CHANDIGARH: No songs mentioning alcohol, drugs or violence. And no “twisted words” to bypass this directive, says an ‘advisory’ issued to singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh by the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) ahead of his concert in the city this Saturday.The notice comes less than a month after Telangana government clamped similar restrictions…
Villagers in Assam’s Jorhat district rescued four wild elephants, including a calf, trapped in a pond. DIBRUGARH: A trunk call is loaded with meaning – could be an admonitory don’t-mess-with-me, or an SOS. Village headman Hem Chandra Borah froze mid-step around 6.10pm Wednesday as a piercing cry shattered the quiet at Khamjongia in Assam’s Jorhat…
India strengthens its defence with a Rs 21,100cr investment in 100 K-9 Vajra artillery guns and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets. NEW DELHI: In a move that will add much-needed firepower to the armed forces, two major defence deals for 100 more K-9 Vajra artillery guns and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, collectively worth Rs 21,100 crore,…
The irony is hard to miss. Indore, which has worn the crown of India’s ‘cleanest city’ in government’s Swachh rankings for seven straight years, has been struggling to clean up its air. The largest city in Madhya Pradesh has seen a 21% rise in levels of the pollutant PM10 between 2017-18 and 2023-24, according to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday put a freeze on the spate of lawsuits for reclamation of temples allegedly converted to mosques during the Mughal era and ordered trial courts across India not to entertain any fresh suit raising a ‘mosque-temple’ dispute. It also stopped adjudication of pending ones, including those relating to the Gyanvapi…
PUNE: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s unscheduled visit to his uncle and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s residence in Delhi on Thursday to wish him on his birthday has led to speculation of a reunion, reports Anurag Bende.Both NCP factions, who carried out fierce campaigns against each other in the Lok Sabha and assembly…
NEW DELHI: Data shared by government in Parliament on women’s representation in lead roles as chairman and managing director of public sector banks shows that of 11 sanctioned posts, 10 are held by men. State Bank of India too has a male chairman, and out of four posts sanctioned, three managing directors are in position…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday dubbed the cabinet clearance to bills on simultaneous polls as BJP‘s attempt to divert attention from serious questions being asked about the integrity of elections being held in the country.Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said his party has asked many questions in the past about polls and electoral integrity. “Let this…
NEW DELHI: Government is committed to protecting the country’s heritage, said Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday, and also cautioned that it’s important to identify, expose and probe the “powers and mindset” trying to hinder India’s progress.His remarks came in response to a question at a press conference on the measures…
NEW DELHI: While putting a freeze on the spate of lawsuits for reclamation of temples allegedly converted to mosques during the Mughal era while it hears the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Supreme Court said on Thursday, “The primary issue which arises for consideration is Sections 3 and 4 of the 1991…
