NEW DELHI: Highway commuters have shelled out around Rs 2.1 lakh crore as user fee since the govt started tolling on NHs in 2000. This is a small part of the spend on building a nationwide network of highways and expressways undertaken by the Centre with the allocation for the current fiscal year itself estimated…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar announced plans to contest the upcoming Delhi assembly elections in a bid to reclaim the party’s national status after a resounding victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections. He declared his intent to contest Delhi assembly polls during a felicitation ceremony at the NCP office in Delhi…
NEW DELHI: A management committee of Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal has moved to the Supreme Court against the mosque survey order given by a local court.Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna-led bench will be hearing the petition of Sambhal Jama Masjid on Friday, reported news agency ANI.On Sunday, clashes between protesters opposing…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Thursday sharpened his attack on Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Congress, claiming the party became “overconfident after the Lok Sabha elections”. Danve said the MVA would have performed better had they announced Uddhav Thackeray its CM candidate for the Maharashtra elections in which the bloc faced…
NEW DELHI: In his first reaction to the charges leveled against him, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday dismissed allegations regarding the payment of bribes to Andhra Pradesh officials by the Adani Group for solar power purchases during his party-led government (19-24). The YSRCP chief said that the deal was purely…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra walked into the Lok Sabha on Thursday to take oath as a Member of Parliament, draped in a traditional Kerala Kasavu saree. The white saree with its golden border was more than a fashion statement — it symbolised her connection to Wayanad, the constituency that sent her to…
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) NEW DELHI: Ousted former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina condemned the interim Muhammad Yunus government in the wake of unabated violent attacks on the Hindu community in Bangladesh that were triggered after the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das.Hasina said Chinmoy Krishna Das has been “unjustly arrested and must be released…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that India’s ties with Canada continue to be “challenging” because of the political space provided by Ottawa to “secessionist elements who advocate an anti-India agenda”. The MEA added that New Delhi has “repeatedly” urged Canada to act against such individuals, and that mutual respect…
PM Narendra Modi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday shared a video montage comprising different occasions when Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted contradictions between Congress and its allies.Sharing the video on X, Puri said: “When it comes to the shallow politics of the Congress party, PM Modi’s predictions have always…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that all Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV measures except relating to schools will continue to be in place next hearing on December 2. The apex court also said that action against officials for ‘serious lapse’ in implementation of GRAP-IV measures needs to be expedited.Meanwhile, the Commission of…
