Some of India’s most intense waste loads are generated where people do not live. They are generated where people visit. (Image used for representational purpose) NEW DELHI: India’s waste problem does not grow slowly. It arrives suddenly. It shows up on long weekends, festival seasons, school holidays, and tourist peaks. Beaches fill up. Hill stations…
The Auli Skiing Winter Carnival and National Winter Games Competition 2026 will be held from February 13 to 16 at Auli in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.The event will feature national-level competitions in alpine skiing, snowboarding and ski mountaineering, along with cultural programmes and adventure activities. Officials said the aim is to combine winter sports with…
Rahul Gandhi sparked controversy by calling BJP MP Ravneet Singh Bittu a “traitor” during a protest, prompting sharp backlash. Heated exchanges erupted in Lok Sabha and the Speaker’s office after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey targeted the Gandhi family. Three minor sisters died after falling from a Ghaziabad high-rise, with police probing possible suicide linked to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre whether there was any possibility of it rethinking or relooking at the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, saying that “his medical condition is not that good”.The top court also asked the Centre to brief it on the government’s stand on the next date of…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s long-running standoff with the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls escalated after the serving CM personally attended the Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday, urging it to intervene to “save democracy.“Banerjee challenged the ongoing SIR exercise in the state, alleging that West Bengal…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stirred a fresh controversy after he took a jibe at BJP MP Ravneet Singh Bittu and called him “traitor friend.”While protesting at the Makar Dwar of the parliament complex over the suspension of Congress MPs, Rahul and Bittu engaged in a verbal altercation. While the Congress leader…
NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airlines flight’s made an emergency landing in Kolkata after its right engine caught fire minutes after take-off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. The plane had 236 people on board, including 11 crew members.“The Turkish Airlines with flight number ‘THY-727’ caught fire within four minutes of the take off, the right engine…
File photo: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday raised questions over the way the India–US trade deal was announced, saying the government had failed to take Parliament and the public into confidence despite the House being in session.In a post on X, Kharge said India and…
(ANI photo) NEW DELHI: In the Ghaziabad triple death case involving three minor siblings from the same family, police on Wednesday revealed new details hours after the incident. The cops said the children’s father had married twice and has five children, four daughters and a son. Three of the daughters died after jumping from the…
Aayi Mandapam monument in Puducherry The Union Territory (UT) of Puducherry will go to the polls in April. A former French colony, Puducherry—earlier known as Pondicherry—continues to maintain a strong cultural connection with France.Puducherry has a unique judicial system, as a significant number of people living there are French citizens, including Indian-origin individuals who were…