Day: July 28, 2019

MP to reopen national parks, tiger reserves from June 1

WB couple on 40k-km motorcycle tour for tiger protection reaches Maha

2:35 pm July 28, 2019

Nagpur: A couple who began a nationwide 40000-kilometre motorcycle journey from Kolkata to create awareness about wildlife conservation and tiger protection reached Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Saturday. While the journey since starting out from West Bengal on February 15 was pleasant and the people they met receptive, Ratindranath Das and his wife Gitanjali said they were […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM condoles demise of Jaipal Reddy

2:27 pm July 28, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of Congress veteran S Jaipal Reddy, describing him as an effective administrator. “Shri Jaipal Reddy had years of experience in public life. He was respected as an articulate speaker and effective administrator. Saddened by his demise,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted quoting Modi. The […]

Rahul condoles Jaipal Reddy’s demise

2:25 pm July 28, 2019

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condoled the demise veteran party leader Jaipal Reddy and hailed the former Union minister as a “great son of Telangana”. Reddy died at a hospital in Hyderabad early on Sunday. The 77-year-old was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital, where he died at […]

Heavy rains likely in Mumbai over next 24 hours: IMD

2:22 pm July 28, 2019

Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department has predicted “heavy to very heavy” rainfall at a few places in Mumbai over the next 24 hours. The Colaba and Santacruz observatories have recorded 44.2 millimetres and 27.7 mm rainfall respectively in the 24- hour period starting on Saturday 8.30 am, an IMD official said on Sunday. The IMD […]

Former Union minister Jaipal Reddy dies at 77

2:19 pm July 28, 2019

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister S Jaipal Reddy died at a hospital here in the early hours of Sunday, sources close to him said. He was 77. He was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital, where he died at 1.28 am, a Congress leader told PTI. Reddy has […]