NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry is planning to take up the construction and maintenance of national highway stretches directly rather than giving the tasks to public works departments (PWDs), a move that may lead to a face-off between the Centre and states.At present, around 63,000-odd km of the 1.45 lakh km NH … Read more
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said disinformation, misinformation, mal-information, and fake news have such power that they are always ready to tear the social fabric with the use of the latest technology. He also underlined that divisive forces are still active in the country, Delivering the ’37th Intelligence Bureau Centenary Endowment … Read more
JIND: Following the call of sanyukt kisan morcha (SKM) an umbrella and main body of farmers held a protest in Jind district in support of the ongoing farmers’s protests at Khanauri and Shambhu borders. The ongoing protest was luanched on February 13 by two forums including SKM (non political) led by Jagit Singh Dallewal and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Telangana police has summoned actor Allu Arjun for questioning on Tuesday in the stampede case that claimed the life of a woman and critically injured her 13-year-old son after a massive crowd gathered at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad during the premiere of his movie, Pushpa 2.Following the incident, the actor was earlier taken … Read more
NEW DELHI: Batting for the “right to choice” of feature phone users and the aged and rural customers – many of whom do not use internet on phones — telecom regulator Trai on Monday ordered mobile operators to start offering tariff plans with just voice and SMS and not bundle data into them.Mobile operators had … Read more
NEW DELHI: Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, a pioneer of Indian parallel cinema, passed away at the age of 90 at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease. Known for classics such as Ankur, Nishant, and Manthan, Benegal’s contributions to Indian cinema left an indelible mark. As news of his death came in, tributes poured … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Congress, which had mixed electoral fortunes in 2024, braces for a challenging 2025 – with assembly elections scheduled in Delhi and Bihar. While the Congress failed to open its account in Delhi in the last two assembly elections, in Bihar, the grand-old-party won 19 out of 243 seats in 2015 with a … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama dismissed concerns about his recent health challenges and the future of Tibetan Buddhism, saying that he dreamt of living for 110 years.In an interview with Reuters from his Himalayan residence in Dharamshala, the 89-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate assured devotees there was no reason for alarm.“According to my dream, I … Read more
Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya NEW DELHI: Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya on Monday criticised Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s “don’t rake up Ram temple-like issues elsewhere” remark.Expressing displeasure over the RSS chief’s remark, Rambhadracharya said Bhagwat did not say “anything good” and that he was influenced by “some form of appeasement politics”.He also criticised Bhagwat for … Read more
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