JP MP Sanjay Jaiswal made chairperson NEW DELHI: Three weeks after Lok Sabha decided to send the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill to a parliamentary committee for scrutiny, Speaker Om Birla Thursday named 31 members of the panel, with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal made chairperson.BJP-led NDA’s 19 MPs will be in the committee, while…
Govt will soon allow old polluting trucks and buses to be fitted with retrofit emission-control devices NEW DELHI: In a fresh push to curb vehicular pollution, govt will soon allow old polluting trucks and buses to be fitted with retrofit emission-control devices (RECDs) that can reduce particulate matter emissions by up to 90% and nitrogen…
Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari set a target Thursday to establish at least 1,000 schools run by RSS KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari set a target Thursday to establish at least 1,000 schools run by RSS’s education wing Vidya Bharati in every district, municipality and panchayat within a year. He also suggested a plan…
Jaishankar’s terse reaffirmation of India’s position that its energy sourcing is driven by national interests The Russia-Ukraine conflict will be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy and not by dwelling over who is buying oil from where, said external affairs minister S Jaishankar rejecting the Western narrative that countries buying energy from Russia are bankrolling President…
Supreme Court Thursday underscored the importance of the quality of teachers NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday underscored the importance of the quality of teachers, who play a vital role in shaping the future of the country, and held National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) can seek annual performance appraisal report (PAR) from teacher education institutions…
Matching handwriting on a threat note brought a crew member under the scanner of investigating agencies NEW DELHI: Matching handwriting on a threat note found in the lav of a diverted Air India Express international flight with that of all 40 people on board has reportedly brought a crew member under the scanner of investigating…
Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder JAMMU: Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder along the international border in Jammu’s Kanachak sector on Thursday morning. Officials said the suspect was currently being questioned.Around 8am, personnel of BSF’s 44Bn spotted the suspect in a forward area near a border outpost and took him…
All seven districts of Ladakh will now have autonomous hill development councils SRINAGAR: All seven districts of Ladakh will now have autonomous hill development councils, with lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approving a notification to this effect Thursday. The move paves the way for local self-governance in all seven districts of the UT through the…
A joint team of the Army’s 58 Rashtriya Rifles and J&K Police’s Special Operations Group launched an anti-terror operation JAMMU: A joint team of security forces discovered a terrorist hideout and seized a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Mahore tehsil in J&K’s Reasi district on Thursday.Based on inputs from the…
FARRUKHABAD: Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a sharp attack on previous governments, alleging that recruitment and employment opportunities for youth were earlier dominated by a “Saifai syndicate”, while asserting that his government would not allow anyone to compromise with the future of young people.Addressing a gathering in Farrukhabad after distributing relief…