SRINAGAR: Ladakh administration has announced plans to launch high-end Changthang pashmina products in global luxury market and adopt a holistic approach to enable local processing of the prized fibre to increase local stakeholders’ income.Speaking at “From Changthang Fibre to Global Luxury Standards,” a two-day conclave beginning Tuesday, chief secretary Ashish Kundra stressed the need for…
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said, “These 365 days were the days that changed the course of Delhi, and the coming 4 years will change the condition of Delhi. Taking new decisions in the interest of the people of Delhi and carrying out development works in Delhi is our daily routine. On completion of…
NEW DELHI: Aaam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh slammed the govt over Parliament’s global outreach program, in which he’s also named as a leader for Suriname, a country in South America. He called the decision “a joke” as his passport his seized. ‘What kind of joke is this? Govt has seized my passport and now…
Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (Left) PUDUCHERRY: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the purity of the electoral roll is the bedrock of democracy and affirmed that no eligible voter has been excluded and no ineligible person has been included on the final voters’ list after the special intensive revision (SIR) process.Kumar was here on…
Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday and received a warm welcome at the airport by Israeli Prime Minister and his wife Sara Netanyahu.During the greeting, PM Netanyahu pointed out that the colour of PM Modi’s pocket square matched his wife Sara Netanyahu’s outfit. Upon noticing the…
NEW DELHI: A suspected bomb was reported on railway tracks about 1.5 kilometres from Sainthia railway station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday, triggering a swift response from security agencies and leading to a temporary halt in train movement on one track.As per news agency ANI, Personnel from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and…
NEW DELHI: “It happened by mistake,” was the reason the 21-year-old son gave behind the gruesome act of allegedly shooting and chopping off his father’s body after a heated argument.Akshat, the BCom student from Lucknow, when asked about his side of the story, only had these four words to utter, “Galti se ho gaya.” The…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh has made substantial strides in strengthening its power sector over the past eight years, expanding generation capacity, boosting electricity supply across regions, and nearly doubling the number of household connections under its ‘Roshan Pradesh’ vision aimed at achieving reliable and inclusive energy access.According to official data, the state’s total installed power…
When cigarette prices began climbing across India in early February, the effect was immediate and oddly chaotic. Smokers paid different prices for the same pack on the same street. Retailers blamed wholesalers. Wholesalers blamed the new tax regime. What was framed as a clean public health reform quickly revealed a messier economic story.Popular culture has…
Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal NEW DELHI: Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal, who played a key role in negotiating a trade deal with the United States, spearheaded the government’s response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his “compromised PM” remarks, in which the rival leader levelled a series of serious allegations against Prime Minister Narendra…
