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New Delhi: Non-coal mining project developers will not have to show proof of land acquisition as a prerequisite for environmental clearance now, according to a recent environment ministry memorandum. So far, the ministry required proof of land acquisition. However, the norm was reconsidered following requests...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday took note of the number of interlocutory applications being filed before it in the stray dogs case and said that so many applications normally don't come even in cases of humans. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday granted time till February 7 to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to file her reply on a plea challenging a magistrate's order refusing to probe the allegation that she was included in the electoral rolls three years before acquiring Indian...

New Delhi: Observing that the central pollution watchdog is "failing in its duty", the Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the authority for seeking a two-month adjournment on the issue of temporary closure or relocation of toll plazas at Delhi borders to ease traffic congestion. The top...

Kolkata: Cricketer Mohammed Shami was asked to appear for the SIR verification hearing in Kolkata, officials said Tuesday. Shami was called for the hearing along with his brother Mohammed Kaif at a school in Jadavpur Monday, but the cricketer could not appear as he is...

Chennai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued summons to Vijay, founder and president of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), directing him to appear in person before the agency in New Delhi January 12. The summons was issued in connection with the Karur stampede...

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday said it had taken serious cognisance of videos from a protest in which the students' union raised highly objectionable, provocative, and inflammatory slogans, asserting that such actions demonstrate a “wilful disrespect for constitutional institutions. The university has also...

Lucknow: The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh was published Tuesday after a special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, with 12.55 crore voters retained out of 15.44 crore listed earlier, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said Tuesday. The remaining 18.70 per cent, or about 2.89...

New Delhi: Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand Tuesday welcomed Narendra Modi’s recent remarks on the Somnath Temple, saying the Prime Minister’s message powerfully conveyed the enduring spirit of faith despite historical destruction. Referring to the Prime Minister’s post on X marking...

New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly was adjourned twice on the second day of the Winter Session Tuesday, with the ruling BJP MLAs seeking an apology from the AAP members for “spreading lies” that directions were issued for the counting of stray dogs by government school...