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New Delhi: Taking note of an increasingly familiar pattern of gangsters moving across jurisdictions in Delhi and its surroundings, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider enacting a legislation empowering a single agency to pursue organised crime syndicate members in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) states unhindered and produce them before a…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine Allahabad high court judge Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea challenging validity of Lok Sabha speaker’s decision to constitute a three-member committee for his impeachment initiated in the aftermath of the discovery of unaccounted cash currencies at his official residence. It issued notices to Lok Sabha and Rajya…
Pune/Nashik: Conviction over securing a flat under a 10% EWS quota in 1995 by showing lower income has put a question mark over Manikrao Kokate’s continuation as an MLA and as a Maharashtra cabinet minister. A Nashik sessions court upheld Tuesday a Feb 20 trial court judgment convicting and sentencing the sports minister and NCP…
NEW DELHI: Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday announced that all private vehicles below BS-VI standards and not registered in Delhi will be barred from entering the capital from Thursday. This restriction will continue till stages III and IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) are in force.No vehicle without a PUC…
New Delhi: As hill cities and major tourist destinations face the challenge of tackling mammoth landfills of plastic and other municipal waste, Centre has decided to roll out Clean Himalayan Cities Initiative soon to provide financial and technical assistance. Speaking at a workshop organised by the housing and urban affairs ministry, experts working in these…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has further extended the term of the commission of inquiry looking into the ethnic violence that broke out in Manipur in May 2023, leading to a cycle of unrest, notifying May 20, 2026 as the new deadline for it to submit its report.“The Commission shall submit its report to the Central…
Conclave on Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam – Civilisational Dialogue was organised jointly by the Centre for Studies in International Relations (CSIR), Jamia Millia Islamia, and MAKAIS, Kolkata. The event took place on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, and included an inaugural session followed by three plenary discussions.In a special address, Sunil Ambekar, Akhil Bhartiya Prachar Pramukh of RSS,…
Over the past few decades, women’s participation in India’s rural economy has moved from the margins to the centre of policy conversations. From savings collectives and micro-enterprises to agriculture, dairy and small manufacturing, women – particularly in hinterlands – are increasingly being seen not merely as beneficiaries of welfare, but as economic agents capable of…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday strongly condemned the terror attack that took place during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, underlining that India and Israel follow a policy of “zero tolerance” towards terrorism.Jaishankar, who is in Israel on a two-day visit, made these remarks while speaking to reporters alongside Israeli…
In a warm gesture, PM Modi hugs Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II (Image/X@narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday concluded his landmark two-day visit to Jordan, marking 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. He thanked Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II for personally bidding him farewell at the airport,…
