NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major infrastructure projects in poll-bound Bihar with a cumulative investment of Rs 7,616 crore. While the greenfield four-lane Mokama-Munger highway (82.4 km) will cost Rs 4,447 crore, the doubling of Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat (117 route km) will entail an investment of Rs 3,169 crore.Announcing the decisions, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a death convict in rape-murder of a seven-year-old girl in Uttarakhand in 2014 and said the highest degree of circumspection should be exercised by courts before awarding the death penalty.The gruesome rape-murder was termed as the ‘Little Nirbhaya’ case and had sparked outrage across the state. A bench…
NEW DELHI: Delhi govt will microchip 10 lakh street dogs, regulate pet shops and launch a rabies action plan. These decisions were taken on Wednesday when the Delhi Animal Welfare Board met at Delhi Secretariat under the chairmanship of development minister Kapil Mishra.As part of animal welfare measures following the Supreme Court’s recent directive to…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Wednesday agreed with opposition-led states that governors cannot sit over a bill indefinitely but argued before the Supreme Court that the Constitution had vested in them the discretion to decide whether to grant or withhold assent to legislation, return it with suggestions to the assembly or reserve it for the President’s…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: AAP legislator Mehraj Malik’s detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) is snowballing into a major political controversy in J&K, with political parties fearing this could become a norm for elected representatives, and seeking his immediate release.Accusing BJP and the central government of attempting to crush the party wherever its footprints increase, senior AAP…
GENEVA: India slammed Switzerland’s remarks on minorities at the 5th Meeting of the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council, urging them to focus on their own issues like racism, systematic discrimination, and xenophobia instead of lecturing India. Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi Wednesday criticised Switzerland’s comments as “surprising, shallow and ill-informed,” highlighting India as the…
Frederick Forsyth’s Icon gave an interesting insight into how the Western-backed powers-that-be elicit regime changes in countries that don’t buy into the “rules-based international order.”In the book, published in 1999 – which almost reads like prophecy today – an ex-MI6 spymaster recruits a former CIA operative to go deep into Russia to destabilise the rise…
Mahesh Singh (11) tries to get past his Omani marker Panaji: Even before India had a coach in place, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) grabbed the chance to play at the CAFA Nations Cup after Malaysia pulled out of the tournament citing logistical challenges.The Central Asia Football Association (CAFA) comprises Iran, Uzbekistan — both…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu logged 203.5mn domestic tourists and 7.8lakh foreign visitors up to July this calendar year, tourism minister R Rajendran said on Tuesday. However, industry watchers warn that the numbers hide a deeper problem—crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and underwhelming experiences at several destinations.At a review meeting with officials on Wallajah Road on Tuesday, the…
The US coast guard destroyed a drug-laden boat bound for the United States, seizing nearly 13,000 pounds of cocaine in a high-profile operation. A video posted on X Wednesday shows the vessel being blown up into flames as authorities carried out the strike.“ASMR: @USCG captures, burns, and sinks a drug boat. Over the weekend, as…
