Day: July 31, 2019

Conservation efforts put MP on top in tiger count

8:09 pm July 31, 2019

Bhopal: Sustained tiger conservation efforts have paid rich dividends in Madhya Pradesh where population of the big cat registered a healthy rise of 218 in four years, government officials said on Wednesday. After nearly a decade, Madhya Pradesh has bagged the coveted “tiger state” status after the 2018 estimation saw it is home to 526 […]

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Cabinet approves bill to regulate chit funds industry

8:06 pm July 31, 2019

New Delhi: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to reduce the compliance burden of the registered chit funds industry and protect the interest of subscribers, Union minister Prakash Javadekar here. The Cabinet gave approval for the introduction of Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Parliament, the Information and Broadcasting Minister told reporters […]

Boy dies as iron cupboard falls on him in school

8:03 pm July 31, 2019

Nashik: A student of Class VII died after an iron cupboard fell on him while he was playing with his friends in the classroom of his school here, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in Maratha High School, located on Gangapur Road. The victim was identified as Jayesh Sakharam Avatar […]

Thousands offer ‘bali tharpanam’ to ancestors in Kerala

7:54 pm July 31, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Thousands of people performed ‘bali tharpanam” ritual, paying homage to their ancestors on the auspicious ‘karkkidaka vavu’ day on Wednesday along the banks of rivers, temple ghats and beaches across Kerala. Cutting across age and gender barriers, people thronged beaches and river banks in large numbers since early morning to perform the age-old ritual. […]

Racism storm follows Trump to historic US settlement

2:14 pm July 31, 2019

Jamestown: President Donald Trump denounced the “horrors” of slavery in a speech Tuesday marking the birth of US democracy, but an interruption by a heckler accusing him of “hate” underlined how many Americans now see him as openly racist. A political firestorm over race has engulfed the Republican leader over the last week and the […]