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New Delhi, Jul 13: The National Green Tribunal today passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate River Ganga, declaring as 'No-Development Zone' an area of 100 metres from the edge of the river between Haridwar and Unnao and prohibiting dumping of waste within 500 metres from the river. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also declared that an environment compensation of Rs 50

New Delhi, Jul 13: The BJP today hit out at Rahul Gandhi for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and "not terrorism", after his return from "vacation", hours after the Congress vice president said Modi's policies had created space for terrorists in Kashmir. Union minister Smriti Irani said the challenges around Kashmir were a legacy of the Nehru-Gandhi family and that "the country knows it".

New Delhi, Jul 13: Janata Dal United JD(U) on Wednesday made it clear that they won't break 'mahagathbandhan' in Bihar saying how can we kill our own baby, claims report in leading daily. JD(U) chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who had a good telephonic conversation with Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday broke his silence over grand alliance in the state which was under strain after Nitish

New Delhi, Jul 12: Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today accused him of pursuing policies that created space for terrorists in Kashmir. He also said that the prime minister's pursuit of short- term political gains from the BJP-PDP alliance in the state has cost the country dear and resulted in sacrifices of innocent Indians. "Modi's

Patna, Jul 12: Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, who is in the eye of storm ever since he was named as an accused in the FIR lodged by the CBI, on Wednesday said there was no threat to the Grand Alliance Government in Bihar. “There is no question of my resignation as I have done no wrong while discharging my duties as the State’s Dy CM,” said Tejaswi, after attending the Cabinet meeting

New Delhi, Jul 12: The Supreme Court today said that its five-judge Constitution Bench will sit on July 18 and 19 to hear matters relating to Aadhaar, including the aspect of right to privacy. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud which said that its five-judge Constitution Bench will hear Aadhaar-related matters. Attorney General K

Jammu, Jul 12: Unfazed by the brazen terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the largest batch of Amarnath pilgrims left for Pahalgam and Baltal on Wednesday. Monday's attack was the second such strike on Amarnath pilgrims in the past 17 years. According to news agency, the batch left amid unprecedented security put in place by the state and

Srinagar, Jul 12: Three militants were today killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in central Kashmir's Budgam district, police said. "Three militants were killed this morning in the encounter," a police official said. He said security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Redbug area of Budgam last evening after receiving specific intelligence inputs about the presence

Ahmedabad, Jul 11: A class IV Hindi textbook of the the Gujarat State School Textbook Board has defined the Urdu word "roza," which denotes the fasting during the holy month of Ramzan, as "an infectious disease that causes diarrhoea." The serious error figures in the glossary carried at the end of legendary writer Premchand's story "Idgah." In this section, "roza" has been defined as

Muzaffarnagar, Jul 11: The mother of Sandeep Kumar Sharma, arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for being an Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, says her son should be punished he is a militant. Sharma's mother Parvati and sister-in-law Rekha were interrogated by a team of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and released from custody late last night, police said. "If my son is a militant