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People living near mines showing lung damage | India News
NEW DELHI: Communities living around areas in India that witness mining operations are showing measurable signs of lung impairment and heavy-metal exposure, according to new data tabled in Lok Sabha.The health ministry, citing Indian Council of Medical Research studies, has confirmed that residents in mining belts face risks comparable to those for workers directly involved…
Goa killed in Arpora nightclub fire; CM Sawant confirms tragedy | India News
NEW DELHI: At least 23 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a Birch By Romeo Lane club “The incident is very unfortunate for a tourism state like Goa. The people who run such things illegally, and a fire incident occurred…23 people have lost their lives…The government will conduct an inquiry into this incident….
Congress cites Maniben’s diary, seeks apology from Rajnath | India News
Union minister for defence Rajnath Singh (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Sharing excerpts from a book containing Vallabhbhai Patel’s daught-er’s diaries, Congress Saturday accused defence minister Rajnath Singh of lying that Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to build the Babri mosque using public funds, and demanded that Singh apologise to the nation for spreading falsehoods about the country’s…
At Vatican observatory, Goa priest decoding cosmic past | India News
Fr Richard D’Souza with Pope Leo XIV. D’Souza has served as superior of the Jesuit community attached to Vatican Observatory since 2002 PANAJI: Physicist, astronomer, scientist, Indiana Jones. Not quite the words to describe a priest, let alone a 46-year-old Jesuit from Mapusa. But that is exactly what Fr Richard D’Souza is.At the Vatican Observatory…
HC slams ‘hyper-technical’ denial of benefits to BSF personnel; rules earned increment can’t be denied for 1-day gap | Chandigarh News
CHANDIGARH: A single day cannot erase a year of service, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled while deciding that a retiree cannot be deprived of an earned increment simply because his superannuation falls a few hours before it.The court passed these orders while granting relief to a retired BSF inspector who was refused…
‘No home can be razed sans due process’ | India News
MEERUT: Stressing that “no home can be demolished without due process”, a division bench of justices Ajit Kumar and Satyavir Singh of Allahabad HC stayed the demolition of 27 houses in Bareilly’s Shahabad area in Prem Nagar, directing the civic authorities not to take any coercive action “until the competent authority passes a final order.“The…
India witnessing a ‘psychological renaissance’: PM Modi | India News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Saturday said India was witnessing a “psychological renaissance” as it shook off the slavery mindset, which was reflected in its slow pace of development being termed as Hindu rate of growth, and asserted that the country was now the growth-driver of the global economy.The PM said…
Foundation for ‘Babri’ masjid in West Bengal sparks political fire | India News
Building a place of worship is a constitutional right, Kabir declared BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: The programme, organised by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir at Beldanga, happened under heavy security. Authorities reported no clashes. Kabir addressed about 400 people from a two-tier stage set nearly a kilometre from the proposed mosque site, introduced two clerics described as being…
‘SC ruling on wedding gifts a win for all Muslim women’ | India News
NEW DELHI: More than 20 years after her marriage, Rousanara Begum finally heard the words she had waited for when the Supreme Court recently ruled that a divorced Muslim woman can reclaim the wedding gifts her parents gave her at the time of marriage.Now nearly 45, she told TOI on Saturday: “It started two decades…
Bengal SIR 1st phase almost over, 28L remain unmapped, may face EC hearing | India News
KOLKATA: The pre-hearing phase of Bengal’s SIR of electoral rolls is nearing completion with nearly 100% of 7.6 crore voters’ data having already been digitised. But, between 28 lakh and 30 lakh voters will, in all probability, have to attend poll officials’ hearings if they want to stay on the rolls as they remain unmapped…

