NEW DELHI: Learning from the recent CJP-led protests govt has set up a team of officials from multiple ministries to counter online “misinformation” on E20 fuel through coordinated efforts by vehicle manufacturers, dealers, vehicle testing agencies, oil marketing companies and fuel pump dealers and other stakeholders, reports Dipak Dash. Ministries concerned are also setting up…
Union Cabinet approved Samudra Manthan Friday, a Rs 84,084-crore national offshore exploration programme to step up oil and gas exploration in India’s offshore basins to reduce dependence on imports, reports Atul Mathur. The scheme aims to increase exploration in deepwater and ultra-deepwater areas through large-scale seismic surveys, exploratory drilling and creation of common offshore infrastructure…
NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be ‘below normal’, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.Last month, IMD had cited El Niño’s impact to forecast below normal rains in July. The month’s rainfall…
Arsenal legend Tony Adams sells his £4 million, five-acre Cotswolds mansion to Liam Gallagher after 23 years to support wife’s return to university Arsenal legend Tony Adams has sold his luxurious £4 million Cotswolds mansion to Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, with the football icon revealing that the move marks the beginning of a “new era”…
India’s biggest medal day yet sees six podium finishes, historic judo golds and the tally rise to 23 in Glasgow. India enjoyed their biggest medal-winning day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday, collecting six medals across judo and athletics to take their overall tally to 23 and strengthen their campaign in Glasgow.The impressive haul…
Authorities released an early ransom note in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will recognize the writing style. A second note released Friday indicated Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped.Both notes initially were sent to a Tucson television station days after the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host…
Nearly 16.4% of the electorate in Haryana and 10.8% in Andhra Pradesh were excluded in draft voter rolls published for the two states Friday as part of phase 3 of special intensive revision (SIR).In Haryana, the total strength of electors in the draft roll was 83.6% of 2.1 crore at the start of SIR on…
Seeking to increase the Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) capacity to 5,000 mw from 700 mw, the Centre Friday cleared a Rs 5,070 crore scheme to push development of floating solar projects along with storage set-ups with a minimum capacity of 2 hours. These aim to utilise existing water reservoirs to set up solar plants, helping…
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ was off to a record-breaking start in India and around the globe. The film that has been rewriting box office record books ever since its debut on Thursday, July 30, has now set a new record at the US box office, even before its opening weekend.The Tom Holland, Zendaya and Sadie…
NEW DELHI: Bringing the six-year-long trial in the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma to a close, a Delhi court on Friday sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment, holding that Sharma was lynched “solely on account of his religion” during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.Additional sessions judge Parveen…