NEW DELHI: The Red Fort complex in the heart of the capital will be the venue of the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage from Dec 8-13 with over 1,000 delegates from more than 185 countries expected to participate. The inauguration will be held on Sunday.Undeterred by the blast…
Insistence on unnecessary documentation and circuitous procedures in govt offices remain a harrowing experience for citizens of the country. But in an important decision to simplify administrative procedures and infuse reform, Supreme Court on Friday ruled that govt’s insistence on unnecessary, excessive requirements in public dealings must be set aside as illegal.Terming simplified processes as…
NEW DELHI: As the world watched the India-Russia summit intently, hoping PM Narendra Modi would nudge President Vladimir Putin towards an early end to the Ukraine war, Modi’s message to the president going into the bilateral meeting was that the welfare of the world lay in the path to peace that the international community must…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov NEW DELHI: The long-standing extensive defence partnership between India and Russia will “reorient” itself from largely a buyer-seller relationship at present to joint R&D, co-development and co-production of advanced military technologies and systems.The joint statement issued after the Modi-Putin summit said this was in tune…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (PTI photo) New Delhi: India and Russia on Friday vowed to scale up bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030, with PM Narendra Modi saying the target could be ach-ieved “well ahead of schedule”.“Considering the tremendous potential in our partnership, I am confident that we…
With the reception hall booked in Hubballi, families gathered, and rituals scheduled, the guests took their seats at the venue. The only persons missing were newlyweds Sangam Das and Medha Ksheerasagar.The couple finally showed up – via video link from Bhubaneswar. They went through the motions on screen in all their wedding finery, completing the…
New Delhi: Mass flight cancellations by IndiGo have sent fares on competing airlines soaring as passengers scramble for alternatives on routes dominated by India’s largest carrier.One-way economy tickets for Sunday on Delhi-Mumbai sector range from Rs 21,577 to Rs 39,000 across airlines other than IndiGo. Bengaluru-Kolkata tickets cost between Rs 20,000 and Rs 23,000 each…
New Delhi: Railways has started adding extra coaches to trains and scheduling special services as thousands of passengers stranded due to mass cancellation of IndiGo flights and a steep rise in fares of other airlines headed to nearby railway stations to reach their destinations.On Friday, it added 116 extra coaches to 37 trains to increase…
Chandigarh/Nagpur: With major flight disruptions continuing for the third consecutive day, taxi operators in Chandigarh are driving away with the moolah. All IndiGo flights to Delhi were cancelled on Friday due to ‘operational issues’, prompting many travellers – especially those headed for international connections at IGI Airport – to book last-minute taxis. Several passengers told…
KOLKATA: Birbhum resident Sunali Khatun, nine months and 12 days pregnant, returned to India along with her son, Shabir, 8, on Friday evening, six months after the family’s ordeal began with Delhi Police detaining them as “illegal immigrants”, BSF pushing them into Bangladesh, and authorities there jailing them for illegal entry.Mother and son entered Bengal…