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NEW DELHI: Investigative agencies on Thursday said that around eight terrorists planned to carry out serial blasts in several cities across India, news agency ANI, citing sources.According to ANI, terrorists had planned to move to four cities in groups of two each which was supposed to carry multiple IEDs along with them.“Around eight suspects planned…

NEW DELHI: Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025, reaching record high of 38.1 billion tonnes, over 2024 with the US heading for the highest percentage increase of 1.9% followed by India (1.4%), China and the EU (0.4% each) among the big four emitting countries, shows Global Carbon…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said rampant illegal mining in Aravali range, the natural barrier spread across Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi that’s preventing desertification of Gangetic plains, is causing immense damage to the sensitive eco-system. The court reserved verdict on the issue of a uniform definition of what the Aravali range is. Amicus…

NEW DELHI: Days after the blast near Red Fort, in which nine people were killed and 30 injured, security agencies were on Wednesday thrown into a tizzy after IndiGo received a message threatening that five airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, would be blown up within 24 hours.The bomb disposal squad, along with fire department personnel,…

SRINAGAR: J&K police intensified their sweeping operation to dismantle terrorist support networks and the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), searching over 200 locations in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and questioning more than 500 people, including a doctor, as the crackdown entered its fifth day Tuesday.The campaign across Kashmir valley has gathered pace after the unearthing of a…

Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has put the onus on its zonal officials to sensitise contractual staff about the disposal of garbage, days after a video showing a staffer throwing a bag of garbage from a moving train went viral.In a circular sent out to general managers of all zones, the…

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort as a “terrorist incident”.“The country has witnessed a heinous terrorist incident perpetrated by anti-national forces through a car explosion near Red Fort on 10th November,” Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during a Cabinet briefing, which began shortly after…

NEW DELHI: Investigation into the Red Fort blast case has led to a range of clues, involving “white-collar terror module”, a missing “red Ford EcoSport car” and Faridabad’s Al Falah university.A powerful blast in an explosive-laden Hyundai i20 car on Monday evening near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station killed 12 people and injured several others….

The study site at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh | Credit: IISc BENGALURU: Insect-eating birds that live close to the forest floor in the Eastern Himalayas are facing serious survival challenges due to human-driven changes to their habitats, a new study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has found.Researchers from IISc’s Centre for…

Blast near Red Fort in Delhi NEW DELHI: A Hyundai i20 exploded near the Red Fort around 6:52pm on Monday, killing at least 12 people. Investigators are treating the incident as a terrorist strike under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and tracing it to a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) network that allegedly involved radicalised young doctors and…