GURGAON: A national shooting coach, who allegedly invited a trainee to his room at a 5-star hotel in Surajkund for a “focused discussion” about her match performance and sexually assaulted her, has been charged under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act in an FIR filed by Faridabad police. Ankush Bharadwaj, the…
NEW DELHI: India’s lung cancer burden is projected to rise sharply by 2030, with the North-East emerging as the worst-affected region and women recording the fastest increase in cases, a national study published in Indian Journal of Medical Research has found. Data from 57 populations across six regions show lung cancer incidence to be highest…
NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he has asked state governments to investigate “corruption”, irregularities and flouting of norms by sleeper bus body builders and authorities registering such vehicles and issuing fitness certificates.Talking about fire incidents in sleeper buses that have claimed 145 lives in three months, including in Rajasthan and…
NEW DELHI: Industry and defence major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been awarded a supply order from the Indian Army’s Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) for upgrade of the indigenously-manufactured Pinaka multi-rocket launcher systems.Developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Pinaka is India’s premier indigenous multi-barrel rocket launcher. While early versions had…
Tamil Nadu govt Thursday moved Madras HC to cancel the interim bail granted on medical grounds to YouTuber Savukku Shankar in 17 cases, alleging that he lied about his medical conditions and made eight videos of 60 minutes’ duration each in the span of one week.Justices P Velmurugan and M Jothiraman observed that Shankar should…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Nodal Cyber Police on Wednesday filed a 2,500-page chargesheet in a Rs 58-crore ‘digital arrest’ con naming 32 arrested persons and 41 wanted accused, who not only impersonated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, but also created a multi-layered web of mule bank accounts to move money across…
NEW DELHI: The Public Investment Board (PIB) on Thursday gave approval for the Rs 26,070-crore, 1,720 MW Kamala hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh.Sources said the project will generate nearly 6,870 million units of green energy annually, contributing to the government’s energy transition initiatives and its net-zero target by 2070. In addition to power generation, the…
NEW DELHI: Government approved 237 power projects worth over Rs 10 lakh crore under the Pragati (Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation) scheme over the past 10 years, including 43 delayed works that Prime Minister Narendra Modi monitored directly, an official said.Launched in March 2015, Pragati is the govt’s flagship platform for fast-tracking projects and schemes…
Currently, most instruments used in India for air pollution monitoring are imported NEW DELHI: Taking in what it called an important step towards environmental governance and reducing dependence on foreign certification systems, India has set up the world’s second National Environmental Standard Laboratory (NESL) here at the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) that will develop testing…
Tashi Gyalson (Image credits: X) SRINAGAR: The Union ministry of home affairs said in a letter to the UT of Ladakh chief secretary on Thursday that the next meeting between its high-powered committee and Ladakh’s leadership will be held in the “last part of January 2026”.BJP politician and former chief executive councillor of the Ladakh…