INDIA

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Corbett, Rajaji to remain open throughout year

11:42 pm June 25, 2021

Dehradun: Corbett and Rajaji tiger reserves in Uttarakhand will now remain open for visitors throughout the year, state Forest and Environment Minister Harak Singh Rawat said on Friday. The two tiger reserves located in Nainital and Haridwar districts respectively remain closed to visitors every year from June 30 to mid-November. The decision to keep the […]

Mumbai: 16-year-old commits suicide in Malwani

11:37 pm June 24, 2021

Mumbai: A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her home in Malwani here on Thursday, police said. The girl was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her home in Rathodi locality in the afternoon, an official said. The girl’s family had been away at the time of […]

Guj: Man, two others held under anti-conversion law

11:27 pm June 24, 2021

Ahmedabad: A 25-year-old man and two others were arrested in Gujarat’s Vadodara city on Thursday under a new law for allegedly forcing his wife to convert after marriage and also for domestic violence, police said. Mohib Pathan, his brother Mohsin and their father Imtiyaz Pathan were arrested by Fatehgunj police under the Gujarat Freedom of […]

India presses OPEC for affordable oil price

11:22 pm June 24, 2021

New Delhi: With domestic retail fuel prices jumping to record high on rising international oil rates, India on Thursday pressed oil cartel OPEC for ‘affordable’ oil price within a ‘reasonable band’ and that the producers should phase out production cuts. OPEC nations such as Saudi Arabia have traditionally been India’s principal oil source. But, OPEC […]

Ghaziabad assault case: Twitter India MD gets relief, no coercive action, says Karnataka HC

11:11 pm June 24, 2021

Bengaluru/Ghaziabad: In a relief to Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday restrained Ghaziabad police, which has summoned him in connection with a probe related to the assault of an elderly Muslim man there, from initiating coercive action against him. The single bench of Justice G Narender said the police can […]