SRINAGAR: The body of one of two soldiers missing in Ahlan Gadol forest of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district since October 6 was recovered Thursday, officials said. The soldier is believed to have died in a weather-related accident during a patrol in the high-altitude, snowbound area.His rucksack and service weapon were found intact beside…
The world’s most famous cookie isn’t just dunked in milk, it’s also locked away in one of the safest corners of the planet. Yes, Oreo, the cream-filled biscuit beloved in over a hundred countries, has its very own “doomsday vault.” Not in a sci-fi novel, not in a film script, but in real life. Deep…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar, left, and Afghanistan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi The Taliban are seeking an upgrade of their relationship with India in the form of diplomatic recognition, as the Afghanistan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi meets external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday. Muttaqi arrived in Delhi Thursday for a 6-day visit…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has directed governments to enforce a complete ban on unauthorised red-blue strobe flashing lights and illegal hooters through seizure, market crackdowns and penalties. It has also instructed the road transport ministry, state transport departments and traffic police authorities to prescribe the maximum permissible luminance and beam angles for vehicle headlights and…
Dubai’s Al Maktoum International (DWC) is a $35bn mega-airport project designed to handle up to 260 million passengers and huge cargo volumes / Illustrative image generated with AI Al Maktoum International also called Dubai World Central (DWC) is Dubai’s giant airport project: a Dh128-billion (about $35 billion) expansion that will eventually include five parallel runways,…
CHENNAI/BHOPAL/NAGPUR: The adulterated cough syrup death toll in MP rose to 23 after two more children died of renal failure on Thursday, while police arrested Govindan Ranganathan, 75, the owner of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharmaceuticals, which manufactured the Coldrif medicine.Ranganathan was arrested early on Thursday from his Kodambakkam residence by a seven-member Madhya Pradesh SIT…
File photo NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on the implementation of Gaza peace plan. The Israeli PM paused the ongoing cabinet meeting to receive PM Modi’s call.“Called my friend, Prime Minister Netanyahu, to congratulate him on the progress made under President Trump’s Gaza peace…
Amit Shah addresses a high-level meeting with senior officials on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir NEW DELHI: With winter knocking and the mountain passes in Jammu and Kashmir set to become snow-bound, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the law and order situation in the Union territory and asked the forces to…
DK Shivakumar (File Photo) BENGALURU: Why does Bengaluru’s traffic grab headlines while equally horrible congestion in Delhi or London barely raises eyebrows?This was the poser from DCM DK Shivakumar at a governance conference here on Wednesday. “In London, people spend three hours in traffic. In Delhi, it takes one-and-a-half hours to travel from the airport…
NEW DELHI: With the Right To Information Act set to mark 20 years since it was implemented on October 12, a new report on the performance of information commissions shows that over 4 lakh cases were pending in information commissions across India as of June 30 this year. Moreover, six out of 29 information commissions…
