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New Delhi: If countries implement their current climate pledges, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are expected to drop only 6 per cent below 2019 levels by 2035, meaning the projected reduction is substantially off track, compared to the dip required to limit global warming, a...

Lucknow: A day after three members of a family were shot dead in Lucknow's Saadatganj area, Usha Tiwari, wife of victim Shivaji Tiwari, Tuesday demanded the death penalty for the accused and called for the prime accused, Rishabh Shukla, to be killed in an encounter....

New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Tuesday said that 31 teams have been deployed across the states likely to be affected by impending Cyclone Arnab, and a strategy has been finalised for the situation. Cyclone Arnab has intensified into a very severe cyclonic...

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary, K.C. Venugopal, Tuesday accused the Modi government of blocking the INDIA Bloc’s planned protest and public campaign for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. He...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear November 3, a plea concerning a pregnant woman journalist's allegation that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi pushed and pulled her during the Opposition INDIA bloc leaders’ march to the apex...

Patna: A controversy over the absence of CCTV cameras in the ballot-opening and vote-counting area has erupted at the Patna counting centre during the counting of votes for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats Tuesday. Congress candidate Dr Sanjay Yadav staged a sit-in protest, alleging a...

Kannur: The investigation into the alleged attack on former Kerala Health Minister Veena George by KSU activists has taken another turn. Doctors who treated her have reportedly told the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that she had no visible external injuries. The doctors at Pariyaram Medical...

Visakhapatnam: Severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is heading towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, which started witnessing its impact Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said ‘Arnab’ intensified into a very severe cyclonic...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to four new ministers in the Omar Abdullah-led government. The four new ministers, who were administered the oath of office, include senior National Conference (NC) leader and MLA from...

New Delhi: A day after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi reiterated call for 'Chalo Delhi' march slated for November 1, the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) wrote to him again Tuesday, pleading that the mega-rally be rescheduled after Diwali festivities. A...