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Arvind Kejriwal govt has not rejected a single tree-cutting request since 2015

Delhi forest department records show the AAP administration has allowed the felling of more than 17,115 trees in three years. New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi...

Hit by drugs epidemic, Punjab will go black this week to protest against ‘white menace’

The movement has been triggered by the recent viral videos showing the toll drug abuse is taking on the state’s youth. New Delhi: People in Punjab...

Kerala is pulling plastic from the oceans to build roads

There are more than 34,000km of plastic roads in India, mostly in rural areas.

Uttarakhand teacher seeking transfer suspended, CM’s wife not transferred for last 22 years

Suspended principal cries foul as RTI plea says CM’s wife Sunita Rawat, also a teacher, is posted in Dehradun since 1996.

Badarpur power plant has no plans to shut down despite order from court-appointed body

The Badarpur plant has been identified as India’s most polluting power plant.

Rs 57 cr less to be paid to airlines this year as air fare for Haj pilgrims: Naqvi

In January, the govt announced that there would be no subsidy for Haj from this year and the funds saved would be used to provide education to minority communities. 

Thane police file chargesheet against Dawood Ibrahim and his brothers in extortion case

Police registered an offence of extortion in October last year against Dawood gang based on a builder's complaint. 

Patron loyalty, ‘police nexus’ — how capital’s hookah scene is thriving despite ban

The serving of hookah is banned in Delhi but regular customers and an unwritten code have helped restaurants overcome it.

Vajpayee’s surgical strike killed 16 Pak soldiers much before Modi announced his in 2016

The operation in January 2000 was launched in PoK in retaliation to an attack from across the LoC.

Colonial infrastructure to blame for Bangalore running out of water

India’s Silicon Valley is facing severe water crisis as piped water infrastructure, the old tanks and wells have already started exhausting.

On Camera

Stop asking fans to explain why they like Taylor Swift. Belittling Swifties reeks of sexism

She’s perhaps the only artist that one still has to offer a ‘reason’ for liking. No one bats an eye if you like Harry Styles or Beyonce. But god forbid you express your love for Swift publicly.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.