BENGALURU: More than a year after PM Modi said during a visit to the US that an Indian astronaut would travel to the International Space Station as part of a US mission, Isro is set to send Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla as part of a space flight agreement with Axiom Space, a Nasa-identified service provider.Isro’s…
NEW DELHI: In the wake of Supreme Court recommending stricter procedures for verifying candidate identities for examinations, a recent case has come to light where an alert technical organisation under central govt averted a dozen possible impersonators from joining after they had been selected by a government recruitment agency.In some cases, major discrepancies were detected…
Delhi revenue minister Atishi. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of a TOI report on a spurt in the number of deaths at Asha Kiran, a state-run facility for the intellectually impaired, lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Friday asked the Delhi chief secretary for a comprehensive inquiry into the working of all shelter homes, and fixing…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday brought closure to the controversy over NEET UG- 2024 by holding that there was no systemic failure in this year’s exam for admission to medical colleges across the country and that the paper leak was limited to centres in Hazaribag and Patna. This brings finality to the results and…
NEW DELHI: Stepping beyond constitutional courts‘ traditional role limited to testing the constitutionality of legislations and validity of executive decisions and taking on oversight functions, Supreme Court has ruled that it can direct a performance audit of legislations to identify and address infirmities in their implementation on the ground.This ruling came from a bench of…
NEW DELHI: Three days after the massive landslides in Kerala‘s Wayanad district, Centre on Friday released a sixth draft notification proposing earmarking of 56,825 sq km as ecologically sensitive area (ESA) to prohibit/regulate environmentally hazardous human activities within the fragile Western Ghats, spread over six states.The draft for the first time has a provision enabling…
NEW DELHI: Pulling up Delhi Police for failing to carry out a “scientific investigation” into the cause of death of three UPSC aspirants in a flooded coaching centre basement last week and pointing out “glaring omissions”, the high court Friday transferred the probe to CBI.It stressed that an independent agency must be roped in to…
JAMMU: Authorities in Jammu issued a high security alert after a 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist — who was out on bail — disappeared from his residence in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said Friday. “He had carried out a grenade attack at Jammu bus stand in March 2019, killing two civilians and injuring 31 others,”…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, parliamentarians and hundreds of thousands of people offered funeral prayers in absentia on Friday for slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, condemning Israeli military actions in Palestinian territories.Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed in a pre-dawn bombing at their accommodation in Tehran on Wednesday. Just hours before his assassination, Israel…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday he had written a letter to the Chinese govt requesting debt re-profiling for Pakistan in an apparent bid to secure the International Monetary Fund’s approval for a $7 billion economic bailout by next month.Islamabad has also asked Beijing to change imported coal-based projects to ones using…
