NEW DELHI: In a big boost to highway development, the cabinet on Friday approved eight major national high-speed road corridor projects of 936 km entailing Rs 50,655 crore investment. Goverment said the projects, spread across nine states, will improve logistics efficiency, reduce congestion, enhance connectivity and generate around 4.4 crore mandays of direct and indirect…
“The home department and other agencies will chalk out guidelines governing the consumption and sale of liquor once the proposal is cleared,” the source said. GANDHINAGAR/SURAT: Surat Diamond Bourse, the glitzy behemoth built to house India’s aspiration to be a global diamond trading hub, is aiming for a different high in dry Gujarat. After GIFT…
The Supreme Court of India, led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, criticised a petitioner for submitting a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to eradicate superstitions and promote scientific temper. The court emphasised that such matters fall under the domain of educational policy experts and cannot be mandated by judicial orders. The petition was subsequently withdrawn. Source…
NEW DELHI: EC will visit J&K, where assembly polls are to be conducted before Sept 30 as per SC’s orders, between Aug 8 and 10 to assess overall poll preparedness. Since the review is a standard protocol followed by EC prior to announcement of polls in any state/UT, the visit is being seen as pointer…
LUCKNOW: When UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, an MLC, referred the Nazul Property (Management and Use for Public Purpose) Bill 2024 tabled by his own governmentt in the assembly to a select committee of the Upper House, it was initially taken as another episode of govt vs organisation in UP. However, a close examination reveals…
On March 7, 2024, Yogi government notified the ordinance which barred conversion of Nazul land into freehold in favour of a private person. LUCKNOW: When UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, an MLC, referred the Nazul Property (Management and Use for Public Purpose) Bill 2024 tabled by his own governmentt in the assembly to a select…
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…
