Chandigarh: Passengers travelling on the Chandigarh-New Delhi Shatabdi Express and several other trains between July 20 and July 25 have been advised to check platform numbers before arriving at Chandigarh railway station, as temporary changes will be implemented owing to redevelopment work.The Chandigarh-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (train no. 12046), which normally departs from platform no….
New Delhi: The overarching vision of Master Plan of Delhi 2047 (MPD 2047), passed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in its meeting earlier this week, is a push towards vertical growth.Considering there is limited scope for horizontal expansion in the landlocked city, the plan focuses on ways to incorporate vertical expansion across residential, commercial and…
Bengaluru: Marking the first death anniversary of space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairperson K Kasturirangan, National Institute of Advanced Studies Friday launched KASTURI portal — a national digital platform for mapping and documenting India’s cultural heritage.The portal stands for Knowledge-base of Archaeology and Heritage using Spatial Technologies: Unified Resource for India…
Visa appointment schedules will be adjusted to accommodate the training The US has paused visa appointments for applicants around the world as the Trump administration launches a global training programme for consular officers amid its broader immigration crackdown.A US State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that the department had begun a training initiative at all…
Kevin Hart, the renowned comedian-actor, opened up about the severe backlash following his roast episode. Addressing the controversial sets of jokes, particularly those by Tony Hinchcliffe, the 46-year-old emphasised that viewers need to move on rather than stand on the hill. While Hart affirmed that the jokes were distasteful, he stated that the events did…
Kolkata: On Bengal police’s instruction, at least 1,279 loudspeakers have been removed from mosques and 199 from temples over the past two days for violating prescribed noise limits. The majority of dismantling has happened in North Bengal, where 1,238 loudspeakers have been taken down from mosques and 117 from temples.Senior police officers confirmed the ongoing…
Mumbai: Customs authorities at Mumbai international airport during May 7 and May 8 registered three cases involving the seizure of US dollars and banned drugs.Officials stated that in one case they booked a passenger from whom they recovered a total of one lakih USD, equivalent to Rs 93.45 lakh. The passenger arrived in Mumbai from…
Gautam Adani said land has already been identified for the proposed nuclear venture, Adani Atomic Energy. At the Adani group’s annual general meeting (AGM), chairman Gautam Adani said that there are plans to develop 10 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power capacity by 2035. He signalled the conglomerate’s entry into the nuclear energy sector as it…
When America’s commander-in-chief President Donald Trump announced US strikes on Iran under the ambitious Operation Epic Fury in the early hours of February 28, there was little ambiguity about what Washington wanted from the campaign.This was not supposed to become another open-ended Middle Eastern war. The objective was to unleash overwhelming American military power, destroy…
Guwahati: In a discovery that opens a window into the region’s ancient tropical past, scientists have found a 24-million-year-old fossil of the Kewra plant (Pandanus) in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The rare fossil traces how this plant lineage reached India millions of years ago and also highlights Assam’s role as a refuge for species that vanished…
