NEW DELHI: First-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, Rekha Gupta, on Thursday sworn in as chief minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan. The oath-taking ceremony took place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Cabinet colleagues and chief ministers of National Democratic Alliance-governed states, among others.Along with Gupta, leaders including Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood,…
Arvind Kejriwal and Manjinder Singh Sirsa (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shortly after being named as a minister in the Rekha Gupta-led BJP cabinet on Thursday, Manjinder Singh Sirsa took a direct jab at former Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying, “Kejriwal will have to spend most of his time in jail.” Sirsa,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Lokpal order that allowed it to entertain complaints against high court judges under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.A special bench headed by Justice B R Gavai issued a notice to the Centre and others, seeking their responses in the suo motu proceedings initiated over the…
Bryan Johnson and Ramdev (R) NEW DELHI: Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Ramdev blocked American entrepreneur Bryan Johnson on X after receiving a critical comment on his post. On Tuesday, Ramdev shared a post showing him running next to a horse while promoting Patanjali products, Immunogrit Gold and Swarna Shilajit. In response, Johnson commented on…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister-designate Rekha Gupta on Thursday said she would not stay in the official CM residence, often referred to by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as “Sheesh Mahal,” and said “Anyone who has been corrupt will have to account for every rupee.”When asked by a reporter whether she would stay in Sheesh…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck the Andaman Sea on Thursday morning near Malaysia, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The tremor was recorded at 08:49:45 IST at a depth of 75 km.The quake’s epicentre was located at a latitude of 5.57°N and a longitude of 95.07°E. There were no immediate reports…
BENGALURU: India will not build a large rocket for its planned crewed mission to the Moon, but instead rely on multiple launches and satellite docking technology, as per Isro’s current plans for the mission targeted for 2040.“One option is to build a huge rocket and take a single module. But what will you do with…
HYDERABAD: A man who had filed a case against BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and others, accusing them of being responsible for the collapse of some piers of the Medigadda barrage, was stabbed to death by two unidentified assailants in Bhupalapally town of Telangana‘s Jayashankar-Bhupalapally district on Wednesday night, reports Shiv Kumar Pinna. Police said…
NEW DELHI: A high-level committee on disaster risk reduction headed by home minister Amit Shah has approved Rs 1,555 crore of additional central assistance to five states affected by floods, landslides and cyclonic storm during 2024.Andhra Pradesh is the major recipient with Rs 608 crore approved for it towards disaster mitigation and response. The central…
LUCKNOW: Days after NGT flagged the high faecal coliform levels in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath asserted in the assembly on Wednesday that the water at the Sangam was fit for both “snan” (bathing) and “aachman” (ritual drinking).Replying to a discussion on the Maha…
