Day: July 29, 2019

South Asia to soon reach carrying capacity of tigers, southeast Asia may not be left with one: GTF

10:35 pm July 29, 2019

New Delhi: International conservation body Global Tiger Forum (GTF) on Monday hailed the rise in tiger tiger population in India and noted that the South Asian countries were doing well to protect the species. It, however, expressed concern over the status of wild tigers in south-east Asian countries. Tigers are almost facing extinction from Cambodia, […]

Convict attacks police escort for not buying him beedi

10:31 pm July 29, 2019

Thrissur: A policeman was injured Monday when the convict he was escorting to a court hit him with handcuffed hands and tried to escape as he was reportedly not allowed to buy a beedi, police said. The incident occurred when the civil police officer Prabin was accompanying the convict Ramachandran sentenced to 23 years of […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

Putin opponent Navalny ‘poisoned’: lawyer

10:23 pm July 29, 2019

Moscow: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was “poisoned” by an unidentified toxic substance but doctors have sent him back to jail despite his condition, his lawyer and personal physician said Monday. President Vladimir Putin’s top opponent was rushed to hospital on Sunday a day after almost 1,400 people were arrested at an unauthorised protest, in […]

No need for CISF to regulate devotees of Athivaradar: HC

10:17 pm July 29, 2019

Chennai: The Madras High Court Monday ruled out deployment of CISF for security and refuted the argument that the Tamil Nadu police were not able to control the crowd to have darshan of Lord Athivaradar at the Devaraja Swamy temple in Kancheepuram. A division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad disposed of […]

India, Myanmar sign defence cooperation agreement

10:14 pm July 29, 2019

New Delhi: India and Myanmar on Monday signed a defence co-operation agreement providing for boosting bilateral military engagement, weeks after the two countries carried out a coordinated operation targeting several militant groups operating in the Northeast. The pact was inked after Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held extensive talks with […]

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