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UN conference on desertification kicks off

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The COP, which meets every two years, discusses ways and means forward to address global land degradation.

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Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar addresses a press conference of the COP 14 UN Convention to Combat Desertification, in New Delhi on September 2, 2019.

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Prohibitory orders from 92% police stations in J&K, Ladakh withdrawn, says Government

The government spokesman said the official endeavour is to move forward on the path of relaxation and facilitation further and further.

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J&K government spokesperson Rohit Kansal with DIG V.K. Birdi addresses a press conference in Srinagar on September 2, 2019.

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India committed to defence ties with Japan, says Rajnath Singh

Rajnath invites Japanese companies to participate in the biennial arms exhibition Defence Expo 2020, scheduled to be held in Lucknow.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on September 2, 2019.

Delhi-based Rights group says over 1 lakh STs excluded from Assam NRC

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According to the Rights and Risks Analysis Group, the exclusion is connected to the rejection of land ownership under the Forest Rights Act.

Villagers stand in a queue to check their names in the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Pabhokati village, Assam.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar addresses a press conference of the COP 14 UN Convention to Combat Desertification, in New Delhi on September 2, 2019.

UN conference on desertification kicks off

J&K government spokesperson Rohit Kansal with DIG V.K. Birdi addresses a press conference in Srinagar on September 2, 2019.

Prohibitory orders from 92% police stations in J&K, Ladakh withdrawn, says Government

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on September 2, 2019.

India committed to defence ties with Japan, says Rajnath Singh

Villagers stand in a queue to check their names in the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Pabhokati village, Assam.

Delhi-based Rights group says over 1 lakh STs excluded from Assam NRC

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Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram.

INX Media case: Court extends Chidambaram’s CBI custody by one day

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury with Yusuf Tarigami.

Sitaram Yechury files affidavit in SC about visit to Kashmir

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‘Male Declaration ignores Pakistan's concern on Kashmir’

Pak forcing Kulbhushan Jadhav to parrot false narrative to help its case

Former PM Manmohan Singh, wife get ‘Z+’ VIP CRPF security cover

INX Media case: Court extends Chidambaram’s CBI custody by one day

India committed to defence ties with Japan, says Rajnath Singh

Aircel-Maxis case: Court reserves order on Chidambarams' anticipatory bail plea for Sep. 5

INX Media case: SC modifies order on intervention of Solicitor-General

If the interim bail request is not considered by the trial court on Monday, the CBI custody of Mr. Chidambaram will be extended for three more days.

Eight Apache attack helicopters to be inducted into IAF

The IAF had signed a multi-billion dollar contract with the U.S. government and Boeing Ltd in September 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters.

IAF Chief flies Mig-21 sortie with Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman

Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) B.S. Dhanoa flew a Mig-21 sortie with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Monday morning.“ACM

Ayodhya hearing: SC to hear contempt petition against Chennai-based man on September 3

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal said his client has been at the receiving end of letters and WhatsApp messages which are of a threatening nature

India accepts Pakistan’s offer of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

Charge d’Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia will meet Jadhav, sources said

Sand Ganesh with a message “Say no to single-use plastic”

Acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh with 1000 plastic bottles around it at Puri beach

Give certified copy with reasons for exclusion from NRC: Congress

The Opposition Congress has asked the authorities to start the process of filing appeals only after providing certified copies to those excluded from

Russia to train four Indian astronauts for Gaganyaan

New Delhi taking Moscow’s help for the maiden mission to space Gaganyaan

BJP’s Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh injured in West Bengal clashes

Party supporters clash with the police

Security forces help disabled J&K player reach Chennai in just 48 hours for trials

For Ishrat, a slam-dunk trip and win

Centre in sector-wise talks: Nirmala Sitharaman

On job losses, Minister says she can only say that government is responding to industry requirements

Govt. planning J&K troop reduction: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister holds meetings with European Union officials in Brussels over concerns on curbs in the State

Kashmiri journalist stopped from flying to Germany in Delhi

He was to participate in advanced journalist training programme in Bonn

‘Agusta middleman Michel accessed classified documents’

CBI claims that he connived with Kunhikrishnan, then general manager of Westland Helicopters in Delhi

BJP on ISI payroll, says Digvijaya Singh

Remarks follow arrest of party worker, Bajrang Dal member for spying

India, Pak. to hold talks on Kartarpur Corridor on Sept. 4

Meeting comes days after technical discussion on infrastructure

Culture of Ladakh safe, says Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said the traditions, language and heritage of Ladakh will be protected without elaborating on any

Mamallapuram to host Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping meeting in October

It is the second informal summit

India, Pak. heated exchange at Male Speakers’ meet

India and Pakistan on Sunday had a heated exchange during the South Asian Speakers’ Summit in the Maldives after the Pakistani side tried to raise the

Omar Abdullah sports ‘an unkempt beard’; family members find Mehbooba Mufti ‘agitated’

Incarceration leaves its mark on Kashmiri political leaders.

Assam to move Supreme Court for NRC reverification in select districts

“Technical flaws” may have caused exclusion of Bengali Hindu refugees, says State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Assam NRC-excluded are not ‘stateless’, says External Affairs Ministry

Ministry says those not in NRC will not be detained and will enjoy all rights

Assam NRC: Tarun Gogoi wonders how excluded people could move Foreigners Tribunal

Tarun Gogoi calls for setting up an appellate body headed by a retired SC judge to hear the cases of those excluded in the NRC as they have not been declared foreigners

People excluded from NRC will enjoy all rights till they exhaust legal remedies: MEA

It does not make the excluded person ‘Stateless’. It also does not make him or her a ‘foreigner’, within the legal meaning of the term, says Raveesh Kumar

Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet Indian officials on September 2

Consular access is in line with ICJ judgment, says Islamabad.

Meet Bihar's Revolver Rani

Abha Devi or 'Revolver Rani' is possibly the only woman panchayat head in Bihar who moves with a pistol clung to her waist.

Army jawan killed as Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch

The ceasefire violation by Pakistan comes a day after Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat visited the troops on the LoC in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri

Article 370: Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar

Amit Shah condemns opposition to govt.’s move

Lt. Gen. Mukund Naravane takes charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane succeeds Lt. Gen. D. Anbu who retired from service on August 31.

Shocked to see one lakh Gorkhas excluded from NRC list: Mamata

“Government must take care that genuine Indians are not left out," she said.

NRC Assam: UN refugee chief urges India to ensure no one left stateless

Any process that could leave large numbers of people without a nationality would be an enormous blow to global efforts to eradicate statelessness, he said.

Finding something good Modi has done is like looking for a needle in a haystack: Salman Khurshid

His remarks come days after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Prime Minister Modi’s governance model is not a “complete negative story”.

President appoints five new Governors, T.N. BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan gets Telangana

Arif Mohammed Khan for Kerala, Bandaru Dattatreya for Himachal, Bhagat Singh Koshyari for Maharashtra.

NRIs to get Aadhaar sans 180-day wait in 3 months

Sources privy to the development said that a notification in this regard has to be issued by the IT ministry

India facing prolonged slowdown: Manmohan Singh

Former Prime Minister blames it on demonetisation, GST.

Narendra Modi’s meditation cave is now the new tourist destination

The cave in Kedarnath visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pre-booked for the first time, according to official figures. For the first

Assam NRC final list: stateless at the stroke of a pen

Divided families wonder what has torn them apart despite same credentials

Assam NRC final list: Poor implementation has disenfranchised many genuine citizens, says Congress

Spell out the status and the rights of those excluded, CPI(M) tells govt.

Amit Shah urges Interpol to expedite Red Notice requests

Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged Interpol to expedite the publication of Red Notices against high profile economic offenders and terrorists.Mr.

How India secretly armed Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance

Former envoy has a word of caution on Delhi’s role in a post-U.S. Kabul

Stop chasing imaginery figures of ‘Bangladeshi’ people: Assam minority students body

The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) on Saturday said the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), despite its flaws, should make certain

Switzerland to share bank account information with India

Banking details of Indians with accounts in Switzerland will be available to tax authorities here from Sunday as the automatic exchange of

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