New Delhi: For the first time, govt proposed a graded penalty regime for higher education institutions, with fines ranging Rs 10-75 lakh for repeated violations, suspension of degree-awarding powers and closure, while illegal institutions could face Rs 2 crore penalty and immediate shutdown, with safeguards to protect enrolled students.The proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill,…
LUDHIANA: A trader in Ludhiana’s Khanna city was at home and his car parked outside, when a FASTag message pinged from his bank – Rs 150 toll deducted at Kiranj toll plaza, reports Shariq Majeed. Gurpreet Singh, 41, was stunned. Kiranj was some 350km away in Haryana, on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. “I actually ran out…
NEW DELHI: Nearly half of the sanctioned positions on pollution control boards and committees across the country remain vacant even as most major cities are reeling under the impact of air pollution, reveals the answer to a recent question in Parliament.The answers to other questions this year show that this has been the case over…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Ganesh Chavan (35), the district head of a private finance firm, allegedly burnt a drunk man alive in a car in Latur to claim a Rs 1 crore term insurance payout and wipe out mounting debts, police said on Monday.The meticulously planned crime was aimed at ensuring the insurance benefit reached his family…
NEW DELHI: Dense fog through the morning and toxic smog thereafter. Delhi continued to gasp in severe air quality for the third day. The city’s average AQI stood at 427, improving slightly from Sunday’s severe-plus level of 461 without giving no major relief. The season’s first big fog episode, cold conditions and calm winds prevented…
Bhopal: A tiny strand of ‘Cheetah hair’, lodged in the crease of the car’s front bumper, has apparently emerged as the most critical clue in unravelling the mystery behind the hit-and-run death of a Cheetah cub on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway in Gwalior on Dec 7.For nearly a week after the incident, the vehicle involved…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein at the Husseiniya Palace in Amman on Monday for delegation-level talks, marking his first bilateral visit to Jordan in 37 years. The leaders discussed bilateral relations, regional issues, and counter-terrorism efforts while celebrating 75 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations.The meeting…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he was absent from the party’s “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod” rally as he was abroad due to a prior commitment.The former diplomat, who has recently made headlines for skipping Congress meetings and praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, added that there are “no issues” from his side.“I…
Humayun Kabir (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said that the proposed construction of a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district amounts to an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The organisation has urged the state government to order the registration of an FIR against…
Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were severely disrupted on Monday as dense fog and low visibility led to the cancellation of around 228 flights, with five others diverted, airport authorities said.According to Delhi Airport, the cancellations included 131 departing flights and 97 arriving flights, as visibility levels…