NEW DELHI: Govt has agreed to export 654MW of electricity daily to flood-ravaged Nepal for 18 hours a day till Dec 31. The ministry of power Monday said the recent floods caused significant damage to hydropower infrastructure in Nepal, reducing its domestic power generation capacity and creating an additional requirement for electricity, reports Atul Mathur.Beginning…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has arrested former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s former OSD Chetan Borghariya, who is presently additional collector of Balrampur-Ramanujganj, in the case of illegal appointments of DSPs and collectors through exam paper leaks.ED, which had earlier arrested former state public service commission (PSC) chief Taman Singh Sonwani,…
NEW DELHI: Leading lawyers Harish Salve and Mahesh Jethmalani Monday advocated a reset in the judiciary, as happened after the Emergency, and said the complaint redressal mechanism needs to be reformed for the public to continue reposing faith in the institution.Referring to the unprecedented discovery of burning cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence in March…
Photo taken from Instagram account of ‘Backpacker Arunima’ NEW DELHI: A popular Indian travel vlogger from Kerala, who has been travelling in Afghanistan and posting videos from the country, on Monday claimed that she had been “arrested” by the “Mujahideen” in Bamyan and appealed for help in contacting the Indian embassy.In a post on her…
File photo: NCP(SP) MP Supriya Sule NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Monday questioned the registration of a CBI FIR into the death of Disha Salian, saying she was surprised because the case had earlier been treated as closed by the same government.Salian, a former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, died…
File photo: PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked the people of Rajasthan after the BJP emerged as the largest party in the state’s municipal elections, winning more wards than the Congress and securing majorities in four of the 10 municipal corporations.In a post on X, PM Modi said the…
PRAYAGRAJ: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took a swipe at the previous Samajwadi Party government, saying that before 2017, the state faced not only a shortage of resources but also issues related to governance, transparency, accountability, law and order, and judicial infrastructure.Additionally, the chief minister revealed plans to provide tablets to 400 state law…
File photo: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday reviewed the functioning of the CM Helpline 1905 at the Secretariat and directed officials to ensure the swift, time-bound and satisfactory resolution of public grievances.The chief minister said that the CM Helpline is an important mechanism for addressing the…
Bhagwant Mann said his government adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards gangsters Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said his government adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards gangsters, extortionists, drug traffickers and organised criminal networks, irrespective of how powerful or well-connected they may claim to be.He further asserted that law and order is fully maintained in…
3 Italian passengers flew from Amritsar to Munich without immigration clearance NEW DELHI: The civil aviation ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Air India over alleged procedural lapses that allowed three Italian passengers to board a connecting flight from Delhi without completing immigration formalities earlier this month.The notice has been issued to Air India…