NEW DELHI: Allaying fears of shortages amid intense summer and high electricity demand, Coal India said there was a buffer stock of 168 million tonnes of dry fuel in the country, adequate to meet the requirements of domestic thermal power plants for 19 days.The company also said compression in coal stock levels at thermal plants…
. Mumbai’s Mira Road witnessed tensions ahead of Bakrid after residents objected to goats being kept inside a housing society for ritual sacrifice. CPM workers attacked an ED vehicle during protests outside the residence of former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. The Supreme Court agreed to examine CBSE’s three-language policy for Class IX students but refused…
NEW DELHI: Senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader SP Velumani on Wednesday asserted that there was “no split in the party, only differences of opinion”, signalling a possible reconciliation within the AIADMK after rival factions withdrew petitions filed against each other before the Tamil Nadu assembly speaker.“There is no split in the…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Delhi.According to news agency ANI, CM Joseph Vijay is also scheduled to meet Vice President CP Radhakrishnan Union home minister Amit Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and several senior Union ministers on Thursday.This is Vijay’s first visit…
NEW DELHI: In a step towards green and sustainable transportation, Indian Railways has approved the introduction of a 10-car Hydrogen Fuel Cell-based trainset on the Jind-Sonipat section of Northern Railway.According to the Ministry of Railways, the trainset is “all set to start soon” and will run at a maximum speed of 75 kmph using a…
NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, in a rare dissent, has publically opposed the CBSE’s revised three-language mandate, triggering a fresh political chatter in Tamil Nadu.Annamalai urged the Union education ministry to withdraw the CBSE notification that made three languages compulsory for Class IX students from the current academic year, saying the…
NEW DELHI: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday objected to the “insistence” by a section of the Muslim community on cow slaughter during Eid-ul-Azha and said religious sentiments of the Hindu community should be respected to ensure peaceful coexistence in society.VHP central joint general secretary Surendra Jain said the Hindu community worships the cow…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine the validity of the CBSE‘s three-language formula for Class IX students, who now have to choose two native languages.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought a comprehensive response from Centre, CBSE and NCERT. The court, however,…
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan failed to meet Pashupati Kumar Paras at his house in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: In a surprise turn of events, Chirag Paswan, the president of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founded by his father late Ram Vilas Paswan, was on Monday unceremoniusly unseated as the leader of the party…
Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar (R) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday reacted in a guarded tone to the growing buzz around a possible leadership change in the state Congress government and the ongoing power tussle with his deputy DK Shivakumar.Responding to questions on the speculation, Siddaramaiah said, “I will speak about it tomorrow,”…
