SRINAGAR: Liquor will now be available in Ladakh, where only beer, wine and ready-to-drink beverages were permitted so far for retail sale through vends, except in Leh where there was no partial prohibition.Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the new excise policy for the UT which “aims at curbing the growing dependence on narcotics…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he was hopeful of finding a place in the next Karnataka cabinet, claiming that the party high command had assured him of a ministerial berth.The son of outgoing chief minister Siddaramaiah, however, said no final decision had been taken and that he remained an aspirant for…
NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) party office belonging to Mathurapur MP Bapi Haldar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district was vandalised by a group of local residents on Sunday, with villagers alleging that flood relief materials were being illegally stored there, police said.According to police, window panes and signboards at the office were…
NEW DELHI: The push for electrification of its network has reduced Indian Railways’ diesel consumption by 185 crore litres annually, equivalent to around four days of India’s total diesel demand. With electrification of railways’ broad-gauge network touching 99.6%, the quantum of diesel use has fallen to around 37% of what it was in 2016-17, officials…
NEW DELHI: Satyabrata Kumar, former Enforcement Directorate (ED) special director and lead investigator in several high-profile money laundering cases, including those against Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and the Mahadev online betting app, has taken voluntary retirement from service (VRS).A 2004-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Customs and Indirect Taxes cadre, Kumar was posted…
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor with Tiffany Trump and his son-in-law Michael Boulosm during their visit to Sonar Fort NEW DELHI: Tiffany Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, visited the historic Sonar Fort in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on Sunday evening during her trip to the desert city with her husband, Michael Boulos, officials said.The…
Punjab Government, led by chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, on Saturday organised simultaneous Mega Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTMs) in more than 19,000 government schools across the state to celebrate Punjab securing the top spot in the NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Report 2026.Sharing details of the event, titled ‘Sikhiya Da Maha Jashan’, Punjab education minister S…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister-designate DK Shivakumar will hold a meeting with the Congress high command on Monday to discuss cabinet berths ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.This comes after DKS’s predecessor Siddaramaiah reportedly handed over a list of his loyalists for cabinet berths after deciding to step down.According to…
NNEW DELHI: The enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Manipur has started, the Election Commission said on Sunday.The poll authority had launched phase 3 of SIR in 16 states and three Union territories on May 14 in a staggered manner During the enumeration phase which…
. There was a time when the arrival of Alphonso mangoes felt as predictable as summer itself.Every year, as temperatures climbed and school holidays began, crates of the golden fruit would start appearing in markets across the country. For many families, Alphonso mangoes were more than a seasonal indulgence. They were a reminder that summer…