Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board’s instructions - Do not put worship material in water sources, loudspeakers should be switched off after 10 pm

Ranchi:  Jharkhand State Pollution Control has issued an appeal to the citizens regarding idol immersion during Durga Puja and playing loudspeakers in public places. 

According to him, do not immerse in worship material, flowers, clothes, plastic,…

Gaza hospitals on brink of collapse: UN

Gaza (IANS) Amid the raging Israel-Hamas conflict, hospitals in the Gaza Strip are "on the brink of collapse" as the number of patients treated or waiting to be receive treatment is at 150 per cent of the hospitals' capacity, the UN Office for…

After twists & turns, India successfully flight tests crew escape system, module for human space mission

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) After some twists and turns and suspense, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully flight tested the crew escape system, crew module that would carry the country's astronauts sometime…

Rafah border crossing opens, first aid trucks enter Gaza

Gaza (IANS) The first convoy of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only crossing point between the besieged Hamas-controlled enclave and Egypt, according to Palestinian security sources.

SC expresses anguish at litigations pending for over 50 years, issues guidelines

New Delhi (IANS) In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court expressed its anguish at litigation pending for over 50 years saying that because of judicial delays, litigant public is getting disillusioned of justice delivery system.

A bench of Justices…

Dawood Malik, founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar, gunned down in Pakistan by unknown assailants

New Delhi (IANS) Another terrorist involved in anti-India activities Dawood Malik, considered a close aide of wanted terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar, was shot dead on Pakistan soil by unknown gunmen, reports said.

According to reports in Pakistani…

SC lawyer, who complained against Mahua Moitra, writes to Delhi CP anticipating direct threat to his life

New Delhi (IANS) Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai, who had written to the CBI and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleging that he had evidence of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra accepting bribes from a businessman to ask questions in parliament,…

Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after four years, addresses rally in Lahore

Islamabad (IANS) PML-N chief and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday returned to Pakistan after a four-year-long self-imposed exile, and headed for hometown Lahore to address a party rally.

His return came months before…

Large number of Canadian diplomats left India overnight: Report

New Delhi (IANS) A large number of Canadian diplomats have left India overnight, a media report said on Thursday.

The departures followed two weeks of negotiations between India and Canada after India issued a demand for "parity" in the number…

Israeli Defence Minister tells troops to get ready for ground offensive in Gaza

Jerusalem (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has asked infantry soldiers along the border with the Gaza Strip to get prepared for entering the Palestinian enclave, without specifying the time of the offensive.

Gallant on Thursday…