NEW DELHI: Power and road transport ministries have been asked for clarity on recovery of penalties imposed on carmakers for failing to meet the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms. CAFE, a mandatory regulatory standard, sets limits on average CO2 emissions or fuel consumption for the entire fleet of vehicles sold by a carmaker.It’s learnt…
NEW DELHI: SC judge Ujjal Bhuyan Sunday said the political executive’s goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047 requires more room for debate and dissent without criminalising these, and erasure of “deep social fault lines” reflected in caste-based discrimination and atrocities on Dalits. Addressing the first national conference of SC Bar Association in Bengaluru, Justice Bhuyan…
JAMMU: Jammu Police arrested a drug peddler and seized from him around 262g heroin, worth approximately Rs 1.5 crore in the international market, along with Rs 1.5 lakh cash, a cellphone, and a weighing machine, on Saturday.A police naka team, led by PSI Rajan Choudhary, was deployed at Tutray Chowk Ring Road and spotted the…
NAGPUR: Veteran BJP leader Datta Meghe passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 89, his close aide and former Nagpur deputy mayor Raghunath Malikar said.Meghe is the father of Hingna MLA Sameer Meghe and former MLC Sagar Meghe.Datta Meghe was a four-time Congress Lok Sabha MP from Nagpur, Ramtek and Wardha and was…
In a hugely provocative statement, Abdul Basit, former high commissioner of Pakistan to India, has said that striking Indian cities like New Delhi and Mumbai should be Islamabad’s “default move” if the country comes under attack from the US.“America won’t attack Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. Even if we believe that in a hypothetical situation, America attacks…
KOLKATA: With the battle lines for the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls steadily sharpening, the Trinamool Congress on Sunday rolled out an animated teaser titled ‘Fighter Didi’, projecting chief minister Mamata Banerjee as the last line of defence for the Bengali identity against what the party calls “outsider forces”.The slick 16-minute video, divided into episodes,…
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday announced that the party will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP).Announcing the tie-up, Owaisi said, “AIMIM has decided to form an alliance with Janata Unnayan Party for the West Bengal elections. We want to…
A Russian oil tanker chartered by Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) arrived off the Indian coast on Sunday, underscoring ongoing concerns over global energy supplies amid escalating tensions in Middle East. The vessel, MT Aqua Titan, is currently anchored around 10 nautical miles off the coast of Mangaluru in the Arabian Sea, having been…
NEW DELHI: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday hit back at chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan for equating the BJP with the Congress, calling it a “shameless attempt” to attract Muslim voters ahead of the state assembly polls.Chandrasekhar accused both the CPM and the Congress of misleading voters by projecting rivalry in Kerala while aligning…
BJP National Spokesperson Tuhin Sinha NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said former Pakistani diplomat Abdul Basit’s recent remarks against India showed that Pakistan “cannot survive without terrorism.”Basit, former Pakistani envoy to India, said in an interview that in a hypothetical scenario where the US tried to destroy Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities, Islamabad…
