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Piped cooking gas, CNG rates hiked
New Delhi: Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) has announced a hike in prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) in Delhi and neighbouring cities of Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and others. The new rates will be come into effect from 6 am on October 13,...
Domestic flights can operate at full capacity from Monday
New Delhi: Domestic airlines now can operate passenger flights without capacity restrictions, the Civil Aviation Ministry said Tuesday. The new order comes into effect from Monday, October 18. Airlines and airport operators must, however, the ministry said, “ensure guidelines to contain the spread of COVID-19 are strictly adhered...
Modi blames ‘selective approach’ to poor HR reputation
New Delhi: A “selective” approach to human rights dents the country’s image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, as he lashed out at “some” who viewed human rights “with an eye on political gains and loss” and were therefore harming the practice of such rights and democracy. “Some people...
Rajasthan recalls controversial child marriage law
Jaipur: A controversial law in Rajasthan seen to validate/legitimise child marriages by asking parents to register them has been withdrawn by the state’s Congress government after a huge uproar. The Rajasthan Compulsory Registrations of Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, passed last month in the Rajasthan assembly but yet to be...
Kejriwal says situation very critical in entire country
New Delhi: Two days after a Delhi minister warned of a power blackout if the coal supply to power plants in the national capital didn’t improve, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said the power situation is “very critical” in the entire country. “The situation is very critical in the...
Minister justifies high fuel prices citing free jabs
Tinsukia (Assam): Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli has compared the rising price of petrol with that of packaged mineral water and said that the price of such water is more. He also said that taxes on petroleum products funded free COVID-19 vaccines...
BJP reviews possible Lakhimpur impact on polls
New Delhi: The BJP held a four-hour meeting in Delhi to discuss the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due next year. The key question at the meet, sources said, was likely to be the possible fallout of last week’s events in Lakhimpur Kheri, where four farmers were run over...
States refuse to accept Centre’s coal assurances
New Delhi: Despite the Modi government’s assertion that there is nothing to worry about the coal situation in the country, several states have said that the crisis and concerns over power blackouts are real. Many Chief Ministers have written to PM Modi spotlighting the same. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister...
India, China military talks collapse as China unrelenting
New Delhi: The thirteenth round of talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders over the standoff in Ladakh broke down on Sunday, the Indian Army said, adding that that the Chinese side was not “agreeable” and “could not provide any forward-looking proposals”. With inputs from NDTV
Aryan Khan’s bail plea hearing today
New Delhi: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will apply for Bail in Mumbai sessions court today. He was denied bail by a Mumbai Court on Friday after he was arrested in connection with the drugs-on-cruise case. A Mumbai Magistrate court had on Thursday sent Aryan...
Delhi reviews terror-attack preparedness ahead of festivals
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Commissioner on Saturday held a meeting with other officials to review security preparedness ahead of the festival season. Petrol pump and petrol tankers could be targeted to spread terror, said sources. The police personnel have been asked to increase anti-terror measures to fight off...
Parliament panels reconstituted, Cong leaders retained as chairmen
New Delhi: Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh were on Saturday retained as the head of parliamentary standing committees on information-technology, home affairs and science and environment, respectively. BJP’s Sushil Kumar Modi, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, replaced Bhupender Yadav as the chairman of...
Power minister says blackout fears unnecessarily created
Power Minister RK Singh today said that “unnecessarily panic” of an impending blackout is being created in the country. This is a breaking news story. Details will be added soon. Please refresh the page for latest version. With inputs from NDTV
Congress, Trinamool in Twitter war over Prashant Kishor tweet
Kolkata: The relationship between the Congress and the TMC Friday touched a new low with Mamata Banerjee’s party taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s defeat in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, wondering whether the Congress can erase the loss through a Twitter trend. The Twitter war between...
Army repels Chinese intrusion in Arunachal
Indian soldiers engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese troops who transgressed in Arunachal Pradesh last week across the Line of Actual Control, sources told NDTV. According to reports, some of the Chinese soldiers may have been detained following the development. “There is a difference in perception of the...
Minister’s son summoned, 2 arrested for farmers’ death
Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra – accused of murder in the farmer deaths at Lakhimpur Kheri – has been summoned for questioning, the UP police said. Two people who were at the location of the incident have been arrested, the police said. This is the first time the...
Yes Bank founder’s wife, daughters get Supreme Court relief
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to YES Bank founder Rana Kapoor’s wife and their two daughters in connection with the Rs 4,000 crore money laundering case. A Bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh granted bail to Bindu Kapoor and her two daughters Radha...
US judge recommends dismissing rape case against Ronaldo
Los Angeles: A US judge has recommended dismissing the civil rape case against Cristiano Ronaldo over an incident in Las Vegas more than a decade ago. Kathryn Mayorga, a former model, alleges Ronaldo attacked her in a hotel room in 2009. The Portuguese international has always denied allegations of...
