Roar of tiger at Rajpath!
Tigers roared at Rajpath on Wednesday, as a tableau rolled in at the Republic Day parade with the message to save India's national animal.
The tableau by the Central Public Works Department had giant flower sculptures of two tigers along with two cubs. The entire central boulevard resounded with the cry of the tiger, driving home the point that India's tigers were in peril.
Only 1,400 of them roam the wild in the country on Wednesday.
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Varanasi: BJP leaders celebrate party’s victory in Azamgarh, Rampur bypolls
Kashi region's Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha workers led by regional general secretary Jaynath Mishra, on Sunday, celebrated the victory of the BJP in by-elections at Azamgarh and Rampur parliamentary seats. BJP workers including Jai Mangal, Sumit Kumar, Monu Singh, Abbas Ahmed, Rakesh Singh, Sonu Yadav and several other workers hurled Gulal at each other and distributed sweets. Mishra said that all-around development will be ensured in Azamgarh.
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BHU scientists find new way of identifying asymptomatic patients of Kala-azar
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Minister asks varsity panel to expedite Asst Prof appointment, sets Dec deadline
Education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Saturday reviewed the ongoing appointment of assistant professors in severely understaffed state universities and asked the Bihar state university service commission(BSUSC) to complete the exercise latest by December 31, 2022, by focusing on subjects having a higher number of vacancies. The commission had become functional in 2019 with the appointment of Dr. Rajvardhan Azad as its first chairman and has completed its three-year term.
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Govt sets target of completing 10 lakh units under PMAY(G) by Aug 15
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Police stations sanctioned decades ago yet to come up in Bihar
Pitwaas, situated 40 kilometres south of Bihar's capital Patna and once a hot bed of Maoists, is still waiting for a police station, which was sanctioned first in 1999, and then again in 2007, by the state home department, as per documents accessed by HT. Today, residents have to travel 10 kilometres to Naubatpur to get a police complaint lodged. Notifications were accordingly issued. Additionally, 27 police outposts were also sanctioned.
