Residents and environmental activists said that encroachment on the banks of the Beas is not only a local menace but also worsens the impacts of the seasonal floods.
As part of the Constitutional Conduct Group, 103 former bureaucrats urged the Finance Commission to recommend compensating these states as their natural resources were essential for India’s economy
Wangchuk was detained under NSA on 26 Sept after protests demanding statehood & Sixth Schedule protection for Ladakh turned violent. He was accused of instigating the violence.
A Shimla-resident has challenged the extension in high court on the ground that Prabodh Saxena faces prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The BJP MP visited the flood and landslide-affected areas of Manali & interacted with people. She accused the Congress-led state government of diverting central relief funds.
Earlier, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu chaired a high-level meeting to assess the damage caused by the torrential rains over the last 48 hours across the state.
More than 1,900 villages were inundated, at least 45 people killed and nearly 4 lakh residents affected in Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Amritsar districts alone.
According to the State Disaster Management Authority, 1,001 roads, including three national highways, remained blocked due to landslides, mudslides, and flash floods.
Weak governance, corruption and poverty continue to define tribal life in India. The introduction of industrial and mining projects has benefited contractors, politicians and officials more than Adivasis.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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