BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh forest department has yet again denied an RTI request for information on Project Cheetah, citing ‘national security concerns’.RTI activist Ajay Dubey, who requested records on management and finances of Project Cheetah, is stunned at having his second request turned down. “I will appeal to the information commission and move court against the…
NEW DELHI: Twenty-four years after demand was raised during Bihar-Jharkhand bifurcation, the Centre on Friday gave a green light for a second civilian airport for Patna, which will come up at the Bihta air force base.The clearance for new facility at Bihta came within weeks of Bihar package in the budget, which had highlighted how…
NEW DELHI/DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh‘s interim government, called up PM Modi on Friday to assure him that the new regime in Dhaka would prioritise the protection of Hindus and all other minorities.The conversation also saw Modi promising Yunus of India’s support for a “democratic, stable, peaceful and progressive” Bangladesh, while underscoring the…
NEW DELHI: In one of the biggest top-desk bureaucratic reshuffles in recent months, government on Friday appointed 18 new secretary-rank officers, including new secretaries for defence, health and expenditure. Kerala cadre IAS officer R K Singh, due to retire later this year, was designated the new defence secretary with a two-year term, while Punya Salia…
UDAIPUR: Protests and communal tension erupted Friday in Udaipur following the stabbing of a schoolboy by another from a different religion, shutting down markets amid stone-pelting, vehicle torchings and a mall rampage.A Class 10 student of Government Higher Secondary School Bhattyani Chauhatta in Girwa area stabbed his classmate with a knife over an old enmity…
RUDRAPUR: Amid the nationwide anger on the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, the brutal rape and murder of a 33-year-old nurse has ignited widespread outrage in Uttarakhand‘s Udham Singh Nagar. The victim was a single mother and worked at a private hospital in Rudrapur. On Friday, members of Women’s Congress staged a…
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court has annulled the merit list for the recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers in Uttar Pradesh. The division bench ordered the state government to prepare a new merit list within three months, by following section 3(6) of the Reservation Rules 1994 and Basic Education Rules 1981.The court…
Once they were considered back offices catering to Fortune 500 companies. But that was then. Global Capability Centres (GCCs) have since emerged from the shadows, expanding their sphere of influence within the Indian tech landscape. They have evolved into tech powerhouses, seamlessly integrating with their parent enterprises and becoming strategic assets providing access to digital…
NEW DELHI: The announcement of assembly elections in J&K came amid a recent surge in terror activity, particularly in Jammu region. But with MHA backing the deployment of a large number of security forces, EC, recognising the enthusiasm among J&K voters to be agents of change by choosing the ballot over bullets and boycotts, has…
NEW DELHI: The announcement of elections in J&K is unlikely to have any impact on India-Pakistan ties which remain in a deep freeze since India revoked the special status of the erstwhile state, or even well before that.With the Supreme Court having upheld the repeal of the special status, India believes the question about whether…
