NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has pulled up Tamil Nadu govt over 41 missing files related to investigations into theft of idols in the state and raised the question whether fires occur simultaneously in 38 different police stations or was there any circular to destroy the files.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R…
NEW DELHI: In a move to ensure quality project execution and reduce delays, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has tightened norms to check “unathorised” subcontracting of works by main highway builders. It has said that any “unauthorised subcontracting and subcontracting beyond permissible limits will be classified as ‘undesirable practice’, thereby attracting penalties on par…
KULLU/DEHRADUN: This monsoon, from Kullu to Kalimpong, Kishtwar to Karnaprayag, landslides, flash floods and ground subsidence sharpened the focus on how India’s expanding network of highways, tunnels, ropeways and hydropower dams is affecting the fragile Himalayan terrain. While officials insist these were natural calamities, a growing number of residents, scientists and campaigners point to unscientific…
NEW DELHI: The two accused, wanted in connection with the case of firing outside actor Disha Patani‘s father’s residence, have succumbed to injuries following an encounter with Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Ravinda alias Kullu and Arun. The police revealed that the arrest took…
NEW DELHI: Under pressure from the US to impose tariffs on India for its oil purchase from Russia, the European Union (EU) Wednesday rolled out a new strategic agenda for boosting bilateral cooperation with India, including through the creation of an EU-India Security and Defence Partnership that would also facilitate defence industrial collaboration, along with…
NEW DELHI: Congress Working Committee will hold a meeting in Patna on Sept 24, in the party’s continued bid to place itself in Bihar’s focus ah-ead of the assembly elections after the recent ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ held by Rahul Gandhi along with alliance netas.Sources said the “extended CWC” chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge would…
NEW DELHI: Hearing a PIL that cited an SIT report on rampant tiger poaching in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to seek a nation-wide CBI probe into the involvement of a wide network of poachers, smugglers and hawala operators, Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre, MP and Maharashtra, as well as National Tiger…
NEW DELHI: India is throwing open the doors of its universities and national research labs, offering innovations and products to global investors and collaborators as it looks to turn ideas into international partnerships. In a world where alliances are shifting, Delhi is seeking multiple players for its innovation story. Its new initiative, Bharat Innovates 2026,…
NEW DELHI: With PM Modi turning 75 on Wednesday, a host of prominent members of the govt and party showered praises on the leader who has not just transformed governance in the country since he took office in 2014, but whose life journey – from his modest origins to his initial years as an RSS…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till September 27 the judicial custody of the woman who drove the BMW car involved in a crash that left a senior finance ministry official dead and his wife injured in Dhaula Kuan.Judicial magistrate Ankit Garg extended her judicial custody. The court also issued notice on a…
