NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar Wednesday underlined India’s strong commitment to safe and unimpeded transit passage of maritime shipping, saying attacks on merchant shipping were completely unacceptable.The minister gave vent to India’s concerns related to merchant shipping disruptions in Strait of Hormuz, while participating in a meeting convened by Japan to discuss supply…
New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday directed all banks issuing FASTags to undertake “immediate” validation of vehicle registration numbers (VRNs) linked to the smart tags issued by them. The banks have been directed to blacklist FASTags that are found linked to incorrect or invalid VRNs.The decision follows some complaints that VRN…
NEW DELHI: Around 12 lakh households across 11 states and Union Territories have self-enumerated so far for the houselisting operations (HLO) phase of Census 2027. More than half of these households availed of the self-enumeration facility in the past four-five days.With the conclusion of the 15-day self-enumeration window on Wednesday across the Andaman and Nicobar…
Kolkata/Darjeeling: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday made a slew of promises targeted at north Bengal on Wednesday, including the withdrawal of “false” cases against Gorkha representatives and the inclusion of the Rajbanshi language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which recognises official languages in India.He said the Centre was already working on…
Ajit Doval with President Droupadi Murmu NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has said that after “a long time, we are seeing a new awakening in India”, where national security is no longer the exclusive domain of uniformed personnel but the collective responsibility of every citizen.“National security is the responsibility of the entire…
NEW DELHI: Under a formula that proposes to increase the share of all states proportionately and by 50% in Lok Sabha, Kerala’s share will rise from 20 to 30, which is seven more than what it would have got under the last “finished” enumeration. Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka will rise from 28 to 42,…
JAMMU: In a major breakthrough, J&K police busted a long-standing narcotics network with alleged cross-border links by arresting notorious gangster and drug kingpin Gulzar Ahmed alias Lau Gujjar, who was also wanted in multiple criminal cases.Senior superintendent of police, Jammu, Joginder Singh told reporters that Gujjar had been supplying narcotics in bulk across the region…
The success of the Times Internet Half Marathon was not measured merely by the scale of participation, but by the countless stories that converged on a single track. Over 15,000 runners gathered with one shared purpose to run, yet each carried a journey uniquely their own.Among the most compelling narratives emerged from the Under-29 category…
NEW DELHI: Around Rs 90,000 crore out of the Rs 1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) will be utilised for partial funding for 60 types projects that cities can take up, including development of infrastructure, revitalisation of old city areas (5-20 sqkm) and development of old markets.Cities can also implement projects for preventing urban…
NEW DELHI: India, along with the US, Turkiye, South Africa, Germany, and the Netherlands, witnessed a fall in power generation from fossil fuels in March after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the military conflict in West Asia and disruption in energy supplies, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air…
