NEW DELHI: The capital experienced near-zero visibility conditions till close to noon on Wednesday, the season’s most delayed lifting of dense fog that hit normal life and wreaked havoc on air, rail and road traffic in the region. The foggy and humid conditions led to a sharp spike in air pollution, which crossed the ‘severe’…
NEW DELHI: With the rendition of Vande Matram and the national anthem, Congress matriarch Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday jointly cut the ribbon with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to mark the party’s entry into its new headquarters “Indira Bhavan”, a modern five-storeyed building on 9A, Kotla Marg.Kharge said, “Symbolising the 140-year-old glorious history of Congress, the…
NEW DELHI: Stirring doubts about the Maharashtra assembly elections once again, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the addition of one crore voters between Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls was questionable, and the Election Commission had a sacred duty to provide the voters’ lists and explain the surge in the number of voters….
NEW DELHI: Slamming RSS chief’s claim that India did not gain true independence in 1947 but with the inauguration of the Ayodhya temple, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Mohan Bhagwat’s remark is tantamount to “treason” and in any other country, he would be arrested and tried.“BJP and RSS have captured every single institution…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday savaged Rahul Gandhi over his “we are now fighting BJP, RSS and the Indian state itself” remark and said it was straight out of “George Soros’s playbook” of subversion.Union ministers and BJP functionaries, led by party president J P Nadda, said Rahul Gandhi’s remark at the inauguration of Congress‘s new…
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: In a boost for the country’s private space sector, Indian space-tech startups Pixxel, Digantara and XDLINX Space Labs on Wednesday successfully launched their high-tech satellites to monitor earth and space objects. The satellites were launched aboard Elon Musk-owned SpaceX‘s Transporter-12 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, at 1915 GMT…
Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama (Picture credit: Agencies) The United States and Qatar have confirmed a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, halting the brutal 15-month conflict in Gaza and paving the way for the release of numerous hostages. The ceasefire deal will be implemented in three phases, according to US President Joe…
HAMPI (KARNATAKA): Centuries-old Viruapaksha temple in Hampi banned bananas from its premises in a bid to keep the area clean and save its temple elephant, which is often subjected to endless selfies by overzealous tourists while feeding it bananas by the dozens.Hanaumantappa, temple endowment officer, told TOI they announced the ban against carrying bananas into…
NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events caused over 3,200 deaths in the country in 2024 – the warmest year on record in India, with lightning and thunderstorms taking the highest number of lives (1,374) followed by floods and heavy rains (1,287) and heat wave (459), shows the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Annual Climate Summary – 2024,…
NEW DELHI: Taking strong exception to ED making “inadvertent” submissions contrary to the provisions of PMLA on grant of bail to minors, women or sick people in money laundering cases, Supreme Court on Wednesday said the agency intended to keep accused in jail and declared that it would not tolerate such “frivolous submissions”.SG Tushar Mehta…
