DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to a strict Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment and fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for “forced conversion”. The govt is likely to table the bill in the House, where they have a strong majority,…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi‘s visit to China for the SCO summit, India has intensified engagement with both China and Russia.As reported earlier, Chinese foreign minister and Special Representative (SR) for boundary talks Wang Yi will visit India next month and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar will travel to Moscow. India and China…
NEW DELHI: The US govt has declined to provide specific answers on the fate of Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets during ‘Operation Sindoor‘.“We refer you to the govt of Pakistan to discuss its F-16s,” the US State Department said. According to an NDTV report, Washington maintains continuous oversight of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet through US…
VARANASI: A former department head at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) allegedly hatched a revenge plot, hiring a contract killer to “silence” his successor. Iron rods swung in the dark, leaving Prof Challa Sriramachandra Murthy battered but alive. The “mastermind” is on the run.Telugu department head Murthy is recovering from fractures in both arms after surviving…
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry has admitted design failures, weak quality assurance and over-reliance on builders as some of the factors for certain newly built highway stretches with concrete pavement collapsing in rain-prone and low-lying areas, according to the latest report of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.Raising concerns over the “indiscriminate…
Gurgaon: MCG officials appear to be in “denial” of the sanitation crisis facing the city and “use garbage-removal exercise as an image-building exercise,” a report, submitted recently by 19 local commissioners appointed by Punjab and Haryana high court, has said.The denial comes amid a plethora of issues — such as “vacant plots being used for…
The body of a 37-year-old labourer from Assam, who had been missing for more than two weeks, was recovered from the dense forests of Manipur’s Churachandpur district Tuesday. The cause of death is not yet known.Dugdha Hazarika, from Assam’s Sonitpur district, was an employee of Bharat Infra Pvt Ltd, which is engaged in construction of…
PATNA: Actor Kay Kay Menon has denied any role in Congress’s vote theft campaign after a video surfaced suggesting he had endorsed the drive. The actor said the clip was taken from his promotion for a web series, edited and used without his permission. Menon’s statement came hours after Bihar’s Minta Devi, the “124 Not…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has warned Air India against misusing exemptions given for pilot flight duty rules under special circumstances. After Pakistan had closed its airspace to Indian carriers on April 24, 2025, the regulator had granted an exemption from flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms so that Air India…
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has urged all driving licence (DL) holders and registered vehicle owners to add or update their mobile numbers for both DL and registered vehicles through the Aadhaar authentication process. This will be a pre-requisite for availing any transport and driving licence-related services, sources said.The ministry has said people can…
