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The YarlungTsangpo, which becomes the Siang on entering Arunachal Pradesh and later the Brahmaputra in Assam (and the Meghna in Bangladesh) is one of the most eco-sensitive regions of the planet. (Representational image: AFP)

Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India

A series of nine hydropower plants in cascade will definitely threaten life across the whole of India's Northeast region

6 April 2021 7:27 AM IST

The Election Commission has found that 171 votes were cast at a booth where only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise in Halflong Assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. (Representational Photo: AFP)

A booth with 90 voters in Assam polled 171 votes, officials fired

The district election officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and...

6 April 2021 4:14 AM IST

The report said as AFA inspectors combed through Dassault accounts in 2017, they raised an eyebrow when they came across an item expenditure costing 508,925 euros entered under the heading gifts to clients. (Photo: PTI)

French Portal: 1Million Euros gifted to middleman for Dassault

CBI and ED are investigating Defsys Solutions run by Sushen Gupta in the AgustaWestland case

6 April 2021 4:08 AM IST

The back-to-back meetings, after the one chaired by the PM on Sunday, is a part of the Central governments efforts to contain the spread of the virus, which has once again turned into a full-blown crisis. (Photo: PTI)

Amid Covid spurt, PM to talk to CMs on Thursday

Harsh Vardhan has called a meeting with 11 states and UTs of grave concern on Tuesday to take stock of the worsening...

6 April 2021 4:04 AM IST

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. (Twitter/ @MahaDGIPR)

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigns

Bombay High Court had directed the CBI to probe into allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled by Param Bir...

5 April 2021 3:14 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute to the 14 CRPF Personnel who lost their lives in Bijapur Naxal attack, in Jagdalpur, Monday, April 5, 2021. (PTI)

Government determined to end Naxal menace, says HM Amit Shah

The Home Minister paid tributes to the 22 security personnel who were killed by naxals in Chhattisgarh

5 April 2021 1:46 PM IST

LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business worldwide

LG was once the third-largest mobile phone maker but has lost market share to Chinese and other competitors

5 April 2021 1:23 PM IST

Former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh with Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. (PTI file photo)

Bombay HC asks CBI to probe corruption allegations against Anil...

A division bench said this was an 'extraordinary' and 'unprecedented' case that warranted an independent inquiry

5 April 2021 12:51 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample to test for COVID-19 outside shopping mall in Mumbai, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

COVID-19: India records over one lakh new cases in single day for...

The single-day rise in cases surpassed the earlier peak of 97,894 infections reported on Sept 17, last year, making it...

5 April 2021 11:13 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a review meeting on Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, in New Delhi on Sunday, April 4, 2021. (PTI)

Naxal attack: Amit Shah to visit Chhattisgarh, hold high-level meet

Shah will later chair a high-level meeting at the Police Coordination Centre here on the Left Wing Extremism situation

5 April 2021 10:22 AM IST

Given the kind of links that China has established with all major economies, it remains to be seen how effective the Quad countries can be in decoupling themselves from China. (AFP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Quad Quandary: Of social intimacy, political conflict

India cannot ignore the fact that Australia, Japan and the United States continue to do far more business with China...

5 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses media representatives, at Sualkuchi in Kamrup, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (PTI)

Amit Shah asks forces to launch operation against Maoists

Following Shah's instructions a massive operation has been launched by security forces along the Sukma-Bijapur border

5 April 2021 7:14 AM IST