Day: August 25, 2019

Give specific timelines for cleaning of Yamuna: NGT

7:15 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed stakeholders to give specific schedule for cleaning the Yamuna, while noting that repeated timelines have not been adhered to in the last 30 years and pollution of the river was still continuing. A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel made it clear that the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Two men on scooter fall off Barapullah flyover, one dies

7:09 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: A man was killed and his cousin seriously injured after they fell off the Barapullah flyover here in southeast Delhi, police said on Sunday. Rohit Makol (36) and his brother Pradeep were riding a scooter when the accident occurred on Saturday evening, they said. While Makol died in the accident, Pradeep, who was […]

Penguin to publish Taslima’s 12 new titles in English

3:29 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: Penguin Random House India Sunday announced the acquisition of 12 new titles in English by controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, with the first of these books to come out in 2021. The titles will range from autobiographical writings to essays, fiction, short stories, and poetry. Nasreen said this body of work represents her […]

Man injured due to sharp kite string in Nashik district

Child dies after manjha slits throat

3:24 pm August 25, 2019

New Delhi: A four-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was travelling on a motorcycle with her parents, died after her throat was slit by a glass-coated manjha in Khajuri Khas area, police said on Saturday. The victim was identified as Ishika, a resident of Sonia Vihar. The baby was admitted to JPC hospital where doctors declared her brought […]

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

Hindus trump Muslims in forging documents to find way into NRC

3:21 pm August 25, 2019

Guwahati: With the hugely contentious NRC exposing communal faultlines in Assam, it has emerged that more Hindus than Muslims forged documents to find their way into the National Register of Citizens, sources with close knowledge of the exercise said on Sunday. The final NRC list, which will identify bonafide citizens of Assam, is set to […]