SC said it is not inclined to completely ban firecrackers but warned authorities that orders are meaningless without ground-level enforcement NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday said it was not inclined to completely ban firecrackers, but there was no point in passing orders and directions every year unless authorities implement them on the ground.“It concerns every…
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: As preparations for opposition’s Nov 1 mega rally got into full swing starting with “public impeachment” of CEC Gyanesh Kumar Friday, Congress and CJP are learnt to be in touch for the events ahead.Senior Congress sources said both sides have touched…
A study found that private equity investment in India’s healthcare sector is concentrated in urban hospitals in southern and western states, leaving rural and underserved regions largely overlooked. (AI-generated image) A mapping of private equity investments in India’s health sector over past 18 years has revealed investments are overwhelmingly in multispecialty hospitals in the urbanised…
NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari’s recent announcement that he has asked authorities not to issue challans to cars travelling up to 20% above the prescribed speed limit on expressways — effectively allowing speeds of up to 140 kmph — cannot be implemented under the existing legal framework and may be detrimental to road…
Image Source: WikiMedia Commons Artist Subodh Gupta helped put Bihar on the global art map with his signature bartan sculptures.Even so, the art world was surprised to see the barely decade-old Bihar Museum ranked ninth on the ‘World’s 100 Best Museums 2026’ list, ahead of institutions such as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and…
SC slammed the corporate affairs ministry for “completely hijacking” NCLT and NCLAT, citing infrastructure failures, large vacancies and contractual hiring that undermine the tribunals’ autonomy. New Delhi: In an outburst sure to embarrass the govt, Supreme Court Thursday slammed the ministry of corporate affairs for “completely hijacking” the two most important quasi-judicial financial adjudicatory bodies…
File photo: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: A day after PM Narendra Modi’s sarcastic remark questioning the seats won by Congress in MLC polls, the party shot back that the PM should introspect why BJP lost in his constituency Varanasi, RSS headquarters of Nagpur, and other places.Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said the MLC polls…
File photo: Jan Suraaj Chief and MLA Prashant Kishor, along with party candidates NEW DELHI: An analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows that Jan Suraaj, which contested 238 seats in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections but won none, had declared an income of Rs 101.32 crore, including donations of Rs 99.40 crore,…
File photo: Union minitister Kiren Rijiju NEW DELHI: BJP is banking on twin planks of combativeness and persuasion directed at the opposition and the masses, respectively, as it looks to step up its nationwide mobilisation of people in the coming days, with top organisational functionaries and Union ministers Thursday giving shape to the party’s strategy…
File photo: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed penalties on online business directory Justdial and Sunrise Foods for violations involving consumer safety and misleading product claims.While it slapped a Rs 10 lakh penalty on Justdial for allowing listings of ammonium nitrate, a regulated explosive substance, on its…
