The Assam Forest Department on Friday filed an FIR against the builder of Patanjali Mega Herbal and Food Park in Sonitpur district for negligence that lead to the death of a wild elephant. Jasim Ahmed, additional conservator of the forest, said the FIR was lodged at Salanibari police outpost under Tezpur police station. He said the case was filed against […]
» Read moreA BSF jawan was injured on Saturday when militants opened fire on a convoy in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The injured jawan was identified as head constable Satinder Singh. “One jawan sustained bullet injuries in the attack by militants on a convoy at Handwara this morning,” a BSF official said. The jawan was hospitalised and his condition was […]
» Read moreFidel Castro, who led his native Cuba for nearly half a century and claimed to have survived more than 600 assassination attempts, has died at the age of 90. With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that the Communist revolutionary died on Friday night. World leaders have paid tribute to the revolutionary, who came […]
» Read moreThe surgical strikes conducted in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in September wreaked havoc on Pakistan and taught it what the Indian Army was capable of, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, in an address in Punjab. Our surgical strike created havoc across border. Pakistan now knows fully well what the Indian Army is capable of, said PM Modi at the […]
» Read moreBanned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes will continue to be exchanged for new currency at RBI counters even after the facility was withdrawn from all banks. The government had yesterday announced that the demonetised 500 and 1,000 rupee notes can no longer be exchanged at bank counters and any holdings will necessarily have to be deposited in bank accounts. The […]
» Read moreAn Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist is developing a drug to counter allergies and asthma, a statement said on Friday. Still in its initial stage, the the drug can be taken as tablets, capsules, liquids or powder, Xinhua news reported. Barry Marshall, a microbiology professor from the University of Western Australia (UWA), who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 2005 […]
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