Aadhar mandatory for LPG refills NEW DELHI: Govt has made biometric Aadhaar authentication mandatory for subsidised domestic LPG refills from Oct 1, reports Atul Mathur.The Union petroleum ministry said nearly 90% of consumers have already completed the authentication process. The remaining consumers can complete it at the time of delivery of the refill, at the…
The current cost of the project works out to around Rs 399 crore per km NEW DELHI: India will manufacture indigenous high-speed or bullet trains with a design speed of 350 kmph (B35) by 2030, matching Japan’s next-generation E10 series trains that are scheduled for production the same year, according to the railway ministry’s Cabinet…
The court sought an action taken report from the SHO of Cyber police station NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has sought reports from Delhi Police on pleas filed by activist Harsh Mander seeking action against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey over alleged hate speech.The court sought an action taken report…
Quraishi stressed that Kashmir needs democracy, reconciliation and revival of its old sense of shared belonging SRINAGAR: J&K has a “lame duck” assembly and chief minister with limited powers, former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi said Saturday.“What is the meaning of an elected chief minister when representative institutions remain outside his direct control?” Quraishi asked…
He was addressing graduates at the IIT Roorkee convocation NEW DELHI: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General NS Raja Subramani on Saturday said “as technology is changing, it is not the most brilliant person but the person who has the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, ability to learn, and ability to change with the…
Malik has been accused in the Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat killing case SRINAGAR: Advocate Abu Adil Pandit, representing JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik in the Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat killing case, Saturday filed an application before a Srinagar court, seeking permission to withdraw his power of attorney and cease representing Malik in the…
Mehbooba Mufti and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday sought intervention of CM to intervene and stop “Tantra Silence” SRINAGAR: Public representatives and the clergy in J&K have expressed outrage over a proposed four-day “spiritual” event in the scenic Gurez Valley being organsied by a self-styled godman whose similar event in Goa last year was cancelled after…
The protest was led by state Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra. JAMMU: J&K Congress Saturday staged an anti-BJP protest in Jammu for allegedly linking Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with terrorism.The protest was led by state Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra.A picture has been circulating on social media for past few days…
Kejriwal, family served notices under Delhi SIR NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and four members of his family have been served notices by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Notices have been issued to Kejriwal, his…
Sanjay Nishad, Mukesh Sahni NEW DELHI: Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani on Saturday accused Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad of being “trapped in dynastic politics” and alleged that he had failed to secure reservation for the Nishad community despite being in the government for five years.Sahani, who arrived in…
