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New Delhi: City schools will close for a winter break from November 9 to 18 – in view of the toxic smog that has blanketed the city for six straight days – the Delhi government said Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Environment Minister Gopal Rai and attended by Education Minister Atishi, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot ...

A rat was captured by the police. In a bizarre incident, the police in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara have confined a rat into a cage after claiming the rodent consumed seized liquor kept in the Kotwali Police station. The cops said at least five dozen (or 60 bottles) were destroyed and blamed rats for it, claiming they enjoyed “sipping liquor”. The ...

New Delhi: As air quality continues to remain severe in the national capital, industrialist Anand Mahindra on Wednesday suggested a unique solution to Delhi’s yearly battle with toxic smog. The industrialist, who is known for sharing intriguing takes on issues that make the news, pitched a new way to “heal” Delhi’s pollution on X. In his post, Mr Mahindra batted ...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has apologised for “derogatory” comments about the role of women’s education in population control made in the state Assembly Tuesday afternoon. He told reporters he meant no disrespect to women and offered to take back his words if they had caused offence. The remarks were made as he explained why Bihar’s fertility rate has ...

Elvish Yadav had reached Sector-20 police station secretly to avoid the media. New Delhi: Bigg Boss OTT winner Elvish Yadav was interrogated by the cops in Noida late last night in connection with the alleged use of snake venom at rave parties. The influencer has denied his involvement in the case after five people were arrested for allegedly supplying snake ...

According to the reports, the Gandhis met briefly outside the revered shrine. New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his cousin Varun Gandhi, a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, had a brief meeting at the Kedarnath temple on Tuesday where both had gone to offer prayers, sources said. The meeting between the cousins, who are rarely seen together in public, ...

Only 9.19 per cent of people have cleared their higher secondary examination. Patna: There are nearly 80 lakh graduates in Bihar, which is around 6.11 per cent of the total population, says the caste survey report tabled in Bihar assembly. According to the report, 24,534 people belonging to Other Reported Classes (ORC) have the maximum number of graduates, accounting for ...

The air quality in Delhi dipped to the severe category this morning after a slight improvement a day earlier. The situation has worsened in Mumbai too since it debuted as among the world’s most polluted cities last weekend. A blanket of toxic smog covers Delhi and surrounding cities with schools being shut and the stricter odd-even rule set to make ...

Akhilesh Yadav was addressing public at Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh Niwari, Madhya Pradesh: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that both parties have formed the government in Madhya Pradesh but have not done anything for the poor and farmers. Akhilesh Yadav was addressing public at Niwari district of MP. “I ...

Manipur Police commandos reach Moreh on October 31 midnight (File) Imphal: Days after 10 MLAs of the Chin-Kuki-Zo tribes raised concerns over alleged excesses of the Manipur Police in the border town Moreh, hill-based civil society organisations have said their representatives met the Assam Rifles to discuss how to address their concerns. Kuki civil society organisation sources said their representatives ...