EKTA NAGAR/PATNA: Attacking Congress for “leaving no stone unturned to erase Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s legacy” and ignoring his role in uniting the country after Independence, home minister Amit Shah Thursday said the Modi govt had restored his rightful place in history by erecting the 182-ft ‘Statue of Unity‘ at Ekta Nagar and holding an annual…
YADGIR/BENGALURU: Days after Karnataka HC stayed state govt order restricting public gatherings of more than 10 people, Yadgir district administration on Wednesday granted conditional permission for a RSS ‘path sanchalan’ (route march) in Gurmitkal, which happens to be a political stronghold of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. The permission comes with 10 conditions, including ban on…
NEW DELHI: A day after the TOI report on the problems faced by vehicle owners to complete the Know Your Vehicle (KYV) process for FASTags, National Highways Authority of India on Thursday simplified the process. As per the revised guidelines, FASTag services won’t be discontinued for non-compliant vehicles and users will get sufficient opportunities to…
AHMEDABAD: Fifteen years of separation. A shared sentence. Now, a Gujarat HC order offered a rare pause to a couple convicted of murdering the woman’s former boyfriend in 2010 – a chance to create life, even while serving time for taking one.Jayendra Damor and Sejal Bariya have been granted extended parole to undergo in-vitro fertilisation…
SRINAGAR: CM Omar Abdullah urged NC’s newly elected Rajya Sabha members to speak up for J&K’s political rights, warning them not to “lose their voice in Delhi’s pollution” like some of their predecessors. “Sometimes Delhi’s pollution seems to affect our colleagues. We have sent many big names to Parliament in the past, but once they…
Housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar (Photo credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar has sought details of the number of realty projects in which deadlines have been extended and the action taken against developers whose projects remain incomplete even after three extensions. The move comes amid rising…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal (Photo credit: ANI) PATIALA: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched projects worth Rs 75 crore to give a facelift to the historic Shri Kali Mata temple here. Addressing a gathering after the launch event, Kejriwal claimed…
NEW DELHI: In a first, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has started an internship programme for students and young professionals so that they can “gain indepth exposure to the inner workings of India’s civil aviation regulator.” Students in final to pre-final years B Tech/BE in aerospace, civil, computer science or electronics engineering /…
UP CM Yogi Adityanath (PTI) LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said farming and farmers’ welfare became part of the government’s core agenda only after Narendra Modi came to power at the Centre in 2014. Speaking at an interaction with sugarcane farmers at his official residence, the chief minister said the recent…
IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal (Image credits: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) NEW DELHI: Cloud seeding is only a short-term emergency tool to combat severe pollution and poses no threat to humans or the environment, IIT-Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal clarified. He said the process uses only minute quantities of chemicals to induce rain and is…
