Five carcasses wash up on Juhu beach in one month
Reagan Creado who regularly visits Juhu beach for walks on Tuesday shared that he found a dead and probably half eaten olive ridley turtle carcass and decided to alert the Forest department helpline. A 36-year-old Juhu resident who has documented the carcasses of five marine species being washed... read more »
Behind China’s Silk Road vision: Cheap funds, heavy debt, growing ris...
BEIJING: Behind China’s trillion-dollar effort to build a modern Silk Road is a lending programme of unprecedented breadth, one that will help build ports, roads and rail links, but could also leave some banks and many countries with quite a hangover. At the heart of that splurge are... read more »
AC Put Up At Slain BSF Trooper’s Home, Removed After Yogi’s Visit
The family members of slain BSF head constable Prem Sagar were befuddled when the Deoria district administration installed a window air conditioner, put up a sofa and carpet at their home ahead of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s visit on Friday. They were in for even a greater shock when... read more »
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: D-Day for India as New Delhi and Islamabad to battl...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings in the Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav case today. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) was last a battleground for India and Pakistan nearly 18 years ago when Islamabad sought its intervention over the shooting down of... read more »
Manipur: 4 killed, 13 hurt, curfew in Churachandpur after mob fury
At least four people were killed and 13 others injured in violence that broke out in Churachandpur district in Manipur late on Monday over three bills passed in the state assembly,... read more »
JD (U) backs Hamid Ansari, says minorities being targetted by NDA government
The Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday backed Vice President Hamid Ansari’s comments on minorities, saying they are being targetted by the present NDA regime. “The minorities are... read more »
Saudi Arabia: Fire at oil workers’ residential compound kills at least 11
A large fire broke out Sunday in the basement of a sprawling residential complex in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 200, officials in the... read more »
Thai woman wearing Islamic head-scarf named as suspect in Bangkok bomb blast
Bangkok police have named a Thai woman wanted for questioning about the lethal shrine explosion as they said they were seeking two new suspects after bomb-making material was found in a... read more »
Land bill defeat shows that Modi now to needs to lead from the fr...
Narendra Modi’s final retreat on the Land Acquisition Ordinance, announced by the man himself in his monthly radio conversation Mann ki Baat, is a sad commentary on his government’s... read more »
