New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Foresters, policymakers, civil society and wildlife experts will exchange ideas on elephant conservation strategies and conflict resolution as part of the World Elephant Day celebrations in Coimbatore on Tuesday, an official said. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, to reaffirm the global commitment to conserve elephants, the official said.The annual …

Vadnagar, Aug 11 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited the heritage city of Vadnagar to review the progress of key state and Central government development projects aimed at transforming the town into a major tourism hub. A highlight of the visit was the inspection of the Rs 17-crore Multi-Modal Transportation Hub and public plaza under construction opposite Vadnagar Railway Station.The facility, designed to connect the station with the town’s major heritage attractions, will o…

Bilaspur, Aug 11 (IANS) In a vibrant blend of patriotism and empowerment, the women of Chhattisgarh’s Bihan Yojana have taken on the task of stitching more than 1.5 lakh tricolour flags under the Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan, as part of the nationwide Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. This initiative is not only helping ignite the spirit of nationalism but is also significantly strengthening the financial conditions of these rural women. At the Nari Shakti Garment Factory in Ganiyari, located …

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood said on Monday that the government aims to build 21,000 smart classrooms in the next four years. He said that as part of reforms in the education sector, AI-based language labs and attendance systems using facial recognition will also be implemented in Delhi government schools.Chairing the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Modern School, Vasant Vihar, Sood said AI will be utilised more and more for complex and important tasks like paper …

Bhopal, Aug 11 (IANS) In a shocking incident, which exposed the picture of law and order in the state, a gang of five to six armed men looted a branch of ESAF Small Finance Bank in the Khitola area of Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district on Monday. Masked men arrived on separate bikes, entered the bank premises and, brandishing pistols, executed the robbery in broad daylight.The incident unfolded between 9:30 to 10 am at a branch of the Isaaf Small Finance Bank located near the National Highway in…

Bengaluru, Aug 11 (IANS) K.N. Rajanna, a close aide of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has been removed from the Council of Ministers following instructions from Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. Rajanna, who was the State Cooperation Minister, was asked to submit his resignation after his remark against the LoP Rahul Gandhi’s press conference on the voter fraud. “If there was voter fraud, State Congress should have pointed it out much earlier,” he had said.R. Prabhushankar, Special Secre…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) BJP leader Baijayant Panda, the chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee that scrutinised the Income Tax Bill 2025, on Monday said, “This new Act will further turbocharge growth by making taxes easy to understand and easy to comply with, thus reducing disputes and litigation.”He congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the passage of the modified Income Tax Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha.“The leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has seen the re…

Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay on Monday strongly condemned the detention of several Opposition MPs, including Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, during a protest march in New Delhi. The MPs were detained while marching from Parliament House to the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters, demanding free and fair elections and opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bi…

Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) More than 15,000 employees of the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd and Punjab State Power Transmission Ltd on Monday went on a three-day mass leave under the banner of Bijli Ekta Manch and Punjab State Employees Federation (PSEB) joint forum, pressing for their long-pending demands. The strike will continue until midnight on August 13, impacting residential, industry and agricultural sectors across the state. The employees joined the strike after the meeting with the …

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad said that the opening batter should play in the 2027 ODI World Cup, scheduled to be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October and November 2027. Rohit, who led India to the Champions Trophy glory earlier this year, announced his retirement from Test cricket in May ahead of the England tour. The 38-year-old had earlier announced his retirement from T20I cricket following the T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados last yea…