West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal cabinet Monday scrapped the assistance to the groups based on religious categorisation, effective ending the religion based schemes run during the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.The BJP government has also done away with the exisiting state OBC list in accordance…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday justified Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 5 nation tour amid “save fuel” appeal from the PM and criticsm from the opposition parties.“In the current global circumstances, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a very important foreign visit to safeguard the interests of every Indian with great wisdom and foresight,”…
A Croatia Airlines passenger aircraft skidded off the runway during an aborted take-off at Split Airport in Croatia on Saturday, triggering panic among passengers and briefly disrupting airport operations.The incident involved an Airbus A220-300 operating flight OU412 from Split to Frankfurt. According to local authorities and airline officials, the aircraft veered off the runway and…
The mid-air collision of two US Navy E/A-18 Growlers of the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 present us with the dangers of low level display flying. One of the most important dictums of aviation is ‘fly high, fly safe’. A low level flying display such as the one in which the two Growlers collided, while performing…
India’s purchases of Russian crude have remained elevated. (AI image) Making its energy security mandate clear, India has said that it is buying crude oil from Russia irrespective of a sanctions waiver by the US. The statement from Sujata Sharma, joint secretary in the petroleum ministry comes days after a Bloomberg report said that India…
GURGAON: A special PMLA court on Monday sent Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora to judicial custody in a money laundering case. Arora, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from Chandigarh on May 9 in connection with an alleged ₹100 crore fake GST billing and laundering racket, had been in ED custody since his arrest.Before the…
Saikat Chakrabarti (Courtesy: campaign website – saikat.us/en) Saikat Chakrabarti, founding engineer of the payment processing platform Stripe, is mobilising his tech fortune for a full-scale political revolution. The 40-year-old tech millionaire is running a high-stakes campaign to win the deeply blue San Francisco congressional seat being vacated by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His goal:…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that offering namaz on public roads should not be permitted, stressing that such practices can disrupt traffic and inconvenience the general public. He added that roads are meant for movement and daily commuting, and should not be used for gatherings that block public space.The chief…
Navnidhi Sharma rejected claims that his daughter consumed drugs. BHOPAL: Navnidhi Sharma, the father of Twisha Sharma, who was found dead at her in-laws’ house in Bhopal, has demanded a fresh post-mortem examination, alleging a possible cover-up by her in-laws.Speaking to reporters, Navnidhi Sharma demanded that his daughter’s body be brought to AIIMS-Delhi for a…
NEW DELHI: Hours after taking oath as Kerala chief minister on Monday, VD Satheesan said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe attacks on Congress leaders during former CM Pinarayi Vijayan-led Nava Kerala Yatra in 2023.A fierce political faceoff had ensued three years back during the Left regime when Congress workers were…