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New Delhi: Today is the last day in the term of Enforcement Directorate director Sanjay K. Mishra, who many extensions created a controversy for the Union government. Though the Supreme Court had earlier held Mishra’s extension to be “illegal”, it later allowed him to continue till September 15 “taking into consideration the larger public interest”. The […]
Two petitions seeking a probe into the alleged fake encounters in Gujarat from 2002 to 2006 will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court next week. The apex court was hearing separate pleas filed in 2007 by senior journalist BG Verghese, and noted lyricist Javed Akhtar and Shabnam Hashmi, seeking a probe into the […]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring the Right to Social Security Act and implement it in the entire country. He also claimed that with the implementation of his government’s schemes, including Right to Health Act and Old Pension Scheme (OPS), Rajasthan was emerging as a model state in the […]
South Mumbai’s one of the most popular and oldest eateries Bademiya was raided by Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and sealed thereafter over liecense and hygine issues. During the raids, the officials reportedly found cockroaches and rats in the eatery’s kitchen. On further inspection, the officials found out that the eatery, which is 76 […]
The search operation by security forces in a remote village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir resulted in the killing of another terrorist in an encounter on Wednesday. The death toll during the ongoing three-day search operation in Narla village is now three, officials said. A suspected Pakistani terrorist was killed in the encounter, […]
The Airbus Defence and Space on Wednesday handed over to the Indian Air Force the first of the 56 C295 transport aircraft, kick-starting the delivery of the planes under a Rs 21,935-crore project. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari received the aircraft at the aerospace major’s production facility in the southern Spanish […]
In the run-up to the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh due later this year, the All India Congress Committee announced four new committees, including the core committee and the election campaign committee. Charandas Mahant, one of the senior-most Congress leaders in the state and the current assembly speaker, has been named head of the election campaign […]
Traffic snarls at Bandra-Kurla Complex could intensify due to road closure from the diamond bourse junction to JSW Centre and Platina building junction to Motilal Nehru Nagar near Trade Centre, for the construction of an underground railway station for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National High-Speed Rail Corporation bullet train project. Routes that will be shut to traffic […]
How do you plan your leave? An outing to a hill station. Or a trip to your home town that you haven’t visited in ages. But that’s not how the recent leaves of Indian Army officers have panned out. An incisive editorial published in the Deccan Herald, alluding to recent reports, outlined that the Indian Army […]
The e-rickshaw quota in the city of Jaipur will be raised from the current 29,000 to 32,000, according to a government decision that was approved by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) Traffic Control Board. The original proposal by the government aimed to demarcate 11 distinct zones in the city for e-rickshaws, each marked by a […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel laid the foundation stone for a 700-bed integrated hospital building in Raipur. The chief minister laid the foundation stone for the Rs 322 crore facility during a function held at Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College (JNMC) auditorium. During the event, Baghel inaugurated the institution’s diamond jubilee celebration. Baghel […]
Airline rules stipulate, in the interest of passenger safety and the smooth operation of flights, it is crucial for all travellers to follow established guidelines and regulations while traveling with pets or engaging in any other activities that could potentially affect the well-being of fellow passengers. This is often not adhered to and incidents of […]
New Delhi: The number of students who committed suicide in India rose by 70% between 2011 and 2021, Moneycontrol reported. Today (September 10) is World Suicide Prevention Day. In India, its observance comes just days after coaching centre hub Kota recorded its highest number of student suicides since 2015 and two Dalit students at IIT Delhi committed suicide within two months. Data […]
Following a revision application by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajyasabha MP Sanjay Singh challenging the issuance of summons by a Magistrate Court in a defamation complaint, a sessions court in Ahmedabad reserved its order. Gujarat University filed the case over their alleged remarks in connection with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
In a significant step towards aiding the recovery and development of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, Reliance Industries, led by Anant Ambani, has made a generous contribution of Rs. 25 crore to the state’s Chief Minister Relief Fund. This benevolent gesture is part of Reliance’s longstanding commitment to the welfare of Uttarakhand and its people, extending over a […]
As India is in the cusp of opening up to a new global business avenue, i.e. semiconductor chip manufacturing, there will be a demand for 12 lakh jobs across the sector, said Jaya Jagadish, Country Head of AMD India, and Chairperson of the Semicon Talent Building Committee (TBC). As manufacturing evolves and design functions solidify […]
The lenders for Go First (Formerly Go Air) are likely to extend the deadline for submitting preliminary interest to bid for the insolvency procedure by another two-to-three weeks amid lack of any such application by suitors, two banking sources said. The resolution professional for the company, which operated the Go First carrier, had in July […]
New Delhi: A day before the end of summit, G20 members reached a compromise over the language over the Ukraine war, to allow for the release of a joint communique at the end of the summit, with India proposing a new text overnight which has led to a consensus. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he wanted to convey the “good news” […]
It is getting more and more difficult now to get US Green Cards easily for entry to the country and if current pendency rates are anything to go by, at least 4 lakh individuals may never get to see their access pass to America in their lifetime. More than 10 lakh Indians are in the […]
The capital is all set to host leaders, presidents and prime ministers from around the world for the annual G20 leaders’ summit from September 9 to 10. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it’s yet another chance to position India as a global superpower and himself as a world leader before the general elections next year. […]
