GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh led a delegation of about 20 MLAs to Raj Bhavan Sunday and handed governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya a memorandum that purportedly recommends revoking the 2008 tripartite agreement on suspension of operations against tribal militant groups suspected to be behind the resurgence of violence in the state.Late in the evening,…
MUMBAI: A central GST (CGST) superintendent, accused of detaining a businessman for 18 hours and demanding a bribe of Rs 60 lakh, was nabbed by CBI last week after a dramatic chase in the middle of the night near Oshiwara police station.In his bid to escape, the official, Sachin Gokulka, dumped one of his aides…
NEW DELHI: Jannik Sinner clinched his second Grand Slam victory of the year, dashing the hopes of American fans who had been eagerly awaiting a homegrown champion for over two decades. The Italian star secured a straight-sets win against Taylor Fritz in the US Open final on Sunday, with a scoreline of 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.The…
NEW DELHI: From enduring taunts about his dwarfism to achieving glory at the Paris Paralympics, Navdeep Singh‘s journey is a tale of remarkable resilience. The 4 feet 4 inches tall para javelin sensation secured the gold medal in the F41 classification at the Paris Paralympic Games.After finishing fourth at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago…
LUCKNOW: A murderer successfully concealed his dark secrets and served in UP irrigation department for six years in what clearly puts a question mark on the process of stringent police verification for a govt job. The man in his mid-30s had spent four months in jail in 2013 after being charged with a murder that…
NEW DELHI: As counter-Naxal forces brace to meet the March 2026 deadline set by home minister Amit Shah for ending Left-wing extremist (LWE) violence, the CRPF has augmented its strength in the Maoist bastions of south Bastar (Chhattisgarh) by deploying an additional 4,000 personnel.The force’s four battalions, comprising 4,000 troops, were recently ordered to leave…
MUMBAI: Investors on Dalal Street will have the option to select from at least 16 IPOs to invest in the coming week, making it one of the busiest weeks for primary offers in recent years. Together, these 16 IPOs are aiming to raise nearly Rs 9,000 crore from the market, data on Chittorgarh, a web…
NEW DELHI: After a week marked by flip-flops over forging an alliance in Haryana, Sunday was marked by a ‘take it or leave it’ offer from Congress to AAP. A likelihood of a tie-up in Haryana between the two parties is hinged on AAP accepting Congress’s twin conditions on number of seats and specific constituencies.Congress…
NEW DELHI: Twenty-one cities including Greater Mumbai, Varanasi, Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Trichy and Tuticorin have reduced the concentration of critical air pollutant PM10 by more than 40% in 2023-24 compared to 2017-18 levels, according to the latest compilation of data from 131 cities made by the environment ministry.Though these 21 cities have met…
NEW DELHI: High-polluting cities such as Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Nashik and Kota recorded improvement in terms of reducing PM10 to an extent, but their levels remain quite far from the acceptable limit, as per data released by Union environment ministry. Delhi reduced the level of PM10 from 241 g/m3 in 2017-18 to…
