The recent landslides in Wayanad have prompted the central government to act swiftly in designating Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity in the world. On July 31, the central government issued the sixth …...Read More

Rajesh Shah, police said, spoke to his son over the phone after the accident Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah had asked his son Mihir to switch places with their driver Rajrishi Bidawat after the BMW car he was driving crashed into a scooter and dragged a woman, police told a …...Read More

Visuals of the event showed liquor bottles being distributed among people Crate after crate of liquor bottles, long queues of men waiting for their turn and police providing security at the event -- a thanskgiving event organised by supporters of Karnataka BJP MP and former minister K Sudhakar has drawn …...Read More

This is not the first time that Mr Yadav has been seen in a religious avatar. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and elder son of Lalu Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav was spotted hugging a Shivling and taking part in a sacred ritual. Mr Yadav took to social media to share …...Read More

The Supreme Court said that the period leave issue falls in the policy domain Mandating menstrual leave for women may lead to them being shunned from the workforce and go against them, the Supreme Court said today, stressing that it is not a matter for courts to look into. Hearing …...Read More

The woman missed a step while getting onto the train and fell on the tracks A woman survived miraculously, but lost her legs after she was run over by a train at Mumbai's Belapur station this morning. The woman, who was travelling to Thane, missed a step when she was …...Read More

Days after Rahul Gandhi's combative speech in the Lok Sabha, Swami Avimukteshwarananda, the 46th Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, has come out in support of the Congress leader. A controversy erupted during the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the President's address when Rahul Gandhi accused BJP leaders of allegedly …...Read More

An armoured vehicle that came under suspected insurgents' fire in Manipur's Jiribam Suspected insurgents fired at an armoured vehicle of the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam this morning, hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in the district bordering Assam to meet internally displaced people living in relief camps. Two …...Read More

The Supreme Court laid down guidelines against "disparaging" portrayal of persons with disabilities in visual media and films on Monday, saying that terms such as "cripple" and "spastic" have acquired "devalued meanings" in societal perceptions. The verdict came on a plea filed by one Nipun Malhotra, who submitted that the …...Read More

Mihir Shah has been missing after the accident left a 45-year-old woman dead Mihir Shah, the 24-year-old son of a Shiv Sena leader and main accused in the Worli hit-and-run case, is missing a day after the accident left a 45-year-old woman dead. Six police teams are looking for him …...Read More