New Delhi: Over 41 tonnes of old clothes have been collected at ten Arpan Centres set up at Delhi Metro stations for recycling and upcycling for sale.The clothes are being made into rugs, bags, pouches and folders.As of Aug 31, 3,940 people had deposited 41,181.5 kg of clothes at these centres. Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University’s anti-ragging committee has imposed varying punishments on 8 students accused of threatening and harassing a third-year engineering student after details of his RTI seeking placement-related data were leaked from the placement officer’s office. VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee said, “The anti-ragging committee has submitted the report and the punishments have been communicated to the…
NEW DELHI: CBI filed its first chargesheet Tuesday in the Rs 4,097-crore Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) bank fraud case before a special CBI court in Mumbai against seven accused, including Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) and five former senior RCFL executives.Devang Pravin Mody, former director and CEO of RCFL; Ravindra Somayajula…
AI generated image, used only for representational purpose The Hormuz crisis, which disrupted global energy flows for more than 100 days, has raised questions over India’s ability to diversify fuel supplies beyond the Strait and the Middle East. India’s energy sector is closely monitoring the situation, with the Middle East continuing to remain the country’s…
Aaditya Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Staring at another political crisis at the party level, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, who is also party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son, called what’s unfolding in Maharashtra a “shocking example of dirty politics”.In his first reaction to the crossover of six of the nine Lok Sabha MPs, who…
NEW DELHI: Gross foreign direct investment (FDI) grew 16.7%, its fastest pace of expansion in six years, to a record $94.5 billion in 2025-26, helping reverse the four-year falling trend of net FDI.Net FDI was estimated at $7.7 billion during the last financial year, compared with under $1 billion in the previous year. After excluding…
Migrants living in US under temporary protected status should either apply for permanent residency or return to their home countries, Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin has said, following a US supreme court ruling that could lead to major changes in immigration protections.Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, Mullin said those affected should either regularise…
Neem ka Thana Court ACJM Assistant Director of Prosecution Kaushal Singh Rathore Jhunjhunu: The Sikar unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Friday arrested Kaushal Singh Rathore, assistant director of prosecution attached to the ACJM court in Neem ka Thana, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.ACB director general Govind Gupta said the bureau received…
FOUR FEET UNDER: Archaeologists uncover an intact 3rd century BC vessel during the latest phase of excavations There’s excitement at Keeladi in Sivaganga as a cluster of pots, buried for more than two millennia, has been unearthed during the 11th phase of excavations in Sivaganga district.Among them, say archaeologists, is an almost perfectly preserved complete…
West Bengal government announced a committee to draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. NEW DELHI: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government Monday announced a committee to draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.“Former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to head committee to draft UCC in West Bengal,” CM Suvendu Adhikari…
