NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday greenlighted the Rs 18,263 crore Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road Project that will adversely impact close to 46,000 mangrove trees but directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to scrupulously comply with Bombay HC directions to file yearly audit reports on status of afforestation, to be carried out prior or simultaneously, for a period…
The AIIMS-Delhi is studying links between exposure to air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter 2.5, and the risk of developing lung cancer. The AIRCARE study, which the institution claimed is the first of its kind, is being led by Dr Abhishek Shankar, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, AIIMS. Dr Shankar said that as air pollution continues…
NEW DELHI: The Himachal Pradesh government has proposed a new cess on petrol and diesel to fund welfare measures for orphans and widows.Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday introduced the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the assembly, seeking to levy an “orphan and widow cess” on petrol and high-speed diesel,…
NEW DELHI: The government has intensified action against illegal online gambling and betting platforms, blocking around 300 websites and applications in the latest round, according to official sources. The move is part of an ongoing enforcement drive that has gathered pace after the passage of the Online Gaming Act, which laid down a clearer framework…
Indian Death in Saudi: An Indian national died in Riyadh; the embassy of India in Saudi Arabia is assisting the family, with MEA reporting six deaths so far. Sri Lanka neutrality: Sri Lanka rejected a US request to station warplanes, citing neutrality in the Iran war. Air India Error: Air India recalled a Delhi–Vancouver flight…
The businessman’s son said the car wasn’t connected to the charging point when the fire started Times News NetworkIndore: A survivor of the house fire that killed eight members of an extended family here rejected on Thursday what he termed a “false narrative” about the blaze originating at an EV charging point and electronic locks…
Bhopal: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a ruling of the Madhya Pradesh HC’s Gwalior bench that annulled the 2024 bypoll victory of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra, reports Suchandana Gupta.The HC had invalidated the assembly bypoll outcome on a plea by Malhotra’s closest rival, BJP’s Ram Niwas Rawat, claiming that the former had not disclosed…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Election Commission’s mass transfer of senior IAS and IPS officers within Bengal was a form of “unpromulgated President’s Rule”, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.The EC’s action was a “deliberate design to seize control of Bengal through coercion and institutional manipulation”, Banerjee posted on X. Watch ‘Unpromulgated President’s Rule’:…
A 38-year-old TMC booth chief was found murdered at Minakhan in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Thursday. There were signs of torture on his body. His family claimed faction feuds within party led to his killing. Locals came across Kazi Masiur Rahman’s body, wrapped in a blanket, along Haroa-Bhangar road. Preliminary findings suggest he was…
NEW DELHI: CP(M) rebel leader G Sudhakaran on Friday announced that he would campaign against Keralam agriculture minister P Prasad in Cherthala, accusing him of making “unwarranted remarks.”Speaking to reporters in Alappuzha, Sudhakaran, who is contesting as an independent with the backing of the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front (UDF), noted that he had earlier…