Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday asked the Commission for Air Quality Management to immediately suspend Direction No. 89, which bars fuel stations from providing fuel to End-of-Life (EOL) vehicles in Delhi. In a letter to the Commission, Sirsa said the order should be put on hold until the Automatic Number Plate Recognition…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Parliament of Ghana during his state visit, drawing applause and smiles when he said that India has over 2,500 political parties. The comment came as part of a broader speech on India’s democratic values and cultural diversity.“India is the mother of democracy. For us, democracy…
Speaking to ANI, Dr Mohit Gupta, Professor of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, said that findings from a study conducted on 1,600 heart attack patients showed a protective benefit of the Covid-19 vaccines. NEW DELHI: Medical experts have rejected allegations that Covid-19 vaccines are responsible for a recent spike in heart attack-related deaths, following comments made…
The Calcutta high court on Thursday directed Bengal government to file affidavit on progress of probe in law college gang rape case.The division bench, led by Justice Soumen Sen, instructed the state authorities to submit the investigation’s case diary during the subsequent hearing scheduled for July 10.The high court received three Public Interest Litigations (PILs)…
NEW DELHI: The objective of Operation Sindoor, which was launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgham attack, is that if there are terrorist attacks, India will act against the perpetrators, the supporters, the financiers, and the enablers, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. During a Washington press conference on Wednesday, Jaishankar emphasised,…
Supreme Court of India (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Is there a ‘Sabak’ (lesson) in the film ‘Kahani-2’ for producer-director Sanjay Ghosh? The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to adjudicate Ghosh’s petition against criminal proceedings initiated against him in a Hazaribagh court by one Umesh Prasad Mehta, who accused Ghosh of lifting from his literary…
Modi conferred with highest state honour ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (local time) was conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’ and said that this honour is a responsibility, to keep working towards a stronger India-Ghana friendship….
BENGALURU: Several days after India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla entered the International Space Station (ISS), Isro, stating that “space is a domain best explored together,” said its participation in the Axiom-04 mission echoes that spirit. Axiom-4 follows in the legacy of international cooperation that sent Rakesh Sharma to space in 1984 aboard the Soviet Soyuz,…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday voiced deep concern over the abduction of three of its nationals in Mali, a country grappling with a fresh wave of terrorist attacks. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) said the Indian workers, employed at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, were taken hostage…
NEW DELHI: Former defence secretary and ex-governor of Chhattisgarh, Shekhar Dutt, passed away on Wednesday. Dutt had also served as a deputy national security advisor (NSA).Recalling his contribution, the defence ministry on X said that “a decorated soldier and visionary administrator, his contributions to India’s defence and national security will be remembered with deep respect”….
