President sanctions prosecution against Sisodia, Jain
In fresh trouble for the AAP former ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain, President Droupadi Murmu has granted prosecution sanctions against them in the Rs 1,300 Crore scam in construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools, during their tenure as ministers in the national Capital. In official communications to the office...
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No country for women: British national raped in Delhi
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Yamuna found dead in the Capital
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Opposition divided
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“I don’t have any reaction”
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Nation outraged by attack on national symbol
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War beyond language: Stalin insults Indian currency
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Ukraine says it is open to 30 day ceasefire
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Delhi under reporting pollution: Study
Fine particulate matter could be absorbing moisture from Delhi’s humid air during winters, which could result in an underestimation of the city’s PM1 pollution by up to 20 per cent, according to a new study. Researchers, including those from the University of Birmingham, UK, explained that the swelling of fine particulate...
BJP sweeps Haryana local polls
Less than six months after scoring a hat-trick of wins in Haryana Assembly elections, the ruling BJP swept the civic polls in the state on Wednesday, bagging nine of the 10 mayoral seats. In the outgoing municipal corporations, BJP had its mayors in seven civic bodies. Congress, which was looking...
Balochis take on Pak army
Security forces rescued 190 passengers from a hijacked train, killing 30 Baloch militants in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan, as they continued to battle heavily-armed insurgents for a second day on Wednesday. The Jaffar Express, carrying some 400 passengers in nine coaches, was going from Quetta to Peshawar when militants derailed it using...
Airtel partners Musk for high-speed internet services
Sunil Mittal headed Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it has partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for providing Starlink’s high-speed internet services to its customers in India. This agreement is subject to SpaceX receiving authorisations to sell Starlink’s satellite communications-based services in India, Airtel said ina statement. This is a distribution agreement...
Election commission goes beyond polls to engage
Making an effort to iron out the differences between the political parties and country’s poll watch dog Nirvachan Sadan, the Election Commission of India (EC) has taken the initiative to reach out to the prime stakeholders to work together for a better streamline and allegations free election process. The ECI...
Delhi’s dubious distinction as most polluted
Delhi continues to rank among India’s most polluted cities for the seventh consecutive year. With an average PM 2.5 concentration of 91.8 micrograms per cubic metre, the World Air Quality Report 2024 from Swiss air quality technology firm IQAir identified Delhi’s status as the most polluted capital city globally, while...
Ukraine-US talk in Saudi Arabia
High-stakes talks between senior delegations from Ukraine and the United States on how to end Kyiv’s three-year war with Moscow opened in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hours after Russian air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over Russia. Two people were killed and 18 were injured, including three children, in the...
