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T’puram: In a first in India, Kerala cabinet Saturday cleared a draft bill to amend Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, authorising the chief wildlife warden to order the killing of any wild animal that attacks and injures a person in a residential area.The move comes amid a series of reports of man-animal conflicts in recent months….
NEW DELHI: The poor may now prefer to shift to beggar homes rather than fight hunger and diseases in their dilapidated houses as the Supreme Court ordered states and UTs on Friday to ensure dignified living conditions in beggar homes along with periodic health check up of inmates by doctors and dieticians to ensure hygienic…
TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: The India-Pakistan contest is where legends are made and hearts are broken. Beyond sheer skill, it’s the temperament, nerves and the ability to seize defining moments that decide the victor. Every duel on the field is a battle within a battle. The captains, Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha, have already hinted…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in Supreme Court declaring that it alone has full discretion to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) or general revision of electoral rolls before a general elections, assembly polls or bye-elections to a constituency.Opposing a PIL by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay requesting SC to direct EC to…
NEW DELHI: Delhi govt is preparing to move National Green Tribunal seeking permission to dredge the Yamuna riverbed in the city. The decision has been taken as Delhi has faced urban flooding repeatedly and the Yamuna’s water-carrying capacity has shrunk here.Minister Parvesh Verma said the proposal was aimed at reviving the river’s natural flow, easing…
IMPHAL: In a significant gesture to the new order in Nepal, PM Modi on Saturday reached out to Gen Z while congratulating interim PM Sushila Karki and signalling India’s continuing support, reports Prabin Kalita.“One special feature of the recent developments visible on social media is the way youth have been cleaning the streets of Nepal…
NEW DELHI: Holding that public interest isn’t synonymous with the cause of govt but with enforcing accountability, Supreme Court said courts shouldn’t overlook govt negligence or condone inordinate delay in filing cases, as this amounts to institutionalising inefficiency.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said courts shouldn’t become a “surrogate of state…
PUNE: Top meteorologists have warned that La Niña conditions could return later this year, potentially shaping global weather patterns and making India’s winter colder than usual.The US National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center on Sept 11 said there was a 71% chance of La Niña developing between Oct and Dec 2025. The probability dips slightly…
In another attempt to push Western allies to stop their purchases of Russian crude and increase pressure on Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump issued an open letter to Nato members. Yet one detail stood out in the President’s message: India was not mentioned. The omission is striking, given Trump and his administration, particularly trade representative Peter…
NEW DELHI: Unfazed by uncertainty hanging over the proposed summit in November, Quad cooperation at ground level remains intact with the focus this month on counterterrorism workshops.These will include a technical exchange on misuse of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) drones by terrorists and a seminar on preventing terrorist exploitation of new and emerging technologies, including…
