Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin transferred the Sivaganga custodial death case probe to the CBI on Tuesday after the state govt came under sharp criticism from Madras HC and opposition parties.The development comes the same day that a video surfaced of Ajith Kumar being assaulted by policemen in civilian clothes in a shed behind…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme with a financial commitment of Rs 1 lakh crore. Designed to strengthen India’s private research and innovation ecosystem, the scheme will provide long-term, low-cost financing to catalyse investment in emerging and strategic sectors.Briefing the media, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw described…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Tuesday approved the Rs 1-lakh crore Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme, aimed at generating more than 3.5 crore jobs in the organised sector. Announced in July 2024, the scheme is meant to counter criticism over inadequate jobs being created in the economy at a time when there is a rising number…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar has said govt remains hopeful of reaching a trade deal with the US amid hardening of position by India on issues related to tariff cuts on agricultural products. “We are in the middle, hopefully more than the middle, of a very intricate trade negotiation. Obviously, my hope would…
NEW DELHI: The special intensive revision of electoral roll in Bihar, and eventually rest of India, will not only exclude people added as electors after 2003-04 on grounds of non-submission of documents to prove Indian citizenship, but also migrants who avoid being registered as electors in the constituency where they are ordinarily residents, only to…
HYDERABAD: Death toll in the explosion at Sigachi Industries’ multi-storey pharma plant in Telangana’s Pashamylaram climbed to 36 by Tuesday evening as rescue teams pulled burnt bodies from the collapsed structure. DNA profiling is underway to identify the severely burnt victims, with 15 still unaccounted for.Police charged Sigachi’s management for culpable homicide not amounting to…
AHMEDABAD: The number of Indians caught crossing illegally into the US in the first five months of 2025 fell a whopping 70% over the same span last year following Donald Trump’s return as President and his take-no-prisoners immigration policies. The number fell from 34,535 in Jan-May 2024 – when President Joe Biden was in office…
BENGALURU: Central Administrative Tribunal Tuesday quashed the suspension order of senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash and held Royal Challengers Bengaluru responsible for the “unexpected congregation” outside Chinnaswamy Stadium, which led to the death of 11 fans on June 4.CM Siddaramaiah said there’s scope for appealing against the order, indicating the government would pursue legal…
Pune: A 20-year-old worker died of grievous head injury while three others were injured when a fourth-floor cantilever slab came crashing down on a third-floor slab at a construction site on Sachapir Street in Camp around 2pm Tuesday.An investment firm was constructing a commercial building at the site, police said. The four men were working…
Caption: Isro chairman V Narayanan interacts with Nasa astronaut Raja Chari outside the Orion spacecraft mockup at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. | Credit: Nasa For Isro, benefits and learnings from the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will far outweigh the cost it has had to incur in sending Group…