NEW DELHI: A portion of the Romeo Lane restaurant located at the Vagator area in Arpora was demolished on Tuesday, days after a fire at the Goa nightclub claimed 25 lives.The restaurant is owned by Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, who also own Birch by Romeo Lane, where a fire tragedy occurred on December 7….
By Jake Chasan and Will ConteThere is an irony about India’s position in global pharmaceuticals: the country supplies forty percent of the United States’ generic medications, earning its reputation as the “pharmacy of the world.” Yet beneath this veneer of dominance lies an uncomfortable truth: seventy percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and key…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: As the Rajya Sabha met on Tuesday for a special discussion marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, the session quickly turned combative. Congress president and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge used the occasion to criticise BJP’s ideological predecessors, accusing them of “working for the Britishers,” while Congress leaders were…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed concern over the chaos caused by IndiGo‘s widespread flight cancellations across major airports in the country, saying “rules and laws are in order to correct the system and not to harass the people.” Speaking to reporters after the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting, the Union parliamentary and…
Ram Mohan Naidu reviews Aviation Ministry’s control room amid IndiGo flight cancellations and delays NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday said IndiGo is being held “accountable” for its ongoing operational crisis, adding that the airline’s services are stabilising rapidly.Naidu made the remarks while addressing the Lok Sabha on the IndiGo crisis….
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised concerns over reports of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) being threatened and obstructed while carrying out the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and other states, PTI reported.“Bring to our notice instances of lack of cooperation, threatening of BLOs; we’ll pass orders,”…
NEW DELHI: The BJP launched sharp attacks on Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, accusing the Congress government of failing to fulfil key poll promises and “resorting to authoritarianism” to silence criticism further alleging that “mohabbat ki dukaan is a farce.”The row erupted after BJP Telangana shared a poster on X, depicting Revanth Reddy edited as…
Arvind Kejriwal (left), Rekha Gupta (agencies) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta over her remarks on air pollution, sharing a video of her comments and questioning the scientific basis of her claims.Posting in Hindi on X, Kejriwal wrote: “AQI monitors are installed, water is being…
The Supreme Court encountered its first AI misuse case where a litigant submitted a response with hundreds of fabricated legal precedents. Senior advocates highlighted the grave concern of AI-generated false case laws impacting judicial decisions. While acknowledging the error, the court proceeded to hear the case on its merits, emphasizing the need for caution. NEW…
The parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture will summon airlines and aviation regulator DGCA next week over the IndiGo fiasco.Sources said the panel, headed by JDU’s Sanjay Kumar Jha, will hold the meeting on Dec 15 or 16 with all stakeholders. “We will examine all aspects of the developments that led to mass…
