holy month of Shravan, police said on Sunday.Dheeraj Singh, a resident of Magarwara and sevadar at a local temple, said he had placed an…
MANGALURU: A retired woman in Mangaluru lost Rs 3.09 crore to cybercriminals in a “digital arrest” scam. The victim, Leni Prabhu, complained to the Cyber Economic and Narcotics police that on January 15, she received a missed call from an unknown number. When she called back, a woman claiming to be from the General Post…
Indian Navy’s advanced frontline frigate Himgiri (F34) ahead of its commissioning in Visakhapatnam. (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In a first for the Indian Navy, two major surface combatants from separate shipyards, stealth frigates Udaygiri (F35) and Himgiri (F34), will be commissioned simultaneously at Visakhapatnam on August 26, officials said on Sunday.“This will be the…
Congress leader Anand Sharma resigns as chairman of AICC Foreign Affairs Department Former union minister and Congress leader Anand Sharma has resigned from the post of the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), although he continues to be a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Senior Congress…
Seven lives were lost in a deadly wall collapse in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur on Saturday, and now police have arrested a 49-year-old tenant accused of illegally housing the victims on unsafe premises. The building’s landlord remains on the run.The tragedy struck on Saturday morning when a wall of a samadhi sthal in Hari Nagar, near…
Asaduddin Owaisi urges AMU to rollback fee hike, backs students’ protest NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has voiced support for the ongoing protests at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), urging the administration to reverse its recent fee hike.“In complete solidarity with the students of Aligarh Muslim University. The University must roll…
Police in Odisha’s Kendrapara district have arrested a man for allegedly abetting the suicide and sexually harassing a 19-year-old woman. The young woman’s charred body was discovered on the staircase of her home on 6 August. Her father alleged that her former boyfriend had circulated their intimate videos online, pushing her to take her own…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (ANI) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday expressed concerns over the increasing commercialisation of healthcare and education while speaking at an event in Indore. He said that both sectors, once considered acts of service, have now become unaffordable and inaccessible for the common man.“Health and education are extremely important…