The interim govt is set to introduce a special law by next week aimed at accelerating efforts to recover billions of dollars allegedly siphoned off from Bangladesh to foreign countries. In the absence of aparliament session, the law will be enacted through an ordinance, said chief adviser Yunus Muhammad’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam.Referring to govt’s…
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: The Modi govt and DMK clashed on the first day of the resumed Budget session, with the latter questioning the govt over the three-language policy and education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accusing the Tamil Nadu govt and the governing party of going back on their commitment to sign the MoU…
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (right) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin came down hard on Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday for calling DMK MPs “uncivilised”.Taking to X, Stalin said, “Dharmendra Pradhan, who thinks he is a king and speaks with arrogance, should mind his words….
NEW DELHI: Twelve years after being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly burning his wife to death in Tamil Nadu, apex court has acquitted the man after noting that there was inconsistency in dying declarations of the deceased and also there was no other evidence to prove his culpability.A bench of Justices Sudhanshu…
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Videos of fashion models strutting on snow in the ski resort of Gulmarg were pulled down from social media after a backlash led by J&K’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq over what he termed an “outrageous” and “obscene” display that had hurt the “sensitivities of the local…
JAMMU: The recent killing of three civilians in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district reverberated in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday, with chief minister Omar Abdullah condemning the incident and calling for a thorough probe. Omar and PDP’s Iltija Mufti also raised questions as to how only BJP politicians were allowed to meet the…
NEW DELHI: To eliminate cash transactions at toll plazas for paying double the user fee as a penalty for not having a FASTag or for using a blacklisted one, the NHAI will implement a variable UPI payment system. The initial trial has started at the Kherki Dhaula toll plaza in Haryana and will be extended…
2.3 mn job openings by 2027 in India’s AI sector, offers opportunity to reskill over 1 mn workers: Bain & Company NEW DELHI: Contrary to the common perception that Artificial Intelligence will eliminate jobs, a recent study by Bain and Company stated that India’s AI sector is set to experience rapid growth, with job openings…
NEW DELHI: Around 80 passenger trains will be kept on standby to cater to sudden surge in passengers at 60 identified stations which see high footfall on festive occasions such as Holi, Chhath and Diwali, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.Replying to the debate on Railways (Amendment) Bill, Vaishnaw said a detailed…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted raids at 14 locations linked to the son of former CM Bhupesh Baghel and others in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The action is part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged Rs 2,161 crore liquor scam in the state. A stone…
