NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) and release the latest figures of the country's tiger population at Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru. The IBCA aims to focus on protection and conservation of seven major big cats of the world -- Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar and Cheetah -- through curbing poaching and...

THANE: At least 20 people were rescued after a major fire erupted in a 12-storey building in Bhiwandi city in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, an official said. The building with 48 flats filled with smoke after the blaze erupted at around 2.15 pm and residents rushed out, the official added. "At least 20 residents stranded on...

DIBRUGARH: Amid rise in Covid-19 cases in the country, health minister Keshab Mahanta on Friday virtually participated in the Covid review meeting of health ministers of all states and Union Territories chaired by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Talking to reporters after participating in the meeting virtually from the conference hall of Dibrugarh University guest house, Mahanta said the health...

CHENNAI: On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to arrive in Chennai, Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday announced that all three blocks in Tamil Nadu, proposed to be auctioned for coal mining, would be exempted.Pralhad Joshi, on Twitter, said the decision to exempt Tamil Nadu was taken based on the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu. "BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai rushed...

NEW DELHI: An official on Saturday informed that a Delhi Police head constable allegedly shot himself inside a PCR van near Chandgi Ram Akhara in Civil Lines area of the city. According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, deputy commissioner of police (north), at around 6.25 am, police got information that head constable Imran Mohammed, PCR van in-charge in Civil Lines police station, had shot himself with his...

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MUMBAI: Built in the stands behind the long-on boundary, at the spot where MS Dhoni hit the 2011 World Cup-winning six, the victory memorial at the Wankhede Stadium was inaugurated by Dhoni himself on Friday. The Mumbai Cricket Association built the memorial to commemorate India's second World Cup triumph.India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final on April 2, 2011.Batting first, Sri Lanka posted...

Thane: The property cell of the Thane crime branch has arrested a 26-year-old history sheeter and has seized two illegal country-made revolvers and six live cartridges from him. The accused has been identified as Akash Shirsath, a resident of Ulhasnagar.The police said that they had information that a person with a specific description was to come at Kopri area, hence, a team was formed, and accordingly...

KOLKATA: The city cops on Thursday evening arrested an 11-member team of fraudsters from Jamtara after KKR's home match at Eden Gardens. The men, all sporting KKR jerseys, were seated in the G-block stand when they were spotted by detective department officers deployed there. The sleuths followed them after the match and arrested them when they reached their hotel.The accused are part of a gang that has...