BATHINDA/NEW DELHI: In a massive crackdown on illegal immigration rackets operating from several cities in Punjab and Haryana, the Enforcement Director on Wednesday conducted searches at 11 locations in seven cities on some of these agents, including on the premises of farmers’ union leader Sukhwinder Singh, also known as Sukh Gill, the president of BKU…
NEW DELHI: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday directed all zones to put in place a CCTV system with necessary recording facilities at all level crossings (LCs) on the railway network. This comes a day after a passenger train collided with a school van at a level crossing in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district, killing at…
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday ridiculed AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s recent comment that he deserves a Nobel Prize for governance, calling the remark “laughable” and claiming the former chief minister would be better suited for awards in “corruption” and “incompetence,” news agency PTI reported.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit back swiftly,…
Odisha is set to get a mega 110-km highway project, costing around Rs 8,300 crore. New Delhi: Odisha is set to get a mega 110-km highway project, costing around Rs 8,300 crore. The six-lane Greenfield Capital Region Ring Road, or Bhubaneswar Bypass, will work as an arterial road for three major cities—Khurda, Bhubaneswar, and Cuttack….
NEW DELHI: India achieved a major milestone in naval defence with the successful user trials of the indigenously developed Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR). The trials were carried out on Tuesday from INS Kavaratti, showcasing the growing capabilities of homegrown defence technologies.Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the defence research and development organisation (DRDO), the Navy,…
NEW DELHI: Tata Group chairman N Chandrasekaran met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Wednesday, signalling a possible reset in ties between the industrial group and the state.The meeting, the first between Mamata Banerjee and a Tata Group chairman since Banerjee became chief minister, comes over 17 years after her agitation led…
Eyewitness recalls scattered remains, a diary, and a pilot’s last act of bravery during fighter jet crash NEW DELHI: “The pilot tried his best to save civilian casualties,” said an eyewitness after an Indian Air Force Jaguar Trainer aircraft crashed in Rajasthan’s Churu on Wednesday.Rajdeep, the eyewitness, shared the harrowing moment when the jet crashed,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the final leg of his five-nation tour, addressed the parliament of Namibia on Wednesday. The address marked a symbolic moment in India–Namibia relations, blending shared history with promises of future cooperation.PM Modi began his speech with warmth, calling the parliament “a temple of democracy” and said he was…
New Delhi: Elon Musk’s satcom venture Starlink on Wednesday cleared the final hurdle for launch of services in India, as the company received satellite authorisation approval from Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe). Earlier, the company had received a license to offer satellite services in India from the department of telecom (DoT) on…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday launched the ‘School Bachao Abhiyan’ (Save Schools Campaign) in Jaunpur, slamming the Uttar Pradesh government for shutting down thousands of government schools. With the slogan “Not Liquor Shops, We Need Schools,” Singh marched with local residents to a primary school in Meerganj Khas that…