Representative image (AI) NEW DELHI: At least one in every five car users on tolled National Highway stretches is now using FASTag Annual Pass to pay the user fee. With an active user base of 36.3 lakh and around 20,000 new buyers being added daily, the scheme has become a runaway success in just three…
Chief minister Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister’s Omar Abdullah’s National Conference (NC) has foregrounded a recently adopted resolution for restoration of special status, seeking to blunt claims that the party has jettisoned a core issue and is cosying up to BJP.Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar stressed the resolution, passed on Nov 28 at…
Elon Musk on Nikhil Kamath’s “WTF is?” podcast NEW DELHI: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently shared that his partner, Shivon Zilis, is half-Indian. Speaking on Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath’s podcast “WTF is?” Musk disclosed, “I’m not sure if you know this, but my partner Shivon is half Indian,” and also revealed that one…
Chirag Paswan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan — whose party is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that swept the recent Bihar assembly polls — on Sunday claimed that “several MLAs” from the opposition Mahagathbandhan are in touch with the ruling camp.Paswan made the…
India sends approx 10 tons of disaster response supplies (@DrSJaishankar) NEW DELHI: The Death toll caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka is now confirmed at at least 334, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported on Sunday. Nearly 400 people remain unaccounted for in the aftermath of the disaster.As appeal for assistance from international agencies…
NEW DELHI: Border Security Force on Sunday said that Pak-backed terrorist launching pads are active across the LoC even after the security forces destroyed several of them in PoK during Operation Sindoor.“Several terrorist launching pads across the LoC were destroyed during Operation Sindoor, but some launching pads are still active where there is the presence…
The Indian crisis of civic sense. NEW DELHI: Across India, behaviours such as littering, spitting, flouting queues, honking needlessly, encroaching on public spaces, and damaging shared property have become so routine that they often pass without notice.They are not merely behavioural glitches; they are embedded, inherited patterns. The problem is not just policy, enforcement, or…
Evening news wrap, Nov 30 Catch up on today’s key developments across politics, sports, business, and major global events. Pakistan rejected UN rights chief Volker Türk’s criticism of its 27th constitutional amendment, calling his remarks biased. In Sri Lanka, watch Chetak helicopters from INS Vikrant conduct search-and-rescue missions under Operation Sagar Bandhu. Meanwhile, the election…
NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Sunday arrested three terrorists after busting Pakistan-backed gangster-turned-terror module in the national capital.According to the special cell of Delhi police, the module was operational internationally and was spread across multiple states in India.According to the additional commissioner of police Pramod Kumar Kushwaha, the module had recently threw a hand grenade…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has pulled up the West Bengal government for not releasing the increased honorarium for booth level officers (BLOs) and the additional payment approved for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a statement, the poll body said it had informed an All India Trinamool Congress…
