CBI registers FIRs against 2 shelter homes in Bihar for abuse of minors
New Delhi (PTI) The CBI has registered fresh FIRs pertaining to alleged abuse of children in two shelter homes in Bihar, officials said Thursday. The agency has registered FIRs against Bhagalpur-based Boys’ Children Home run by Rupam Pragati Samaj Samiti and House Mother Children Home in Gaya, they said. Officials involved in the running of these […]
Nearly 1,400 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018: Govt
New Delhi, (PTI) A total of 1,428 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018 with heavy rains and subsequent flooding, dust storms, thunderstorms and lightening claiming half the lives, a top government official said Wednesday. The year was also the sixth warmest year on record, M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences said. “Extreme […]
429 tigers killed by poachers since 2008, reveals RTI reply
Noida (PTI): As many as 429 tigers have been poached and killed since 2008 across the country, with the maximum of 71 in Madhya Pradesh during the period, revealed data obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Year-wise, the maximum killings took place in 2011 when 80 tigers were poached, while the minimum of 17 […]
Sericulture Deptt to adopt Jagti, Sheikhpora colonies for Mulberry plantation
JAMMU: The Sericulture Development Department is adopting migrant colonies at Jagti in Jammu and Sheikhpora in Budgam district under Urban Mulberry Plantation Programme, which has already been launched in the Jammu Division. This was disclosed in a meeting chaired by Secretary Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR) Farooq Ahmad Shah. Under the programme, 2000 […]
Juvenile Justice: Child line Foundation to expand its services across JK by 2020
JAMMU: In a major step towards implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, Child line India Foundation shall extend its operations in the entire State by the year 2020, government said on Wednesday. The information was revealed, according to official handout, at a meeting attended by Chairperson Selection cum Oversight Committee, Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi , […]
Invoking sedition law travesty of free speech, world has moved on: Shah Faesal on JNU case
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Wednesday said invoking sedition law against Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the JNU case was travesty of free speech. Nearly three years after former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kumar and nine others were accused of raising anti-India slogans, the Delhi police Monday charged them with sedition. […]
2 die after fall while flying kites in Hyderabad
Hyderabad,(PTI): A 11-year-old boy and a man died while another boy was injured after falling from buildings in separate kite flying incidents here in the past three days, police said Wednesday. In the fatal incident, the boy fell from the third floor of a building in Habeebnagar and succumbed to injuries at a hospital on Monday, […]
Two killed, three injured in separate road accidents in J-K
Jammu,(PTI) Two persons were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Wednesday. A-three vehicle crash killed the driver of an oil tanker and injured three others near Railway bridge Nanak Chack in Samba Tuesday night, they said. The identity of the deceased driver […]
China expanding access to strategic foreign ports: Pentagon
Washington, Jan 16 (PTI) China is expanding its access to strategic foreign ports like Pakistan’s Gwadar and Sri Lanka’s Hambantota to pre-position the logistic framework necessary to support the growing presence of its military in the Indian Ocean and beyond, the Pentagon said. The People’s Liberation Army’s efforts to obtain access to commercial ports in Africa, […]
Top Taliban commander among 4 militants killed in Pakistan
Peshawar (PTI) Security forces in Pakistan have gunned down four militants, including a top Taliban commander who masterminded the last year’s powerful bomb blast in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which at least 31 people including three Sikhs were killed. Those killed in the exchange of fire include Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Islam and Mohibullah […]
