NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court chastised the Delhi government on Monday for not rectifying defects in its plea to Haryana concerning the release of surplus water from Himachal Pradesh to tackle Delhi’s water crisis. A vacation bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Prasanna B Varale highlighted that affidavits were not being accepted in…
New Delhi: With the swearing-in of Narendra Modi’s council of ministers over, the question uppermost on everyone’s mind is who will be the next finance minister. Will Nirmala Sitharaman stay in the wood-paneled office on the first floor of North Block, which is home to the finance ministry, or will she move to another ministry…
NEW DELHI: Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil began his fast unto death on Saturday. He said that if the Maratha reservation is not granted this time, he intends to run in the Maharashtra assembly elections.However, police have denied peermission to Jarange to hold indefinite hunger strike. The Gondi police reported that they have received…
NEW DELHI: At least three people were killed and six others suffered injures after a fire broke out in a factory in the Narela Industrial Area on Saturday morning.A preliminary investigation revealed that raw moong beans were being roasted on gas burners when a gas leak from one of the pipelines caused a fire. This…
NEW DELHI: Resolution of the water crisis in the parched national capital will begin a day after the country elects a new govt as the Supreme Court on Monday ordered Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) comprising all stakeholder states to meet on June 5 to address Delhi govt’s distress demand for additional water supply.While the…
NEW DELHI: As Arvind Kejriwal‘s three-week temporary bail for poll campaigning comes to an end on Sunday, the Delhi chief minister and AAP convenor is set to return to Tihar jail later in the day. Despite this development, the party has assured its top functionaries that Kejriwal will continue to serve as chief minister.In light…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is set to return to Tihar Jail on Sunday after spending more than three weeks on electioneering. He is scheduled to leave his residence at approximately 3pm and will be accompanied by his supporters. During his release from jail on interim bail from May 11 to May 30, Kejriwal…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there has been no leniency in recovering bad loans, especially from large defaulters, and banks have turned around, reporting record profit of over Rs 3 lakh crore last year, from being a “cesspool of bad loans, vested interests, corruption and mismanagement” during UPA regime.On the day…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government approached the Supreme Court on Friday, seeking its intervention to address the acute water shortage in the city. The government has requested the court to direct neighboring states, including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, to provide additional raw water supply to the national capital.The move comes as Delhi grapples…
NEW DELHI: The wait for an improved experience on Air India is proving to be a long one for its passengers. The airline’s Delhi-San Francisco flight on Thursday was delayed, with passengers being made to sit inside an aircraft without air-conditioning in the capital’s searing heat. Some of them allegedly fainted in the heat, while…
