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Protesters at Tikri ‘thrash’ policeman Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A policeman, who went to the Tikri border protest site to paste posters of missing persons, was allegedly thrashed by protesters on Friday night. A senior police officer said that a policeman of Nangloi police station went to the Tikri border to paste posters of protesters missing since the violence that broke out on Republic Day. He was allegedly thrashed by the protesters. He received injuries on his head and other...

Officials from the Election Commission have supervised the first level check (FLC) of electronic voting machines (EVMs), as part of preparedness plans for the soon-to-be scheduled byelection to Nagarj

‘UAPA, sedition laws are against democracy’ Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri on Friday said the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and sedition were laws against democracy and the people. These laws took away people’s rights and were aimed at stifling the people. ‘Laws misused’ He accused the Narendra Modi government at the Centre of misusing these laws to arrest those fighting for the people and those raising their voices ag...

The Delhi Congress on Friday said the upcoming by-polls in five municipal wards will decisive for Delhiites as they will be able to express their dissatisfaction with the way BJP and AAP have been run

Tree mapping gets underway in Fort Kochi Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Serve to Preserve, an initiative to love nature and to be more responsible towards the environment, was launched at Fort Kochi on Friday under the banner of CSML and India Smart City Fellowship by embarking on a tree-mapping drive in five corporation divisions in the area. Deputy Mayor K.A. Ansiya inaugurated the programme, which will be implemented with help from members of the public. The aim is to create a vast gr...

Updated: Share Article AAA The five-day National Horticultural Fair of the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, which concluded on Thursday, has boosted the confidence of scientists and policymakers as a record 16.8 lakh people participated in the event online. This is in addition to the physical attendance of about 75,000 people. The robust online viewership during the pandemic has made scientists, agri extension experts, and policy-makers to realise that it is still possible to reach ...

CS for speeding up process of free water supply Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed officials to speed up the process for supply of free drinking water in Hyderabad. The Chief Secretary instructed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to complete Aadhaar seeding with PTIN and CAN number to improve water supply and give priority to uncovered and slum areas in this regard. He gave the instructions during a review meeting with se...

Students and teachers of a government school at Kinathukadavu in the district were screened for COVID-19 on Thursday and Friday after a physical education teacher working in the school tested positive

Water level in Papanasam dam on Friday stood at 130.40 feet (permissible level is 143 ft.), with an inflow of 302.78 cusecs and a discharge of 1,204.75 cusecs. The level in Manimuthar dam was 112.42 f

AQI to be ‘very poor’ during weekend Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The air quality of Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram was in the “very poor” category on Friday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. “The ventilation is likely to stay in the same range and no significant change in AQI is expected for the next couple of days. AQI is likely to stay in the very poor category for the next two days. AQI is likely to marginally improve to the lower end of very poor t...