NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said rampant illegal mining in Aravali range, the natural barrier spread across Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi that’s preventing desertification of Gangetic plains, is causing immense damage to the sensitive eco-system. The court reserved verdict on the issue of a uniform definition of what the Aravali range is. Amicus…
NEW DELHI: In a major booster shot for military capabilities in eastern Ladakh, India on Wednesday operationalised its new Nyoma airbase close to the frontier with China, even as a large Army exercise called ‘Poorvi Prachand Prahar’ is now under way in Arunachal Pradesh on the eastern front. The developments at the opposite ends of…
NEW DELHI: A bureaucrat would have faced harsh music for not complying with SC’s order, but HCs of Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana, Kerala, Patna, Telangana, Gauhati and J&K and Ladakh got away lightly on Wednesday for not complying with the apex court’s May 5 order seeking details of time-lapses between reserving verdicts and pronouncement of…
NEW DELHI: Days after the blast near Red Fort, in which nine people were killed and 30 injured, security agencies were on Wednesday thrown into a tizzy after IndiGo received a message threatening that five airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, would be blown up within 24 hours.The bomb disposal squad, along with fire department personnel,…
NEW DELHI: Even though there has been an impressive 21% decline in the number of TB cases in India, the country still accounted for 25% of all new TB cases globally in 2024, according to the WHO Global TB Report 2025.India’s TB incidence – new cases emerging each year – fell from 237 per lakh…
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi (File photo) Most parties refused to join panelNEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday constituted a parliamentary committee to scrutinise three bills seeking removal of PM, CMs and ministers if they are under arrest for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges, with only three opposition members being part…
Manoj Sinha (PTI file photo) SRINAGAR: In his first statement after the Faridabad-Delhi terror module was busted, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said terrorism has been the biggest enemy of the youth in the state for more than three decades and it destroyed their dreams and aspirations.“Now that our youth and young professionals are…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday responded to activist Anjali Damania’s demand for his resignation over an alleged Rs 300-crore land deal in Pune, saying he would “use his conscience” before making any decision.A company linked to his son, Parth Pawar is at the centre of the controversy surrounding the purchase…
Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has put the onus on its zonal officials to sensitise contractual staff about the disposal of garbage, days after a video showing a staffer throwing a bag of garbage from a moving train went viral.In a circular sent out to general managers of all zones, the…
P Chidambaram (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Former home minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the Centre over its “discreet silence” on what he described as the growing threat of homegrown terrorism.His statement comes two days after the Delhi bomb blast near Lal Quila Metro station that killed 12 people and injured…
