PM Narendra Modi; Ajay Rai NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai on Tuesday claimed that Rahul Gandhi’s “hydrogen bomb” will go off in Varanasi — suggesting that the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha may expose alleged “vote chori” (vote theft) on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary seat.Also Read | BJP manipulated…
NEW DELHI: Punjab on Wednesday declared itself a disaster-affected state following record rainfall and flood-like conditions across multiple districts.According to the notification of Punjab government, “the state is grappling with one of the worst flood disasters in decades, impacting more than 1200 villages and affecting lacs of people.” A day earlier, chief minister Bhagwant Mann…
NEW DELHI: Learning from recent incidents of tunnel collapse, including at Silkyara in Uttarakhand, the road transport ministry has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) specifying that highway owning agencies must evaluate at least three alternative alignments with clear differentiators — shortest path, geologically/ geotechnically favourable, least social impact, and cost-optimised route – before settling…
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued red alert warnings for several districts in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, northern Punjab, northern Haryana, eastern Rajasthan, southwest Uttar Pradesh, northwest and eastern Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha amid continuing heavy rainfall. The agency’s nowcast indicated moderate to intense spells of rain over the…
NEW DELHI: Migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan belonging to six minority communities — Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi — who entered India on or before Dec 31, 2024 on a valid passport or travel document or where such validity has since expired — will be exempt from penal action under the Immigration…
NEW DELHI: Amid renewed global efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Germany’s foreign minister Johann David Wadephul is visiting India and is scheduled to hold talks with his counterpart S Jaishankar Wednesday. Wadephul will also hold talks with commerce minister Piyush Goyal, as the two countries look to expand their trade and investment ties.The visit…
NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will airlift around nine heavy construction equipment for restoration of two stretches of the Kullu-Manali highway which has become inaccessible following heavy rain-triggered floods.On Monday, the highways authority said that restoration work is being taken up at 12 completely damaged locations on the Kullu-Manali section of…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp reaction to Tamil Nadu’s defence of Supreme Court granting deemed assent to bills delayed by governors, a five-judge apex court bench on Tuesday asked – “if we can do this, why can’t we step into the governor’s shoes to order a bill’s return to the legislature and also reserve it…
SRINAGAR: A preliminary investigation has found that two cloudbursts occurred approximately 13km from the remote village of Chasoti in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Aug 14, triggering flash floods that killed 65 people and left several missing.“Chasoti (tragedy) was not a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood event,” Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Sharma said, adding…
JAMMU: At least five Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer, were injured in a road accident in a forward area in J&K’s Rajouri district on Tuesday.“Around 7.10am, a light vehicle patrol was returning to the headquarters at Galuthi when it skidded off the road in the Area of Responsibility in 49 RR’s 13 Sector,”…
