(Image credits: X @ZvikaKlein) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi featured on the front page of Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday (local time) ahead of his visit to Israel.The newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein shared the front page showing a photograph of PM Modi waving, alongside feature stories on his visit and India–Israel ties. One…
NEW DELHI: The raging political row over the Youth Congress’ protest at the global AI summit echoed Tuesday at a parliamentary committee meeting as it passed a resolution condemning the incident amid dissent by MPs from different opposition parties.“The committee would like to place on record its appreciation for successfully organizing the India Al Impact…
NEW DELHI: Two aircraft, one each of Air India and IndiGo, had taken off safely from RanchiMonday night around the same time as the ill-fated air ambulance that crashed soon after getting airborne. After climbing to 6,000 feet, the pilots of the air ambulance had sought weather deviation from Kolkata ATC and then the Beechcraft…
NEW DELHI: The cabinet Tuesday approved three multi-tracking railway projects, extension of Ahmedabad Metro and a new integrated airport terminal in Srinagar with a total investment of Rs 11,806 crore. The cabinet also approved an increase in MSP for raw jute.Announcing the decisions, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the railway projects — doubling of Gondia-Jabalpur…
NEW DELHI: In a major preventive health push against cervical cancer, the Centre is set to roll out a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive for 14-year-old girls later this month, offering the shot free of cost at govt health facilities across the country.The campaign will target girls turning 14 each year, covering an annual…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday told the illegal occupiers of more than 30 hectares of railway/state land at Haldwani in Uttarakhand to apply for houses under PM Awas Yojna (PMAY) and rejected their plea for in-situ rehabilitation on the ground that additional land was available for expansion .Appearing for the encroachers, advocate Prashant Bhushan…
The order came from a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi after the Calcutta HC CJ informed SC that though 294 serving and retired district judges and additional district judges have been assigned SIR work, they would take at least 80 days to scrutinise documents of 50 lakh…
Steering clear of election-eve politics, SC Tuesday allowed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF govt in Kerala to continue with its ‘Nava Keralam Citizen Response Programme’, which Kerala HC had set aside after PILs alleged that Rs 20 crore allotted to the project was meant to enable the governing alliance’s cadre to visit every house for poll…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to rename ‘Kerala’ as ‘Keralam’, aligning with a popular and long-standing demand of people in the state. PM Modi said Tuesday’s decision “reflects the will of the people of the state”. The state govt had earlier made two requests to Centre to change the name.Announcing the…
NEW DELHI: Taking forward the “reform express” theme, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his cabinet colleagues to suggest a list of reforms their ministries intend to initiate over the next few months and provide details of changes already introduced, reports Dipak Dash. He asked them to focus on two themes — ease of living…
