India, All india, 28th Jul 2019, News & Stories from India

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In the letter addressed to Rijiju, Batra said the IOA has decided that India will not attend the Congress of CWG in Kigali, Rwanda, from September 3 to 5 later this year. (Photo: ANI)

IOA president writes to Kiren Rijiju, urging to boycott CWG Games 2022

The IOA president further said that India bagged most of the medals in shooting category and by removing it India's position will come down.

28 Jul 2019 8:56 AM

The India Meteorological Department on Saturday evening predicted 'heavy to very heavy' rains in Mumbai, including 'extremely heavy' rain in isolated places, for Sunday. (Photo: File)

IMD predicts heavy rain in Mumbai today, Disaster Management on alert

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said it was prepared for the monsoon onslaught and asked citizens to be careful.

28 Jul 2019 8:44 AM

The IAF had signed a contract with the US government and Boeing in September 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters.

IAF gets first batch of 4 Apache helicopters

The addition of AH-64 E(I) helicopter is a significant step towards modernisation of Indian Air Force’s helicopter fleet.

28 Jul 2019 6:20 AM

Kamal Nath nephew gives ED slip on pretext of going to toilet

It is understood that agency officials then tried to call him on his mobile phone but it was switched off.

28 Jul 2019 6:12 AM

The overall savings stood at 31 percent of total grants and appropriations exposing poor financial management by the state. (Photo: File)

CAG flags Rs 986 cr revenue loss in Assam

The report contains several instances of non-levy of taxes, duties, loss of revenue, irregular exemption and other irregularities.

28 Jul 2019 6:04 AM

Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala administers the oath of office to B.S. Yediyurappa as Karnataka chief minister during the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

JDS backtracks on giving BJP outside support

Meanwhile, speculation is rife that more Congress MLAs from North Karnataka could quit, a BJP insider told this newspaper.

28 Jul 2019 5:46 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a programme to mark Kargil Vijay Diwas in New Delhi on Saturday. Defence minister Rajnath Singh and minister of state for Ayush (independent charge) and defence, Shripad Yesso Naik, are also seen. (Photo: PTI)

Kargil win a symbol of India’s might: Modi

The Prime Minister said that terrorism and proxy war pose a threat to the entire world today.

28 Jul 2019 5:45 AM

Despite some serious violent incidents taking place because of the chauvinist politics of a section that occasionally sway the Assamese masses, there has been communal harmony between the mainstream Assamese and the Bengal-origin residents of the char areas.

FIR against ‘Miyah’ poets creates in ripples in Assam

Most of them have been returning Assamese as their mother tongue in the census and are proud to be Asomiya.

28 Jul 2019 5:41 AM

Hyderabad businessman held in Moin Qureshi PMLA case

Sana’s links with Qureshi are considered to be dubious. He is involved in the bribery case and had made payments to Qureshi which are illegitimate.

28 Jul 2019 3:14 AM

Maoists opened fire on the security forces when the latter were cordoning off the area leading to a fierce gun battle between them which lasted nearly 45 minutes. Later, Naxals fled the spot.

3 women among 7 Naxals gunned down in Bastar

As many as 45 Maoists were killed in last seven months in Bastar division comprising seven districts.

28 Jul 2019 3:10 AM

It is this almost this incredible congruence of human life, thought, history and geography that one saw as singularly manifest in this 70-plus veteran Tamil writer, P. Manickavasagam, widely known as Poomani, Sahitya Academy winner (2014) for his epic-like master piece, ‘Angnaadi’.

Rediscovering a Tamil modernist writer

One already gets the scent of the day to unfold as one hops into a State transport bus to Kovilpatti, about 60 km from Tirunelveli.

28 Jul 2019 3:09 AM

The shikara boat that can accommodate up to ten people being readied at Kakkathuruth. (Photo: Asian Age)

Makeover of an island

The tiny village of Kakkathuruth shot to international fame when National Geographic in 2017 featured the sunset there as a must watch.

28 Jul 2019 3:06 AM

Forest sources said that in the latest tiger population monitoring exercise, the presence of nearly 34 tigers in the upper plateau or the highland parts of the Nilgiris, came to the fore through the camera traps.

Highland tigers back home in Nilgiris

In the upper reaches of the Nilgiris, the tiger population is estimated to be around 34 to 40.

28 Jul 2019 3:03 AM

A tiger crossing the road in dark hours in Kil-Kotagiri area in the upper reaches of Nilgiris.

Rapid deployable teams can help manage man-tiger conflict

The RDB team should be trained to quickly respond to situations that may stem from man-tiger conflict.

28 Jul 2019 2:58 AM

Madhya Pradesh Minister Narottam Mishra. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

E-tender scam: BJP minister’s ex-secretaries face arrest

Narottam Mishra dared the Kamal Nath government to produce evidence linking him in the e-tendering scam.

28 Jul 2019 2:11 AM

BJP leader and cabinet minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

BJP’s Naqvi cautions party workers against arrogance

Naqvi said the “disease of arrogance and egotism” could be cured with the help of “medicine of decency and humility”.

28 Jul 2019 2:07 AM

Priyanka Gandhi to revive local bodies during UP tour

The Congress had won only one seat in Uttar Pradesh which was the family pocket- borough of Rae Bareli from where Sonia Gandhi had contested.

28 Jul 2019 2:03 AM

Top Pakistani JeM terrorist killed in Shopian encounter

Police spokesman added that the security forces returned fire, triggering an encounter which lasted for several hours.

28 Jul 2019 1:55 AM

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval (Photo: AP)

After Doval’s return, Centre rushes 10,000 troops to J&K

Several petitions seeking repeal of both these provisions are currently pending before the Supreme Court.

28 Jul 2019 1:12 AM

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