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NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over rising cases of illegal mining and coal theft in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad and surrounding areas, home minister Amit Shah Sunday directed the CISF and the coal ministry to form quick response teams and enforce a “zero coal leakage plan”.Shah also asked the agencies to put in place multi-layered security arrangements in…
Ministry of home affairs (ANI) NEW DELHI: Barely 27.7% of NGOs and associations ever registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, are currently active, with licences of the other 72.3% either cancelled or deemed expired.Since the home ministry started maintaining data on entities with valid FCRA registration in 2012, altogether 52,159 of them were…
NEW DELHI: Fifteen out of 20 India-bound ships in the Persian Gulf carrying fertiliser cargo have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, which will help augment the country’s soil nutrient stocks, govt said Sunday. In addition, for three consecutive months – April to June – domestic urea production has surpassed the target, with 71.6 lakh…
Representative image (AP) NEW DELHI: Govt Saturday evening issued a stern notice to Meta, directing it to immediately disable all paid advertisements and content on Instagram that promote or facilitate access to child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM), sources said.Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has given Meta seven days to submit a…
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav NEW DELHI: In a boost to defence manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh, CM Mohan Yadav Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Rs 2,500 crore missile manufacturing facility of Adani Defence and Aerospace in Shivpuri.The project will bridge a long-standing gap in India’s defence supply chain by bringing system integration together…
The relentless rainfall also claimed a life in Kurla. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain and strong winds wreaked havoc across Mumbai on Sunday, disrupting air travel, claiming a life and triggering fresh political sparring over the city’s monsoon preparedness. Flight operations at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport were severely affected after runway operations were suspended for…
Former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Security was tightened outside the residence of former West Bengal chief minister and TMC boss Mamata Banerjee on Saturday as central forces were deployed ahead of her scheduled visit to Baruipur, where a 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered.The incident took place in South…
New York based artist Jeena Raghavan presents new solo exhibition in Bangalore New York based artist Jeena Raghavan presented her latest solo exhibition in Bangalore this May, unveiling a new body of paintings created between New York and India. Hosted at Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru, the exhibition brought together collectors, entrepreneurs, artists, cultural leaders, government…
India’s major reservoirs are holding just 26 per cent of their live capacity There’s a particular kind of math millions of Indians have learned this summer: how many buckets can you fill before the tap pressure drops, or which day of the week the water actually comes. It’s no longer an emergency routine. It’s just…
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday expressed confidence that the party would come to power in Punjab after the February 2027 assembly elections and ruled out entering into an alliance for the polls.Saini has been campaigning extensively in Punjab, Haryana’s neighbouring state.“The BJP…
