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The Tamil Nadu government has taken steps to denotify the boundaries of the Pulicat bird sanctuary, which includes 13 revenue villages. This will exclude the villages and thereby reduce the sanctuary’s eco-sensitive zone. A port expansion plan and an industrial park within the present default eco-sensitive zone threaten its future. Will these developments further affect the lake, the land, and the livelihood of locals, all of whom have been bearing the brunt of industrialisation in surrounding areas over the last few decades? 

Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has already spoken to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J.P. Nadda multiple times since the case broke out

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's emphatic four-wicket victory over the Gujarat Titans marked their third consecutive win in the IPL. Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli spearheaded the successful chase of a modest 148-run target, forming a formidable partnership of 92 runs in just 35 balls. Their commanding performance laid a solid foundation for the team's triumph.

The State government has also laid emphasis on skills development and vocational education to reduce children’s dropout from schools

In the 1960s, the river Ganga changed the course of thousands of people’s lives after it was channelled into the Farakka Barrage Project, setting them up for displacement and uncertainty. Shiv Sahay Singh meets those most affected by the project to understand the link between the erosion of the riverbank and men leaving the State to seek employment elsewhere

An IAF personnel died and four others were wounded Saturday evening following a gunfight that ensued when terrorists ambushed their trucks traversing a mountain road amid dense forest cover in Poonch district of J&K. The five men were evacuated to the nearest military hospital, where one of them died of his wounds.

Minister Ramalinga Reddy attributes the jump to Shakti scheme

Justices R. Mahadevan and P.D. Audikesavalu have decided to hear the matter in a special sitting scheduled on May 10

Grounds with gradient and zig-zag and parking tracks sought

He asks people of Malkajigiri PC to reject Congress, BJP