Gwalior Sheetla Mata Temple Truck Accident NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the deaths of 14 people after a truck crashed into devotees waiting near a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior and announced ex gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased.Nearly 40 people…
Kolkata stampede kills 19, Amit Shah visits injured at hospital NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, where people injured in the stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata are undergoing treatment.At least 19 people were killed and 25 injured in the stampede at the…
The draft amendments were published in the Gazette of India on Oct 16 (AI image) NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed two changes to food safety rules: prohibiting the addition of sucrose and fructose to products meant for babies up to six months and setting maximum residue limits…
The process of appointing a replacement contractor for the third section is in its final stage (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The promised nonstop drive between Delhi and Mumbai may have to wait until Dec 2029, with the govt’s flagship Delhi-Mumbai Expressway running more than five years behind its original deadline. Work on three sections, spanning…
The court stressed that the statutory protection is meant only to prevent persecution of officials for decisions made in discharge of their duties NEW DELHI: In a significant ruling relating to Prevention of Corruption Act, Supreme Court has said that the shield of prior sanction from higher authorities to prosecute a public servant is not…
The identity of the complainants/informants shall be kept confidential if they so wish NEW DELHI: The high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC) set up by SC to examine all aspects of the violent incidents that broke out during the anti-NEET paper leak protests in Delhi and beyond in July, has launched a dedicated portal for people affected…
‘It went on like a normal day till it wasn’t,’ Smit recalled MUMBAI: Two hours into the flight from Dubai to Tel Avivi, flydubai commander, Capt Smit Machchar was checking landing time and fuel figures on the computer when something struck hard at the back of his head. He thought part of his Boeing 737’s…
During a recent press conference, AIADMK leader K T Rajendra Balaji expressed enthusiasm about actor Dhanush possibly entering politics. VIRUDHUNAGAR: AIADMK leader and former minister K T Rajendra Balaji on Saturday said actor Dhanush would be welcomed into the party with both hands, amid speculation over the actor’s political future.Speaking to reporters after an AIADMK…
A huge haul of Methamphetamine worth around Rs 50 crores, precursors and manufacturing equipment. NEW DELHI: In a significant crackdown on illicit drugs network in Delhi-NCR, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted two clandestine synthetic-drug manufacturing laboratories in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, seizing a huge haul of Methamphetamine worth around Rs 50 crores, precursors…
The controversy erupted after Rathore, speaking at a seminar organised at the BJP state headquarters to mark former president A P J Abdul Kalam’s birth anniversary on Thursday, said that he would support Pakistan if it played against the US because Pakistan was India’s neighbour. NEW DELHI: Congress workers vandalised the BJP office in Rajasthan’s…
