PRAYAGRAJ: People insulting the national flag draw no sympathetic consideration, Allahabad HC has observed, rejecting the bail plea of a Muzaffarnagar man accused of uploading an image insulting the tricolour and posting pro-Pakistan content on his Facebook account.Vasik Tyagi was booked on May 16, 2025, for his alleged “provocative, objectionable” anti-national posts, leading to his…
NEW DELHI: BJP asked its cadre, including spokespersons, to refrain from commenting on Nepal turmoil unless asked by leadership. The unofficial “restraint” followed remarks by Bihar deputy CM Samrat Choudhary who blamed Congress’ policies for the current political crisis in the Himalayan nation.BJP sources said top members conveyed to ministers, MPs, officebearers and those looking…
New Delhi: Launching the ‘fast track immigration-trusted traveller programme’ (FTI-TTP), which enables faster immigration of pre-verified flyers through automated e-gates, at five more international airports in the country, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday suggested that its coverage be maximised by enabling resident Indians and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) to sign up for FTI-TTP…
NEW DELHI: Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Thursday inaugurated the first international campus of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), marking a major milestone in the expansion plan of India’s premier management institute. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and UAE’s acting minister of higher education and…
NEW DELHI: Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday asked auto companies to give “reasonably good” discounts to consumers if they scrap their old, polluting vehicles, and said he has approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for fresh GST benefits to those replacing outdated models. Addressing the 65th annual convention…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Thursday stressed on the need of govt and the automobile industry to work together to achieve “true self-reliance” across the entire manufacturing value chain as India moves towards the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’.In a written address to Siam’s annual convention, Modi said as India advances towards global leadership in green…
NEW DELHI: The chief justice and judges of Supreme Court will go for a retreat to Ranthambore in Rajasthan this weekend and will travel in buses without beacons or escorts, a rarity for the judges of the highest court.Two Volvo buses have been hired to ferry the judges and their spouses, and each judge has…
NEW DELHI: Barely weeks after govt increased renewal charges of older vehicles, the road transport ministry has proposed a steep hike in fitness test fee of private vehicles over 20 years and higher for medium and heavy commercial vehicles which are more than 15 years old.While owners of 20-year-old cars would have to cough up…
The case was lodged after police found a video and a handwritten note, both allegedly naming the accused. The AIG, currently posted with an SIT in the Northeast, earlier served as SP (traffic) and SP (cybercrime) in Mohali.In the video, purportedly recorded moments before his death, Rajveer accused the AIG of summoning him to his…
NEW DELHI: Data on medical attention received by people before death shows that even as 24.4% of deaths occurred in govt hospitals, 15.5% in private hospitals and 14.4% were attended by a qualified professional, the largest chunk of 45.7% had no medical attention or were attended to by an untrained functionary in 2023.The Sample Registration…