The 16-km trek route, commencing from Gaurikund, suffered extensive damage, with certain parts completely obliterated at Ghoda Padav, Lincholi, Badi Lincholi and Bhimbali. DEHRADUN: Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Chinook and MI-17 helicopters joined ongoing rescue efforts in Rudraprayag district on Friday to evacuate around 1,500 people, mainly pilgrims, who have been stranded for nearly 48…
NEW DELHI: In a surprise move, government on Friday abruptly terminated the tenure of Border Security Force (BSF) director general (DG) Nitin Agrawal and his second-in-command, special DG (Western Command) Y B Khurania, repatriating them to their respective state cadres.Orders issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said Agrawal, an officer from the 1989-batch…
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…
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,”…
Calling tax on essential items ‘anti-people,’ West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged the central government to remove the goods and services tax (GST) on life insurance and health insurance premiums. In a letter, addressed to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Banerjee emphasized that the tx on essential items increases the financial burden on ordinary…
