Centre has assured Bihar that any decision will be made keeping in mind the state’s water requirements NEW DELHI: With India looking at different issues before taking a call on renewing its treaty with Bangladesh over sharing of Ganga river waters at Farakka Barrage, Centre has assured Bihar that any decision will be made keeping…
The petitioners questioned the lavish spending of crores on felicitation functions NEW DELHI: With two PILs heaping allegations against functioning of advocates regulatory body Bar Council of India and questioning legality of its Apr 2025 resolution giving a five-year term to chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, Supreme Court Wednesday said no resolution can override the statutorily…
MLAs Kimneo Haokip Hangshing and Haokholet Kipgen at the assembly GUWAHATI: Two Kuki-Zo MLAs travelled to Imphal Wednesday in defiance of a community whip and attended the Manipur assembly session in person for the first time since violence erupted in 2023, creating a hill-valley divide that is still to be bridged.Saikul legislator Kimneo Haokip Hangshing…
Centre is likely to come up with a “social media code of conduct” for its officers NEW DELHI: Centre is likely to come up with a “social media code of conduct” for its officers, a first such move amid a growing trend among them posting personal reels, videos, stories and opinions, some while on duty….
A Delhi-NCR team of “rat miners” has offered to join rescue operations in Nepal A Delhi-NCR team of “rat miners”, whose manual excavation helped rescue all 41 workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel in 2023, has offered to join rescue operations in flood-hit Nepal, where at least 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects and…
India assured support for complete reconstruction of flood-ravaged Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): India assured support for complete reconstruction of flood-ravaged Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, two days after TOI reported that the institution was seeking New Delhi’s help to rebuild on higher, safer ground.The assurance came less than a week…
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik SRINAGAR: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik, in a 25-page affidavit filed on Wednesday before the additional sessions judge hearing Tada and Pota cases in Srinagar, has denied any role in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat.In the affidavit, Malik also talks about divorcing his…
Opposition BJP and governing National Conference (NC) held competing protest marches against each other SRINAGAR: Opposition BJP and governing National Conference (NC) held competing protest marches against each other in Srinagar Wednesday, with J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah accusing the UT administration of bias against NC protesters after they were blocked from heading to the…
File photo: Union minister Nitin Gadkari NEW DELHI: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday urged all state govts to allow bike taxis, saying it could give employment to eight crore people.During the launch of a pilot programme — “Suraksha” — for on-the-spot free medical diagnosis and counselling for 10 lakh drivers, construction and high-risk…
Nitin Gadkari Wednesday urged all state govts to allow bike taxis NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday urged all state govts to allow bike taxis, saying it could give employment to eight crore people.During the launch of a pilot programme — “Suraksha” — for on-the-spot free medical diagnosis and counselling for 10 lakh…