NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has made frequent inspection of highway stretches mandatory for engineers and officers to ensure there is no encroachment of these corridors. Moreover, videography using drones has also been made compulsory for collecting regular updates.Encroachers will have to pay for the expenditure incurred in removal of unauthorised occupations as well…
vijay sinha voter card issue PATNA: The Election Commission on Sunday issued a notice to senior BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha for allegedly possessing two voter cards and being registered as an elector at two places, officials said.Earlier in the day, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the deputy CM…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) DHARAMSHALA: The Government of India has raised serious concerns over China’s reported construction of a mega dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, a development that could have significant implications for South Asia’s ecology, water security, and geopolitics, according to Phayul.The ministry of external affairs…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon come up with a community radio station exclusively for its students, teachers and other stakeholders, according to officials.The proposal was approved in the recent Governing Body meeting of the board, where it was decided that the application for procuring a license be moved.“The proposal…
Representational Image (AI-generated) A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao has alleged that a piece of meat was found in a vegetarian meal ordered online from a local restaurant, during the Hindu holy month of Shravan, police said on Sunday.Dheeraj Singh, a resident of Magarwara and sevadar at a local temple, said he had placed an…
MANGALURU: A retired woman in Mangaluru lost Rs 3.09 crore to cybercriminals in a “digital arrest” scam. The victim, Leni Prabhu, complained to the Cyber Economic and Narcotics police that on January 15, she received a missed call from an unknown number. When she called back, a woman claiming to be from the General Post…
Indian Navy’s advanced frontline frigate Himgiri (F34) ahead of its commissioning in Visakhapatnam. (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In a first for the Indian Navy, two major surface combatants from separate shipyards, stealth frigates Udaygiri (F35) and Himgiri (F34), will be commissioned simultaneously at Visakhapatnam on August 26, officials said on Sunday.“This will be the…
Congress leader Anand Sharma resigns as chairman of AICC Foreign Affairs Department Former union minister and Congress leader Anand Sharma has resigned from the post of the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), although he continues to be a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Senior Congress…
Seven lives were lost in a deadly wall collapse in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur on Saturday, and now police have arrested a 49-year-old tenant accused of illegally housing the victims on unsafe premises. The building’s landlord remains on the run.The tragedy struck on Saturday morning when a wall of a samadhi sthal in Hari Nagar, near…
Asaduddin Owaisi urges AMU to rollback fee hike, backs students’ protest NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has voiced support for the ongoing protests at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), urging the administration to reverse its recent fee hike.“In complete solidarity with the students of Aligarh Muslim University. The University must roll…
