As Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked officials to deploy the full strength of counter-terror apparatus against terrorists behind recent strikes in Jammu, law enforcement agencies are seeing the current jihadi escalation as an effort to open a new axis of violence and unrest in Jammu region. On a day when PM Modi reviewed the...
Read More‘Lal’, ‘Mursan’ and ‘Hilsa’. These are the names given to three craters on the surface of Mars recently discovered by Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), that hint at the red planet’s wet past. Lal has been named after legendary cosmic ray physicist from Varanasi, the late Professor Devendra Lal. The other two have been...
Read MoreObserving that it did not have expertise in deciding water sharing disputes among states, Supreme Court on Thursday asked Delhi govt to approach the Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) to seek 150 cusecs more water from Haryana to sort out the crisis in the national capital. Taking note of problems faced by Delhi residents,...
Read MoreThis summer, India has faced what’s possibly the longest ever spell of heatwave days, with data from IMD revealing that Odisha experienced the most extreme weather and topped the chart by recording the highest number of such days (27), followed by western Rajasthan (23), Gangetic West Bengal (21 days), and Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh and...
Read MoreAs more details of the Renuka Swamy murder case come to light, police and political circles are abuzz with talk of a state minister’s alleged efforts to shield Sandalwood star Darshan, one of the accused, from the long arm of the law. Reacting to reports of the police force coming under pressure in the...
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