Delhi recorded the 6th ‘very poor’ air day of the month on Monday although AQI improved to 304 from 356 a day earlier, according to Central Pollution Control Board’s bulletin released at 4pm. The air quality improved marginally to ‘poor’ by 6pm, with an AQI of 299, as winds picked up. However, it’s likely to…
JAIPUR: A textbook purportedly on the 2002 Godhra carnage and its aftermath is among four that are being recalled in BJP-governed Rajasthan, a month after these were distributed among govt schools in the state.Rajasthan School Education Council instructed the district education officers on Oct 21 to ask the schools to return all copies of the…
BENGALURU: Admitting its mistake in erroneously marking 1,200 acres of farmers’ land in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district as Waqf Board assets, the state govt announced Monday that it will withdraw notices issued to the farmers.Govt’s hasty U-turn from the planned takeover of the land in Tikota taluk’s Honavada follows protests by farmers and Congress’ fear of…
HYDERABAD: One woman died while her two minor daughters, along with at least 20 others, were hospitalised after eating momos at a roadside stall in Hyderabad’s Banjara Hills last week. While the woman died on Monday, the others are recuperating at different hospitals.According to police, Reshma Begum (31) and her daughters, aged 12 and 14…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will on Tuesday launch the expansion of health coverage for all senior citizens aged 70 years and above under the govt’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.In a post on X, Modi said, “Tomorrow, on Ayurveda Day at around 12:30 pm, important schemes relating to the healthcare sector…
NEW DELHI: The meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, on Monday witnessed tense moments as AAP member Sanjay Singh is learnt to have objected to the examination of Delhi Waqf Board administrator Ashwini Kumar, contending that the report submitted by him was not approved by the Delhi chief minister.According to…
NEW DELHI: As major troop contributing countries to the UN, India and Spain condemned the attacks on the UN Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) and highlighted that the safety and security of peacekeepers are of paramount importance and must be ensured by all.Inviolability of UN premises and the sanctity of their mandate must be respected…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 500 crore located across Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh in a Rs 4,000-crore bank fraud and money laundering case against Corporate Power Ltd, and its promoters and directors Manoj Jayaswal, Abhijeet Jayaswal and Abhishek Jayaswal.In Aug, ED had searched the premises…
NAGPUR: A 35-year-old resident of the Maoist-affected Gondia district in Maharashtra’s eastern Vidarbha region, has been identified as the source of a series of hoax emails that caused alarm, flight delays, and increased security measures at airports, airline offices, and railway stations. Jagdish Uikey, who has written a book on terrorism, claims to have deciphered…
RANCHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s poll proposer in Barhait (ST), Mandal Murmu, was detained by police in violation of Election Commission (EC) poll guidelines, state chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said on Monday. According to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, Murmu was on his way to Ranchi to discuss the issue of Bangladeshi…
