When Akhilesh Yadav was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, he set a Guinness world record for planting 50 million saplings in a day. Not to be outdone, last year (2018-19) the present Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, set a target of nine crore saplings by August 15.


Uttar Pradesh's tree plantation not increasing green cover


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Former US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that there is a "real risk" that if American troops are pulled out of Afghanistan, the Taliban might retake control of the country.


Taliban may retake Afghan control post US pullout: Gates


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in New Zealand's city of Auckland on Sunday for a three-day visit with a focus on climate change.


UN chief in NZ for climate change discussions


If you have missed to track the ongoing Lok Sabha election, and on May 12 you are trying to understand how it is going and overall what is the mood of India -- just look at Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats. Delhi is a smaller version of political India, often called mini India. It has always mirrored the larger India in the Lok Sabha elections.


Delhi, the Mini India represents India in a microcosm (Comment)


Clashes took place at a booth (no 369) in Shahganj in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday morning when BJP supporters saw a man wiping his shoes with their party flag.


Clashes in Jaunpur, police resort to lathi-charge


A BJP activist was killed in West Bengal's Jhargram district early on Sunday as a number of violent incidents and clashes rocked the state in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls.


One killed, many injured as violence hits Bengal in LS polls


Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt believes that casinos play a big role in promoting tourism in Goa.


Casinos play big role in promoting Goa tourism: Sanjay Dutt


National Assembly Speaker Juan Guaido, recognised as interim president of Venezuela by more than 50 countries, has asked his diplomatic representative in the US, Carlos Vecchio, to meet with the US Southern Command to coordinate its possible aid in dealing with the Venezuelan crisis.


Venezuela crisis: Guaido seeks US military cooperation


A total of 770 companies of central paramilitary forces are being deployed in West Bengal's tribal heartland as well as the seats in Junglemahal, once a hotbed of Maoists, where stringent security arrangements are in place to ensure fool-proof voting in the sixth phase Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, officials said.


Heightened security arrangements in Bengal for sixth phase


The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi on Saturday ordered a private school in the city to reimburse the Rs 2.09 crore it collected from the students as extra fees within 30 days.


Delhi private school told to reimburse Rs 2.09 cr to students


Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a unilateral withdrawal from two strategic ports on the Red Sea coast in the country under a UN-sponsored agreement with the government.


Houthi rebels begin withdrawing from Yemen ports


A protest was staged in Alwar on Saturday against the delayed police action in the case of a gangrape, reported in April. The protest was led by BJP Rajya Sabha member Kirorilal Meena who later courted arrested.


Protests in Alwar over police inaction in rape case


A NATO-led coalition forces' pilot-less aircraft  struck a Taliban hideout in Afghanistan and killed 10 militants, police said on Saturday.


NATO air strike kills 10 militants in Afghanistan


The opposition parties in Telangana on Saturday decided to meet President Ram Nath Kovind over the goof-up in the results of Intermediate examinations, which led to the suicide of at least 22 students since last month.


Telangana opposition to meet President over results fiasco


US President Donald Trump has said that North Korea's recent missile tests were not a "breach of trust".


N.Korea's missile tests not breach of trust: Trump


The US is deploying additional Patriot missiles in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, the media reported on Saturday.


US deploying missiles in M-E amid Iran tensions


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday sent a legal notice to BJP's East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir, saying his recent tweets about him were "defamatory and misleading", and sought his apology in writing within 24 hours.


Kejriwal sends legal notice to Gambhir for tweets


Several lawmakers were injured and one was taken to hospital as legislators clashed in Hong Kong Parliament on Saturday over planned changes to the law allowing suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial, according to a BBC report.


HK legislators scuffle in Parliament, many hurt


Negotiations to resolve the trade row between China and the US have not collapsed and will continue soon in Beijing, Chinese Vice-Premier and country's negotiating leader Liu He said on Saturday.


Trade talks with US not broken down, says China


Hitting a new milestone amid the hotly fought Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now has over 11 million followers on Twitter - more than double the number its arch-rival Congress Party has on the social media platform.


BJP crosses 11 million followers on Twitter


Summer in May is not the best of times to venture out in the plains of Punjab but a thick cloud cover on Saturday afternoon made it easier for Sunny Deol to hit the beaten tracks in the interiors of Gurdaspur.

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