Army chief General Seth with Nepal PM Balendra Shah Army chief general Dhiraj Seth met Nepal prime minister and defence minister Balendra Shah in Kathmandu on Tuesday, with the two sides discussing bilateral issues and ways to strengthen military ties amid a period of unease in relations between the two neighbours.General Seth, who is on…
Origin Story: The Tocks Island Dam Controversy The US government once planned to flood a 40-mile stretch of the Delaware River valley to build a massive reservoir, only to cancel the project and turn the acquired land into a sprawling federal parkland.The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a 70,000-acre national park spanning Pennsylvania and…
‘PM CARES? Hardly,’ Pawan Khera wrote on X. NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday criticised the government for utilising only 0.01% of the PM CARES Fund, which was created in 2020 to facilitate relief measures during the Covid-19 pandemic.Calling out the government for using “only 0.01% of the Rs 8,452 crore” in the fund,…
Rahul said he had personally met some of the injured protesters and alleged that videos of the police action had been widely circulated. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju after he defended the handling of recent student protests by Delhi police. Rijiju had praised the…
The cameras show brown bears waiting around Brooks Falls as sockeye salmon travel upstream. (Getty images) A livestream showing brown bears catching and eating salmon at a waterfall in Alaska has become an unexpected online hit this summer. The Brooks Falls bearcam at Katmai National Park has drawn millions of views as large numbers of…
Pakistan SC directs govt to move Imran Khan, while a grenade blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children. Meanwhile, Bihar transfers 17 IPS officers amid row over student protest (Photo: AP/IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed the government to move imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan to a hospital amid concerns over his health….
Boekelodge (Image Credit: National Park Service) For decades, Miles Boekeloo and his family used a secluded property along Michigan’s Lake Michigan shoreline as a private wilderness retreat. In 1980, Boekeloo sold the entire 365.48-acre property to the National Park Service, and the historic property, now known as Boekelodge, became part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National…
Ritabrata Banerjee to continue as the LoP in the West Bengal Assembly. NEW DELHI: Ritabrata Banerjee will continue as the leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly for now as the Calcutta high court division bench on Tuesday declined to disturb his appointment at the current stage.The bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay…
Mallikarjun Kharge also referred to Congress’s historical role in deciding which national songs would be adopted. NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday defended the version of Vande Mataram sung at the party’s Independence Day programme, saying it was the same version historically sung by Congress leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar…
File photo: MGNREGA workers at a work site (Picture credit: PTI) MGNREGA, which served as rural India’s job safety net for two decades, was repealed on July 1, 2026. In its place is the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G, which raises the guaranteed employment from 100 to 125…