Mumbai: As many as 27 flights of various airlines were cancelled and many more delayed at Delhi Airport on Thursday due to dense fog and subsequent drop in visibility, a DIAL official said. “As of now, 27 flights are cancelled — 16 departures and 11 arrivals — at Delhi Airport due to dense fog and…
Eroade (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay on Thursday launched a blistering attack against Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK, calling it an ‘evil force,’ repeating a term often used by the late AIADMK stalwarts M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa to target the Dravidian party. His Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was a ‘pure force,’ and the contest, apparently…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Thursday after the passage of the G RAM G bill amid opposition uproar over its provisions. A discussion on air pollution in the Delhi National Capital Region was to be taken up later during the day. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was expected…
Sukma: Three Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday, police said. The exchange of fire broke out in the morning on a forested hill under the Golapalli police station area when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on a search operation based…
New Delhi: The ban on entry of non-Delhi private vehicles below BS-VI standards and the enforcement of the ‘No PUC, No Fuel’ rule came into force in the national capital on Thursday, as authorities stepped up measures to tackle worsening air pollution. Fuel pumps are not dispensing fuel to vehicles without valid PUC certificates, and…
Bengaluru: Spiritual leader and humanitarian Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Wednesday said meditation, once viewed with scepticism, has now gained global acceptance, addressing a special event at the United Nations in Geneva marking the second World Meditation Day. Speaking on the theme “World Meditates for Global Peace”, Gurudev highlighted the growing relevance of meditation…
New Delhi: Former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar and Padma Vibhushan awardee and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi attended the launch ceremony of the book “The Unbecoming” here. The former Union minister said that author Kartikeya Vajpayee has presented a solution to an important problem through the symbols of cricket in “The Unbecoming”. Joshi…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha, in the wee hours of Thursday, completed the discussion on the new rural jobs bill that seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREG Act. The discussion on the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, concluded past midnight on Wednesday and saw the participation…
New Delhi: India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh envoy Riaz Hamidullah and lodged its protest over plans by certain extremist elements to create a security situation around the Indian mission in Dhaka. New Delhi also expressed its serious concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Bangladesh and reiterated its call for holding free, fair, and credible…
New Delhi: Congress spent more money than the BJP on “party propaganda” and social media campaigns in the Delhi assembly elections this year, but lagged on expenses on candidates, data shows. BJP’s total expenses were higher at Rs 57.65 crore for the elections than those of Congress at Rs 46.19 crore, according to an analysis…
