NEW DELHI: Railway zones failing to meet safety targets will not get any award even if they have performed better on other parameters, railway minister Ashiwni Vaishnaw said on Friday while stressing that safety remains the main focus of the national transporter.Speaking at the annual railway award ceremony, Vaishnaw said this year a zone was…
NEW DELHI: In a move to shed yet another colonial relic, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday announced discontinuing the railway uniforms introduced by the British Raj — black prince coats (bandhgala coats) — saying that “we have to find every trace of colonialism and banish them”.TOI has learnt that govt is carrying out a…
Locals helping in rescue operation after a private bus fell from the road at Haripurdhar area in Sirmaur district on Friday SHIMLA: At least 14 passengers died, and 52 others were injured when the private bus carrying them plunged into a 500m-deep gorge near Haripurdhar in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur on Friday. The 39-seater bus, moving…
SRINAGAR: Congress repudiated on Friday a senior functionary’s statement backing a BJP MLA’s call for Jammu’s statehood, asserting it stands for J&K’s unity and restoration of full statehood to the region.J&K Congress president Tariq Karra made it clear the party had nothing to do with Lal Singh’s stand. “The initial statement on a separate Jammu…
JAMMU: Security forces carried out joint search operations in multiple locations of J&K’s Samba and Jammu districts based on local reports about suspicious movement in the areas, while BSF seized a suspected surveillance drone from Nawa Pind near the international border in Jammu’s RS Pura sector, officials said Friday.Officials said a resident of Katli village,…
JAMMU: An SIT investigating a cross-border narcotics and arms syndicate in Jammu arrested the seventh suspect last week, and seized one pistol (Px5 Storm Beretta, .30 bore), a magazine, and three live rounds, officials said Friday.Police identified the accused as Rohit Kumar alias Makhan from Raiyan Koltiyan in RS Pura. He was arrested on Jan…
SRINAGAR: Former J&K chief minister and PDP Mehbooba Mufti on Friday described the National Medical Commission’s order withdrawing permission to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Reasi to run an MBBS course as one with far-reaching consequences, warning that it could embolden “communal forces” across the country to exclude Kashmiri Muslim…
Amit Shah chairs NCORD meet NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired the ninth apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in New Delhi, reviewing India’s strategy to tackle drug trafficking and substance abuse.During the meeting, Shah said the government plans to launch a nationwide campaign against drugs from March 31, 2026,…
File photo: MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India is closely following the developments in Iran, the ministry of external affairs said on Friday, amid a wave of protests in that country over inflation and currency devaluation.On January 5, New Delhi had urged Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran and…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday sent off a group of Lord Ram devotees to Ayodhya from the Chief Minister’s Jan Seva Sadan, describing the pilgrimage as a reflection of Sanatan faith, cultural unity and spiritual consciousness. Around 35-40 devotees are part of the journey from Delhi to Ayodhya to offer prayers…