ALMORA/DEHRADUN: In one of the worst road accidents in Uttarakhand in recent times, 36 people died and 27 were injured when a bus operated by Garhwal Motor Owners Union (GMOU) and going from Naini Danda in Pauri Garhwal to Ramnagar in Nainital fell into a 200- metre-deep gorge near Marchula in Almora district around 7…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take a decision either way on mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana or it will decide his plea seeking commutation of sentence. He was convicted in the former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination case and spent 29 years in jail. As…
Children burning crackers during Diwali celebrations NEW DELHI: Taking note of the unchecked bursting of crackers on Diwali night in violation of its ban order, the Supreme Court Monday issued a notice to the Delhi government and Delhi police asking them to explain noncompliance of its order and sought their response on imposing a round-the-year…
PUNE: Economist Ajit Ranade resigned as vice-chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), deemed to be university, on October 29. Ranade’s letter to the university’s chancellor Sanjeev Sanyal cited “personal reasons” for his resignation which came two weeks after his termination order as vice-chancellor was withdrawn by Sanyal. It stated, “This letter of…
NEW DELHI: Toxic smog hung over the city on Monday and more stations recorded ‘severe’ air quality, even though the overall Air Quality Index of the capital remained in the upper levels of the ‘very poor’ zone. The smog that had formed in the morning persisted through the day due to calm wind conditions and…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament on Monday passed a bill to change the laws pertaining to the three branches of the armed forces, extending the fixed tenure of services chiefs from three years to five years.Extending the term of the three top commanders — including army chief General Asim Munir who assumed office two years ago —…
ISLAMABAD/AMRITSAR: Lahore continued to choke with dangerous levels of pollution for the second consecutive day, with the Pakistani city emerging as the second most polluted city in the world at 8.30 pm IST on Monday per IQAir, an international pollution monitoring website, edging past Delhi which topped the chart. The provincial govt of Punjab in…
SRINAGAR: The inaugural assembly session of Jammu and Kashmir as a Union territory erupted into bedlam Monday when PDP MLA Waheed Para introduced a resolution challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and calling for a complete rescission of J&K Reorganisation Act of 2019 that formalised the constitutional changes.“Keeping the sentiments of the people of J&K…
(File photo tweeted by 14 Corps) NEW DELHI: The Army “successfully” undertook a full-fledged patrol to one of the five patrolling points (PPs) in the Depsang Plains in eastern Ladakh on Monday, after conducting similar patrols in Demchok last week.“After the consensus reached between India and China on October 21 for disengagement, both sides had…
Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo) As the world’s largest economy and strongest military power, the United States, approaches its presidential election on November 5, the stakes are high for many countries, including world’s largest democracy, India.The US presidential polls could have substantial consequences for global stability and growth, especially given the…
