NEW DELHI: A day after PM Modi set out a list of “resolutions” to conserve fuel and save foreign exchange, govt on Monday urged people to stay calm and avoid panic, saying there were enough oil supplies in the country and concrete steps were being taken to prevent shortages and supply chain disruptions.Chairing a meeting…
NEW DELHI: Refusing to entertain a plea against expansion of Pipavav port in Gujarat faulting the environmental clearance, the Supreme Court on Monday bluntly asked – “Show us a single project where these environmentalists have said we welcome this”, while also emphasising that country cannot develop without infrastructure.Senior advocate Anitha Shenoy, for environmentalist Chetan Kumar…
More than 70 Labour lawmakers have reportedly urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down after the ruling party suffered major losses in local and regional elections, deepening a growing leadership crisis within the government.The pressure mounted on Monday as four ministerial aides resigned and senior party figures privately questioned whether Starmer could continue…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of thousands of bail petitions for years in high courts violated the “precious” right to liberty and ordered that issuance of notice on bail pleas could be dispensed with by serving a petition copy in advance on prosecution to enable them to respond on the very first…
NEW DELHI: Piling on PM Modi for asking people to adopt Covid-type austerity measures in wake of the West Asia crisis, opposition parties said the PM always seeks sacrifices from people to avoid accountability for his failures. They also accused him of duplicity and asked why was he claiming “all is well” during poll campaign…
SAN DIEGO: President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a surprising comeback for the former Navy SEAL who was fired from his role as FEMA’s temporary leader last year after he defended its existence.His nomination comes as the Trump administration has increasingly signalled it is backing away from…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will depart for a five-nation tour on Friday, beginning with the UAE, said govt in an official announcement. Modi will visit the UAE, Sweden and the Netherlands on his way to Norway for the India-Nordic summit that was postponed last year in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack.Modi will…
Iran warned on Monday that its armed forces were prepared to “teach a lesson” to any aggressor after US President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s latest counterproposal aimed at preserving the fragile Middle East ceasefire.The sharp exchange further raised tensions in the region and rattled global energy markets already strained by disruptions in the Strait of…
KOLKATA: The BJP govt on Monday directed police to ensure loudspeaker sound does not travel beyond religious precincts and that prayer congregations do not block roads and cause inconvenience to the public, except on special occasions.These were among the dozen instructions to senior police officers that also included zero tolerance for illegal coal- and sand-mining,…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: A Paithan farmer’s onion sale receipt has once aging put the spotlight on the deepening agrarian distress in Maharashtra.Prakash Galadhar, a 45-year-old farmer from Varudi in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s Paithan taluka, sold 25 sacks of onions at the Paithan APMC, only to realise a total value of Rs 1,262, amounting to Re 1 per…