The government has amended rules to streamline approvals for opening coal and lignite mines, a move aimed at cutting procedural delays and speeding up mine operationalisation while retaining regulatory oversight, PTI reported .Under the earlier framework, Rule 9 of the Colliery Control Rules, 2004 required mine owners to obtain prior approval from the Coal Controller’s…
SRINAGAR: Mohammad Shafi Parray, a tailor, left home on Friday morning to help police investigators collect samples of explosives seized from a recently busted ‘white-collar’ terror module.Little did he know, it would be the last time he would leave home.Parray (47), a devoted family man and community volunteer, was among nine people killed in an…
Libyan army chief Lt Gen Mohamed Al-Haddad (Image/X@@RagnarFiles) Libya’s army chief, Lt Gen Mohamed Al-Haddad, was killed in a plane crash while returning to Tripoli from an official visit to Turkey, the country’s prime minister said on Tuesday.Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah confirmed that Al-Haddad died along with four others in a “tragic accident” during the…
NEW DELHI: Global CEOs from the semiconductor world on Tuesday praised India’s work in the high-technology industry and promised new investments and hirings to grow their engagements in the country for worldwide projects.As most of the top CEOs said the country is increasingly playing a major role in their research and engineering work and this…
Analysts anticipate the market to remain range-bound, with domestic-facing themes expected to prevail. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Thursday. While Nifty50 was above 24,600, BSE Sensex was near 80,600. At 9:33 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 24,619.65, up marginally. BSE Sensex was…
Image used for representative purpose only BHOPAL: A woman alleged that she was drugged with momos and then gang-raped by three men — one of them her husband — before being dumped, bound, and semi-conscious on the Sagar–Kanpur National Highway in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district. The incident took place on September 9, police said.Passersby spotted…
Producer Mukesh Bhatt, who along with his brother Mahesh Bhatt co-founded Vishesh Films, recently got candid about his strained family ties and how they have affected his personal life. The Bhatt brothers, who once delivered some of Bollywood’s biggest hits like Aashiqui, Sadak, Murder, and Raaz, parted ways professionally in 2021 following a fallout. Since…
Suryakumar Yadav at Barabati Stadium, in Cuttack,. (PTI Photo) CUTTACK: Not having a great time with the bat, Suryakumar Yadav stressed on the importance of playing domestic cricket whenever possible to be match ready. India’s T20 skipper has failed to score a half-century in his last 20 innings and five SMAT matches recently, where he…
Cristiano Ronaldo stuns fans (Photos by AP) Cristiano Ronaldo reminded the football world that age is just a number as he launched Portugal’s World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign in dazzling fashion on Saturday. The 40-year-old superstar struck twice in a commanding 5-0 victory over Armenia, proving once again why his name still dominates the record…
Paresh Rawan’s ‘The Taj Story’ released in cinemas on Friday, October 31 after much controversy around it. The film did manage to create some buzz and has been doing decently well at the box office while competing with biggies like ‘Baahubali: The Epic’, ‘Thamma’ and more. Another film which is doing well in cinemas at…
