NEW DELHI: Just over a year after Income Tax notices forced it to discontinue its newly launched “crowdfunding” platform for resource mobilisation, Congress is set to reintroduce the novel programme with a nationwide focus down to the district level, which would complement its move to empower the organisation’s bottom rung.Congress has finalised a revamped crowdfunding…
This is an AI-generated image, used for represntational purposes only. NEW DELHI: Pakistan is staring at a bleak kharif (summer crops) sowing season with a major dip in live storage at its two key dams – Mangla on river Jhelum and Tarbela on Indus – and the “sudden decrease” in Chenab river inflows due to…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: For the first time in six years, PM Modi is unlikely to be a part of the G7 summit being hosted by Canada this year from June 15-17. There’s no official invite yet from Canada for the meeting in Alberta but Modi in all likelihood would…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir govt has dismissed a suspended employee of Jal Shakti Public Health Engineering (PHE) department from service for his involvement in a narcotics case.Shabir Hussain, working as a PHE khalasi in Poonch, was named in an FIR under NDPS Act for possession of 4-6 grams of a heroin-like substance. He was remanded…
JAMMU: In a crackdown against bovine smuggling, Udhampur police arrested 99 people, including 95 in bovine smuggling cases and 4 under the Public Safety Act (PSA), and rescued 618 animals in the last five months, police said here on Sunday.“Udhampur police continues its proactive and uncompromising stance against bovine smuggling and, between Jan and May,…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold the first meeting of the Council of Ministers this week after Operation Sindoor and just days before the completion of his first year in his third term in office.TOI has learnt that ministers were sounded out about the…
NEW DELHI: At least five vehicles carrying mediapersons to Haridwar to cover Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s two-day visit to Uttarakhand met with an accident on Sunday morning, according to eyewitnesses.No one was injured in the incident that occurred at around 10 am, a few km from Haridwar, they added.Gupta, along with her family members,…
Representative image (AI) As per the district administration statement, The exercise was aimed to evaluate and ensure quick access of relief and emergency response teams to military installations during drone attack, as well as to equip the public with the skills to handle crises effectively. It added that the drill commenced at 8 PM with…
NEW DELHI: Passengers aboard an IndiGo flight from Raipur to Delhi experienced a tense moment on Sunday evening as the aircraft was forced to abort its landing due to a sudden dust storm and strong winds over the capital.Flight 6E 6313 was minutes away from touchdown at Indira Gandhi International Airport when the pilot announced…
Sharmishtha Panoli (File photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Police defended the arrest of Instagram influencer Sharmistha Panoli, saying that legal action was taken not for her political views but for allegedly sharing a video that insulted religious beliefs and promoted communal disharmony.In a detailed statement posted on X, Kolkata Police dismissed claims circulating online that Panoli…
