SRINAGAR: Baramulla district administration Monday imposed a complete ban on flying drones in the north Kashmir district until October 31, after intelligence inputs gathered by the Army indicated the possible smuggling of unmanned aerial devices (UAVs) into Kashmir Valley and their potential usage against security forces and vital installations in the upcoming festive season.The Army’s…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday criticised the Haryana government and chief minister Nayab Singh Saini over delays in compensating farmers affected by floods in the state.“If farmers in Punjab can receive Rs 20,000 per acre in compensation within 30 days, why can’t the same be done in Haryana?” said AAP national media in-charge…
NEW DELHI: The total acreage of Kharif crops reached 1,121.5 lakh hectares at the end of the summer sowing season this year, which is not only 6.5 lakh hectares more than the previous year but also 24.5 lakh hectares higher than the normal acreage (average of the past five years) for the season.The latest acreage…
NEW DELHI: The Union government has prepared a Rs 6.4 trillion ($77 billion) transmission plan to transfer more than 76 gigawatts of hydroelectric capacity from the Brahmaputra basin by 2047 to meet rising electricity demand, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said on Monday.In a report released on Monday, the CEA said the plan includes 208…
NEW DELHI: RSS has demanded a comprehensive and impartial investigation into the death of 26-year-old Anandu Aji from Elikkulam in Kottayam district, calling the incident “sad and unfortunate.” Anandu, a native of Ponkunnam in Kottayam, was found dead in a hotel room in Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram, last week. Following his death, a scheduled Instagram post surfaced…
RSS (PTI photo), Anandu Aji (Instagram Photo) NEW DELHI: RSS has demanded a comprehensive and impartial investigation into the death of 26-year-old Anandu Aji from Elikkulam in Kottayam district, calling the incident “sad and unfortunate.” Anandu, a native of Ponkunnam in Kottayam, was found dead in a hotel room in Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram, last week. Following…
Mamata Banerjee at the inauguration of a Durga Puja Pandal (ANI Photo), West Bengal CM inspects flooded area in Bengal (PTI Photo) A week after Kolkata’s Red Road staged its dazzling immersion carnival (Oct 5), North Bengal is still counting losses from the cloudburst-driven floods and landslides that began on Oct 4. The official toll…
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo credit: PTI), The Supreme Court (ANI) The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a CBI probe into the stampede at actor Vijay’s TVK rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu, appointing a three-member panel led by retired judge Ajay Rastogi to supervise the investigation. The US-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire saw the first hostage and…
Lalu family ahead of the hearing in IRCTC scam case. (PTI photos) NEW DELHI: In his first reaction after a Delhi court directed framing of charges against him and his parents in the IRCTC scam, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav called the legal troubles a “political vendetta”, which he said was bound to…
Bansuri Swaraj and Mamata Banerjee (R) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has come under fire from the BJP after her remarks on the recent gangrape of an MBBS student in Durgapur. The main opposition party in the state, BJP on Monday accused Mamata of “justifying rape,” triggering a political row in Bengal.BJP…
