NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said it doesn’t have a magic wand to improve air quality in Delhi-NCR, virtually admitting that judicial activism for decades, after initial rewards, has yielded minimal results in loosening the grip of noxious air over the region. Senior advocate Aparajita Singh, amicus curiae in air pollution cases, told a…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi said on Thursday that his govt is moving towards opening up the nuclear sector in the country for private sector investments on the lines of the space sector.“The scope of reforms is continuously expanding. Just as space innovation was opened to the private sector, India is now moving towards opening…
PM Modi inaugurates Skyroot Aerospace’s Infinity campus in Hyderabad via video-conferencing HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated Hyderabad-based spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace’s Infinity campus and unveiled India’s first commercial orbital rocket, Vikram-I, which will launch satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO).Emphasising that India is on track to emerge as a global leader…
At least 13 people were dead and several others remained trapped after a massive fire swept through multiple high-rise towers at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday, the city government and fire services department said, reported AFP.“The Fire Services Department handled a total of 28 casualties, nine of whom were…
Police with CRPF personnel (File photo) JAMMU: J&K Police Thursday arrested a 19-year-old man, supposedly indoctrinated online by handlers of proscribed terrorist organisations, for allegedly planning to execute a terror-related act. Cops seized several digital devices from him and were examining them.Preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect was in regular contact via phone with certain…
SRINAGAR: J&K Police on Thursday conducted a series of raids across Kashmir Valley at multiple locations allegedly linked to Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. According to a police statement, the searches were carried out “in the backdrop of the recent surge in terrorist activities and to curb the tendency of radicalisation…
National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi accused Thursday his own party’s govt in J&K of “failing to fulfil electoral promises and following BJP’s approach of mere political slogans”.Mehdi, critical of the leadership for nearly a year, launched the latest attack from chief minister Omar Abdullah’s assembly constituency…
NEW DELHI: Several of the Congress leaders who contested the recent Bihar assembly elections conveyed to the party’s top brass on Thursday that the NDA government’s Rs 10,000 transfer to women beneficiaries, delay in seat-sharing deal among the Mahagathbandhan allies, internal rift and “electoral malpractices” were among the reasons for the poll debacle. Congress president…
Goa winger Dejan Drazic tries to work his way past Al Zawraa defence during their AFC Champions League 2 clash in Baghdad on Wednesday Another continental game, another defeat, in a clash where FC Goa started on a promising note but ended with nothing.Reduced to ten men in the 34th minute with Ayush Chhetri sent…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday clarified that his recent social media post on “word power” was meant to mark Constitution Day and was addressed to the legal fraternity after chief minister Siddaramaiah countered him thorough a social media post amid ongoing debate over leadership and political messaging.Speaking to reporters, Shivakumar…
