PM Modi flags low number of female medal winners NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday participated in the 57th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, where he presented the institute’s highest honours to meritorious students.At the event, PM Modi urged IIT Delhi graduates to encourage greater participation and representation…
NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl died while being taken to hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after the vehicle carrying her remained stuck in mud for nearly three hours. The district administration has suspended a government engineer and ordered an inquiry into the incident.The girl, a resident of remote Methyani village, had fallen seriously…
Long wait at hospital registration counters is slowly giving way to a QR code NEW DELHI: The long wait at hospital registration counters is slowly giving way to a QR code. In a sign of India’s growing digital health footprint, patients have now completed 25 crore outpatient (OPD) registrations through the ABHA-based ‘Scan and Register’…
Akal Takht panel flags Punjab govt response, seeks compliance report on anti-sacrilege law NEW DELHI: The expert panel appointed by the Akal Takht on Friday asked the Punjab government to first submit a compliance report on the objections raised by the Sikh temporal seat before any further talks on the proposed anti-sacrilege law.The panel, formed…
A view of the swollen Ganga River as the water level rises following heavy rainfall, in Haridwar on Friday. (ANI) Uttarakhand cabinet Friday officially cleared the way for the Ganga Expressway’s extension from Meerut to Haridwar, approving an MoU with UP. Once completed, the Meerut-Haridwar travel time is expected to reduce to about 90 minutes…
Nagpur flat owner is set to face an FIR in minor rape case for not verifying his tenant Nagpur minor rape: Flat owner to face FIR The owner of a one-room flat, where a 16-year-old Class 12 student was held captive for 24 hours and subjected to brutal sexual assault by a Thane youth, is…
Minister of state for parliamentary affairs L Murugan informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. NEW DELHIL: The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Tribunals Reforms Bill that will have the provision for setting up a National Tribunal Commission (NTC), which has been visualised as an independent…
Justice RS Sodhi of Delhi high court had quashed all charges against the Hinduja brothers and AB Bofors, holding that the prosecution failed to provide admissible, reliable evidence NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal challenging a 2005 Delhi HC judgement that had quashed criminal proceedings in the Bofors pay-off case, bringing to…
Solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta told the bench that despite intense search and rescue operations, the missing Indian seafarers — Deepak Kumar Gupta and Ram Chandra Dubey — could not be located NEW DELHI: The government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that there is very little hope of locating two Indian seafarers who are…
Home minister Amit Shah has held meetings with representatives of church bodies to allay their concerns about the provisions of the bill NEW DELHI: Amid indications it may seek the passage of the Foreign Contributions Regulation (Amendment) Act, the government on Friday rejected criticism of the legislation by foreigners, including a US Congressman.MEA spokesperson Randhir…