The Supreme Court, meanwhile, directed the parties to maintain status quo NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that India’s 20 per cent ethanol blending programme in petrol is still an ongoing experiment and that the impact of the policy is expected to become clearer by next year.The submission came during a…
SP MLA Kamal Akhtar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief whip in the Uttar Pradesh assembly Kamal Akhtar resigned from his post on Tuesday, saying he was stepping down on the directions of party president Akhilesh Yadav.“I have always followed the directions of our national president, Akhilesh Yadav ji. Whatever direction he gives…
Tourist footfall at the historic hill fort reportedly risen by around 25 per cent since the incident came to light. The murder of Ketan Agarwal has sparked an unexpected trend in Maharashtra, with Lohagad Fort witnessing a noticeable surge in visitors after it emerged as the alleged crime scene in the high-profile case.Tourist footfall at…
Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi (Photo by R Ramesh Shankar) Amid renewed tensions between Iran and the United States following Tehran’s accusation that Washington violated a recent ceasefire understanding by carrying out strikes on Iranian territory, the prospects for de-escalation remain uncertain. The flare-up has reignited concerns over regional security, the future of nuclear negotiations and…
Growing up in the late 1990s or early 2000s meant watching the internet arrive not as a single platform, but as a world opened through web browsers.British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the first web browser in 1990 and called it WorldWideWeb. A few years later, Mosaic made the web more visual by bringing graphics…
Venezuela’s earthquake victims are expressing profound gratitude to India’s medical team for their life-saving aid. Under Operation Amistad, India deployed a field hospital, relief supplies, and advanced medical equipment, significantly easing the suffering of those affected by the devastating tremors. Locals shared moving testimonials, highlighting the exceptional care and support received, emphasizing a sense of…
Accused Chetan Chaudhary in the Ketan Agarwal murder case is brought to Lonavala Rural Police Station for investigation at Lonavala, in Pune on Tuesday. (ANI Video Grab) NEW DELHI: In a fresh development in the alleged murder case at Pune’s Lohagarh Fort, police are set to conduct a “gait analysis” of accused Chetan Chaudhary, who…
Officials said all 15 students were travelling in the Universal High School van At least five students were rushed to hospital, one of them in critical condition, after a roadside tree crashed onto a school van carrying 15 students in Mumbai’s Chembur on Tuesday afternoon amid heavy rain,The incident took place near Heritage Pride and…
File photo: Rajnath Singh and KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: The row over Rajnath Singh‘s ‘no casualties’ statement on Operation Sindoor intensified on Tuesday, with Congress MP KC Venugopal writing to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking privilege proceedings against the defence minister for “misleading” Parliament by saying that no Indian soldier died in the line…
India has crossed a major demographic milestone: for the first time in modern history its fertility rate has slipped below the replacement level.The latest SRS report from India’s Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner shows the average Indian woman is now expected to have 1.9 children — under the 2.1 threshold that keeps…