NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has warned Air India against misusing exemptions given for pilot flight duty rules under special circumstances. After Pakistan had closed its airspace to Indian carriers on April 24, 2025, the regulator had granted an exemption from flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms so that Air India…
Lucknow: Taking a jibe at govt’s ‘Vision 2047′ document, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the BJP should instead come out with a ‘Reason Document’ to explain why the party failed to fulfill a single promise that it had made in run up to previous elections in the past decade.The BJP govt tabled…
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has urged all driving licence (DL) holders and registered vehicle owners to add or update their mobile numbers for both DL and registered vehicles through the Aadhaar authentication process. This will be a pre-requisite for availing any transport and driving licence-related services, sources said.The ministry has said people can…
MUMBAI: Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, her businessman husband Raj Kundra, and an unknown person were booked by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly cheating a Mumbai-based businessman of Rs 60.4 crore in connection with a loan-cum-investment deal involving their now-defunct company, Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd.The offence was registered at Juhu police station against Shilpa…
NOIDA: A special Pocso court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a former swimming pool lifeguard at a wellknown school chain’s Greater Noida campus to life imprisonment “till the last day of his natural life” for sexually assaulting a three-year-old student in 2018.The court, which pronounced a double life term under IPC and the protection of…
BENGALURU: In what’s unprecedented, the L1 quotation (lowest bid) by the consortium that won the 12 Earth Observation satellites project being implemented as a PPP by IN-SPACe, is Rs 0 (zero rupees). The consortium comprising Pixxel, PierSight, SatSure and Dhruva, which will bear the financial cost of the project, will invest more than Rs 1,2000…
MUMBAI: India’s public hospitals and dispensaries may soon have a safer, more affordable option for preventing rabies after a suspected rabid dog bite: one already in use in private clinics since 2017 and by BMC since 2019. A post-marketing clinical trial involving more than 4,000 participants, conducted and funded by a pharmaceutical company and recently…
PANAJI: In a move aimed at giving people greater access to high-cost medical treatment for cancer and rare diseases, Goa rolled out an innovative pricing policy for life-saving therapies.Under the policy, the state govt will procure drugs, medical equipment, and diagnostics from pharmaceutical firms at a lower negotiated price from the listed price, enabling budget…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel looking into the levy of user fees or toll charges on National Highways (NHs) has raised concerns over the current practice of “perpetual tolling” even after project costs are recovered and a 3% annual escalation, irrespective of the highway quality, traffic volume, or user affordability.While recommending rationalisation and substantial reduction…
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath govt tabled the Sri Banke Bihari Temple Nyas Bill in the UP assembly on Wednesday, the third day of the monsoon session.The state govt had earlier promulgated an ordinance, Sri Banke Bihari Nyas Adhyadesh. The bill tabled on Wednesday stipulates that the trust will have a right over offerings, donations, and…
