NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday demanded an immediate suspension of all clearances and conduct of a thorough impartial review of the proposed “Mega Infra Project” in Great Nicobar, claiming that it poses a grave threat to the island’s tribal communities and had violated the letter and spirit of the Forest Rights Act. In a…
NEW DELHI: A new year, a new list, and yet Mumbai remains at the top spot as the most expensive city in India for expats. In a recent survey published by consultancy firm Mercer, Mumbai has in fact climbed up 11 spots to be ranked 136th globally.Delhi also featured in the top 200 and climbed…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader M B Bhanuprakash passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Monday while participating in a protest organized by his party against the rise in petrol and diesel prices in Karnataka. “He collapsed after suffering cardiac arrest while getting into his car,” a police source said. “He was rushed to a…
NEW DELHI: Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to continue in many parts of north India including Delhi with the India meteorological department (IMD) issuing red alerts for the Capital and several other cities for Monday.“We are receiving heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over the North India plains and also for the Western Himalayan…
NEW DELHI: Passenger woes at Air India show no signs of ebbing. A person flying Bengaluru-San Francisco (AI 175) on June 9 reportedly found a metal blade in his meal which he was able to spit out in time before it could cause any harm. In the past few weeks, AI — where change is…
NEW DELHI: Anti-collision system ‘Kavach‘ was not installed in the Kanchanjunga Express that collided with a goods train on Monday claiming at least 8 lives and injuring over 20, chairman & CEO of Railway Board Jaya Varma Sinha said.Talking about the cause of the accident, Sinha said that the accident seemed to be a case…
NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will use “Bharat” and “India” interchangeably in its textbooks, aligning with the country’s Constitution, according to NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani.This decision follows a recommendation from a high-level panel working on the social science curriculum that suggested replacing “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks…
BHOPAL: A tense situation has arisen at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh as around 30 villagers, hired to monitor and track cheetahs round-the-clock, have stopped work. The reason for the strike? Their refusal to butcher animals for feeding the big cats within the special enclosures known as soft release bomas…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala Congress has apologized for a picture shared by its state unit featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pope Francis at the G7 summit. However, the party maintained that it had no reservations about targeting PM Modi.The apology came after BJP objected to the post and accused the grand old party of…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday met US national security advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan in New Delhi and discussed various bilateral, regional and global issues.The foreign minister expressed confidence that the strategic partnership between New Delhi and Washington will continue to advance strongly in the near term.“Delighted to welcome US NSA @JakeSullivan46…
