As cattle market collapses, stray cows raid U.P. farms
It could take Vijay Rawat a week’s labour to build a temporary fence of Babool tree branches and twigs around his 2.5 bigha field. The thorny plants make the process arduous; he has already suffered cuts and scratches. But if he wants to protect his valuable crops, there is little choice. He cannot afford a wire fence.
Barred at border: record arrests of Rohingya in 2018
Between 2015 and 2018, the Border Security Force (BSF) arrested around 478 Rohingya along the India-Bangladesh border, with 230 held in 2018 alone. While the number of arrests in 2015 and 2016 were 54 and 71, respectively, it rose to 123 in 2017.
HIV crisis in Tamil Nadu: Tainted blood
Lapses in following a well-defined protocol for blood donation and transfusion have led to a series of tragedies in Tamil Nadu. Experts are now calling for some serious soul-searching and an audit to zero in on areas of improvement.
Call for northeast shutdown against Citizenship Bill
At least 30 indigenous groups, including the North East Students’ Organisation, have called an 11-hour shutdown on Tuesday to protest the Narendra Modi government’s move to have the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 , passed in the Parliament.
Haryana’s Nuh bears witness to failure of first ‘mobile court’
On the drive south from Delhi towards Alwar, a left turn at Badkali Chowk in Haryana’s Nuh brings one to the small town of Pingawan. About 7 km down the road, one encounters a black, rusted signboard that reads ‘Mobile Court, Pingawan, Mewat’ on the boundary wall of a modest building.
Yadagirigutta: Making a temple out of a mountain
Among the theories on the origin of the monolithic Kailasa Temple in the Ellora caves is one that says aliens chiselled through the hill from the top to create the mammoth temple from a single block of stone sometime in the eighth century during the reign of Krishna I of the Rasntrakutas. .
Venezuela's parliament rejects legitimacy of Maduro’s second term
Venezuela's Opposition-controlled National Assembly declared Nicolas Maduro's presidency illegitimate on Saturday as he was about to begin a second term in office.
Congress, NCP reach deal on Maharashtra seats
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to conclude the seat-sharing talks for the Lok Sabha election on Sunday. Senior leaders said a consensus had been reached on 40 seats and a final meeting would take place at the residence of Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil later in the evening.
Letter From A Concerned Reader: Where is manners and all?
And what did that scoundrel say? ‘Oh Mr. Mathrubootham I did not expect to see you, you have put on weight...’
