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Village head’s appeal drove Ladakh LG’s initiative to tap 90 million litres of glacial water for irrigation SRINAGAR: Nearly 90 million litres of glacial water have started irrigating more than 1,000 acres of parched farmlands across 12 villages in Ladakh every day, thanks to a pioneering initiative by lieutenant governor (LG) V K Saxena last…

India-China hold 1st Corps Commander talks in eastern sector; ties improving NEW DELHI: The first-ever Corps Commander–level meeting between India and China in the eastern sector was a two-day engagement, marking a milestone in bilateral efforts to maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).“The first highest military Corps Commander–level flag meeting took place…

SRINAGAR: MF Husain’s horses meant power. Flat, bold, Cubist, built for scale like the Bollywood billboards he once painted in Mumbai. Masood Hussain’s horse is painted on Pashmina and dyed in the wool — carrying the earliest Kashmiri poetry, passed down orally for 600 years before anyone wrote it down.This is a sharp turn from…

NCPCR summons Meta India chief (representative image) NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned Meta India’s managing director and country head to appear before it on Wednesday over advertisements allegedly linked to child sexual exploitation and abuse material (CSEAM) on Instagram.The commission took suo motu cognisance of a BBC…

File photo: A drone view of the dry riverbed as Cauvery water flow remains low at Mukkombu Dam, in Tiruchirappalli (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government is seriously considering approaching the Supreme Court against the direction to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water daily to Tamil Nadu, state water resources minister N…

SC sets condition for Rajpal Yadav’s surrender relief NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed actor Rajpal Yadav to deposit Rs 5 crore with its Registry by Wednesday as a condition for exempting him from surrendering to serve his sentence in a cheque-bounce case involving film producer-financier Murli Projects Pvt Ltd.A bench headed by…

Delhi Govt cracks whip, 5 MCD officials suspended after Satya Niketan building collapse. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has demolished 24 properties and sealed seven illegal structures across the capital following the building collapse in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan that killed seven people.According to the MCD data, quoted by…

Delhi hotels run out of rooms​ NEW DELHI: As India prepares to host the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit, luxury hotels in the national capital are facing a sharp squeeze in room availability, with tariffs at some marquee properties climbing beyond Rs 2 lakh a night ahead of the September 12-13 gathering.The summit, which brings leaders…

Digital asset companies from BRICS and partner countries will seek a bigger place in cross-border payments and institutional investment NEW DELHI: Digital asset firms will seek sovereign investors’ backing at a Delhi roundtable this week as India pursues faster, cheaper international payments while maintaining that replacing the dollar is outside its financial agenda.The September 12…

Rahul Gandhi attacks MP government over Sagar liquor deaths, seeks accountability NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has attacked the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government over deaths allegedly linked to poisonous liquor in Sagar, demanding a fair investigation and accountability for those responsible.Rahul Gandhi, while resharing a Madhya Pradesh Congress post on X, said: “In the…