File photo: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In yet another move to rationalise tolling on national highways (NHs), the road transport ministry has proposed to halve the toll during the expansion of 10-metre-wide two-lane highways with paved shoulders to four-lane highways. This has been proposed since commuters don’t get the…
NEW DELHI: The income tax department Monday launched a nationwide verification operation targeting individuals and entities facilitating fraudulent claims of deductions and exemptions in I-T returns.The exercise is not limited to deductions for donations to little-known political parties and charities but also those related to health insurance and medical expenses (Sec 80D and 80DDB of…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India on Monday directed its airlines using certain Boeing aircraft, like the B737s and B787 Dreamliners, to check fuel control switch locking mechanisms on them by July 21.The regulators and airlines of some other countries, like South Korea and the UAE, are also doing the same. The US Federal Aviation Administration had in…
NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced the death of the 20-year-old girl student from FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation earlier this month after alleging sexual harassment by a faculty memberThe victim, a second-year BEd student at FM Autonomous College, was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after sustaining…
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday notified the appointment of chief justices of five high courts – Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gauhati, Patna and Jharkhand – while transferring the chief justices of four others.Acting chief justice of MP high court Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has been appointed as the chief justice of the same high court;…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah speaks to the media as he recites prayers to mark Martyrs’ Day amid restrictions from the Srinagar district administration (Picture credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah climbed over a wall at Srinagar’s Naqshband Sahib shrine Monday after police denied entry to him and several cabinet members attempting to pay tribute…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, during his first visit to China since 2020 Galwan Valley clashes, called upon the neighbouring nation to ensure that ‘differences does not become disputes, nor does competition become conflict.‘“Stable and constructive ties between India and China are not only to our benefit, but that of the world as…
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet handed over two unruly passengers from a Mumbai-bound flight at Delhi airport on Monday. The two women started quarrelling almost as soon as the aircraft started taxiing and even tried to approach the cockpit, say sources. Co-passengers and cabin crew requested them to return to their seats and stop the fight so…
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh Aam Aadmi Party’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath-led government over the state’s educational infrastructure.He said it was shameful that in a state where millions of children study in government schools, thousands of these schools have…
NEW DELHI: India has strongly condemned the disruption caused during the Rath Yatra procession in Toronto, calling it a “despicable act” that goes against the spirit of unity and social harmony. In an official statement, ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that the matter has been taken up with Canadian authorities.“We have…
