NEW DELHI: A Delhi court framed Monday charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav, and 11 others in the alleged IRCTC scam that rigged railway hotel contracts for favoured private players.Rabri and Tejashwi prima facie emerge as participants in the criminal conspiracy of which Lalu Prasad was seemingly…
NEW DELHI: Amid China’s expansion of dams on the Brahmaputra, India on Monday unveiled a Rs 6.4-lakh crore ‘Master Plan’ to wheel 76 gigawatt (GW) of power from ongoing and proposed projects on the mighty river’s 12 sub-basins across the North-East.The plan prepared by Central Electricity Authority, power ministry’s technical planning arm, envisages building a…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has identified more than 31 lakh beneficiaries of the income support scheme (PM-Kisan) as suspected cases where both husband and wife had received cash simultaneously against the rule of getting the benefit by only one member of the landholder family.Finding such cases during scrutiny, the agriculture ministry has asked states and…
DURGAPURA: The elder sister of the main accused in the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Bengal’s Durgapur on October 10 helped police track down her absconding brother and arrest him early Monday.Rozina Sk, who said she wanted Safiq Sk to face the law, accompanied a police team to a spot below a…
A candle light vigil is held for Udit Gayaki in Bhopal BHOPAL: A 21-year-old BTech graduate out partying with friends in a car in Bhopal died after alleged thrashing by two constables who turned on the group on the pretext of traffic rule violations.Constables Santosh Bamnia and Saurabh Arya have been booked, arrested and sent…
NEW DELHI: Health ministry Monday launched a nationwide CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) awareness drive, amid concerns about people falling ill and dying due to sudden cardiac arrest. The initiative will be led by all leading medical institutions.Inaugurating the campaign, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the vision behind the drive is to ensure every household,…
NEW DELHI: In what could make sparks fly between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, already in an uneasy relationship over the Mullaperiyar dam, Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from both states and the Centre on an NGO’s plea for a comprehensive safety audit of the 130-year-old dam and remedial measures, including its possible decommissioning.A bench…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into allegations of irregularities and manipulations in electoral rolls levelled by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and asked the petitioner to approach EC for redressal of grievance.The petitioner’s counsel, senior advocate Shashi Kiran, told a…
Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur (sitting) CHANDIGARH: In a late-night development, the Haryana government has sent Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur on leave amid the controversy surrounding the death of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who had named Kapur in his suicide note. The decision has come just a day before the leader…
NEW DELHI: Not a single appeal has been filed so far against the inclusion or exclusion of any person in Bihar’s final electoral roll published on September 30, 2025, the state chief electoral officer shared in a social media update on Monday.“No appeal was received as of 13.10.2025 by the district magistrates under Section 24(a)…
