NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said Friday that the future will belong to regions that combine intelligence with inclusion, as he asserted that his state is at the forefront of channelising disruptions of this century to remain not only India’s largest economy but to emerge as a global growth platform as well.If the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday held that telecom companies cannot claim ownership over spectrum allocated to them by govt and the natural resource cannot be subject to insolvency and liquidation process of a bankrupt telecom company.A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar rejected the plea of banks, which submitted that…
JAMMU: In the J&K assembly, BJP members miss no opportunity to corner the Omar Abdullah govt over a host of issues. Outside the House, however, some of the party MLAs generously praised the chief minister on Friday over his budgetary allocation for the annual Amarnath Yatra.“Our CM’s move to allocate Rs 180 crore for Amarnath…
NEW DELHI: The govt informed Parliament on Thursday that rules, regulations and policies are being drafted for effective implementation of the provisions of the SHANTI Act, 2025, though it declined to provide a timeline for the same.The govt also said that directorates, wings and divisions will be set up to ensure enforcement of safety, security…
CHANDIGARH: In a significant ruling affecting thousands of former Armed Forces personnel, the Supreme Court (SC) has held that eligible ex-servicemen (ESM) are entitled to full arrears of disability pension from the applicable cut-off dates, either January 1, 1996, or January 1, 2006, without restriction to a three-year limitation period. The SC also made it…
Arundhati Roy (File photos) NEW DELHI: Author Arundhati Roy has announced that she will not attend the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), where a film she wrote nearly four decades ago is scheduled to be screened in the festival’s Classics section. Roy’s screenplay In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, written 38 years ago, was…
NEW DELHI: Coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday launched the second round of auctions for exploration licences covering 11 blocks of critical and deep-seated minerals across eight states. The licences will allow exploration of rare earth minerals in Telangana, Rajasthan and Odisha, along with diamond, vanadium, titanium and other minerals in additional…
HOSHIARPUR: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged protests across Punjab on Friday outside the district Congress committee offices, responding to alleged remarks made by Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa against state minister Harbhajan Singh.Led by party leaders, including ministers and MLAs, AAP members held sit-in demonstrations and raised slogans condemning Bajwa’s comments. In…
NEW DELHI: An analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms shows that the 10 electoral trusts which have declared receiving contributions during FY 2024-25, received a total amount of Rs 3,826.3 cr from corporates and individuals and distributed almost the equivalent amount to various political parties. BJP accounted for 82.5% (Rs 3,157.6 cr) of the…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh chief secretary Ashish Kundra on Friday clarified on social media platform X that the February 4 discussions in the high power committee (HPC) on Ladakh, comprising representatives of the home ministry and Ladakh bodies like Apex Body Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) — were wholesome and constructive, and that the…