A bill that seeks to preserve and protect geoheritage sites and geo-relics is among the eight new draft legislation the government plans to introduce in the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning Monday.Among the bills planned for the Monsoon session are the National Sports Governance Bill, the Geoheritage Sites and Geo-relics (Preservation and Maintenance) Bill, the…
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Patna was forced to perform a go-around during its first landing attempt at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport on Tuesday after the pilot detected an unstable approach. The Airbus A320 aircraft, operating as flight 6E 2482 with 173 passengers on board, landed safely on its second attempt,…
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (Image: ANI) Dehradun: One shloka from the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita will be recited in all government schools across Uttarakhand during prayer meetings, according to an order issued on Monday. The directive, issued by director of secondary education Dr Mukul Kumar Sati to all chief education officers, states that students should…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Haryana Special Investigation Team (SIT) for allegedly expanding the scope of its probe against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who is facing two FIRs for online posts during Operation Sindoor.A bench led by Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta asked the SIT to confine…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Wednesday staged a unique protest outside the Maharashtra assembly against Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad for allegedly assaulting a canteen worker over stale food.Opposition MLAs gathered on the steps of the Vidhan Sabha, wearing vests and towels, and raised slogans like “We condemn the chaddi-baniyan gang.”The protest came after Shiv…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred its hearing on the release of the controversial film Udaipur Files to July 21, asking the Centre to take a decision through the appropriate statutory authority by then.The court also directed the government panel, which is currently hearing objections to the film, to consider the version of…
Mumbai: A 41 year old security guard was brutally attacked with a sickle by a former colleague on a dispute over unpaid salary Mumbai’s Kandivali area, AP reported.The victim, identified as Deepak Kapnath Dubey, was on duty at a residential building when the accused, Lalit Premsagar Tiwari, age 26, confronted him.According to the reports, Lalit…
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan NEW DELHI: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Wednesday offered new insights into Operation Sindoor, describing how India successfully thwarted Pakistan’s use of drones and loitering munitions without sustaining any damage. Speaking at a defence workshop in Delhi, Chauhan said, “During Operation Sindoor, on 10th May,…
BJP’s Tarun Chugh meets Dalai Lama in Leh (Picture credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Ladakh, highlighting the region’s “significance not just as a strategic frontier but as a sacred region where Buddhist wisdom, Indian civilisation, and national pride converge”.In his talks, Chugh…
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a four-member fact-finding committee to look into the self-immolation of a 20-year-old BEd student on campus of a government-run college in Odisha’s Balasore. UGC secretary Sudeep Singh Jain said that the committee will examine “the circumstances surrounding the incident, assess compliance with regulatory provisions, and suggest…
