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SOP released to conserve sea turtles across 36 islands of Lakshadweep NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry on Saturday released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), providing a unified and scientifically robust framework for the conservation, monitoring and management of sea turtles across Lakshadweep.All four major species of sea turtles – Green turtles, Hawksbills, Leatherbacks and…

Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Saturday defended his letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, saying he has the right, as home minister, to demand transparency from the organisation.Also Read | ‘RSS must register, pay taxes’: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge writes…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of surrendering to “conspiratorial forces” during the Partition era, claiming that efforts had once been made to separate the whole of Bengal from India and merge it with Pakistan. PM Modi attended Paschimbanga Divas (West Bengal Day) celebrations at Tarakeswar in Hooghly district.The Prime…

NEET re-exam will be held on Sunday; PM Modi with Italin PM Giorgia Meloni The National Testing Agency (NTA) clarified that a NEET (UG) aspirant who was allotted a retest centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE, had himself applied to appear there. The Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should learn from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…

Leh: Leh Apex Body (LAB) co-chairman Chering Dorjay addresses a press conference, in Leh, Ladakh. (PTI Photo/S Irfan) NEW DELHI: Ladakh groups on Saturday announced a mass shutdown on June 23, alleging that the Centre did not include key decisions from last month’s meeting on the Union territory’s political and constitutional future in the official…

CBI, Sunetra Pawar’s brother Padamsinh Patil (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will appeal against the acquittal of all accused in the 2006 Pawanraje Nimbalkar double murder case before the Bombay high court, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday, hours after a special CBI court cleared nine accused,…

16 drug combinations banned by Centre over safety concerns NEW DELHI: The Centre has banned 16 fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines, including certain antibiotic, pain-relief and skin-treatment products, after expert panels found that they lacked therapeutic justification and were not supported by scientific evidence.The health ministry on Friday prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of these…

BJP says Shashi Tharoor ‘exposed Rahul Gandhi’ after Congress leader praises PM Modi- Trump meet NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday seized on senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s remarks praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that the comments had exposed a contradiction within the Congress party’s stance towards the Prime Minister.Reacting to Tharoor’s observations, BJP…

Sanjay Raut slams Eknath Shinde over ‘yeh toh trailer hai’ remark NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a fresh attack on Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde stating he should not be taken seriously and described him as a ‘dishonest leader’ who broke away from the Shiv Sena.Raut also took…

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge targeted the Centre over rising inflation saying that while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was “busy buying shopping from other parties”, common people could not even “afford basic necessities!”Kharge’s remarks come at a time when several MPs and MLAs from key opposition parties either merged…