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National Green Tribunal. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Tamil Nadu goes to SC on NGT closing case on Mekedatu

The Mekedatu project, if implemented, would take up 5252.40 hectares of land

12 Aug 2021 1:32 AM IST

Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel during rescue operations at the site of a landslide at the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur District in Himachal Pradesh. (Photo by - / Indo Tibetan Border Police / AFP)

10 dead, 13 rescued as landslide hits Himachal Pradesh-'s Kinnaur

The authorities suspended the search operation at around 10 pm and it will be resumed Thursday morning

12 Aug 2021 12:53 AM IST

GSLV-F10 carrying EOS-03 at the launch pad in Sriharikota. (Photo:Twitter @isro)

Isro to launch of GSLV-F10/EOS-03 Mission today

The launch is tentatively scheduled at 5.43 am on August 12, subject to weather conditions

12 Aug 2021 12:37 AM IST

CM Jagan of at the review meeting on the Nadu-Nedu progress on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter @AndhraPradeshCM)

QR code, Aadhaar link in Aarogyasri health cards

Aarogyasri health cards in AP would soon turn ultramodern with details in QR code and linking them with the Aadhar card...

11 Aug 2021 11:49 PM IST

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die, four bills passed on Wednesday

The House was adjourned twice and the opposition members later staged a walkout

11 Aug 2021 10:15 PM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI)

Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad and Kalaburagi civic body polls on...

According to the commission, there are a total of 14.01 lakh eligible voters, with the highest being in Hubballi-Dharwad...

11 Aug 2021 8:54 PM IST

Minister of State Gen VK Singh. (PTI)

Expansion and development of airports is a continuous process: MoS...

In Chennai, the reconstruction of the integrated terminal building and allied works are going on

11 Aug 2021 8:42 PM IST

It will be another landmark event in the history of India-Russian defence cooperation. (ANI Photo)

India-Russia joint training Exercise INDRA 2021 is underway

Exercise INDRA will strengthen mutual confidence, interoperability and enable sharing of best practices between the...

11 Aug 2021 8:25 PM IST

Histowiz lab scientists preparing to test COVID-19 samples from recovered patients on April 8, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York City.AFP Photo

Karnataka has tested the 3rd highest number of COVID-19 samples in...

Out of over four crore tests till last evening 3,26,68,585 are RT-PCR tests and 74,36,330 are rapid-antigen detection...

11 Aug 2021 8:03 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a man with the dose of Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination camp held in Ahmedabad on August 8, 2021. (Sam Panthaky/ AFP)

Kerala received 60 pc more vaccine doses than purposed: Centre

Vaccines were supplied to states and UTs on a proportional basis of the eligible population, the progress of vaccination...

11 Aug 2021 7:43 PM IST

The vacant land is suitable for development of industrial park/township which can spur economic activities in the region and create a lot of employment opportunities. (PTI Photo)

Karnataka urges Centre to allow development of KGF land into...

The government-'s drone survey found that the 3,212 acres of vacant land is suitable for development of Industrial...

11 Aug 2021 7:40 PM IST

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu (PTI)

Spent sleepless night after -'sacrilege in temple of democracy-':...

There were ugly scenes in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday as opposition MPs climbed on the officials-' table, waved black...

11 Aug 2021 1:37 PM IST