A layer of pungent haze lingered over Delhi on Saturday morning as the city’s air quality neared the “severe” zone amid adverse meteorological conditions — low temperatures and calm winds — and an increase in incidents of stubble burning in Punjab.The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi stood at 396 at 10 am, worsening […]
Law and order is states’ responsibility but these are linked to the unity and integrity of the nation too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. Addressing the Chintan Shivir of home ministers of states via video conferencing, PM Modi said that the ongoing brain-storming session at Surajkund in Haryana is an “excellent example of […]
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the Ghazipur landfill site on Thursday and said the upcoming MCD polls would be fought on the garbage issue as he promised to clean Delhi in five years if his AAP won the civic body election.Scores of BJP supporters staged a protest and raised slogans against Kejriwal. In turn, Aam […]
A Delhi-bound Akasa Air plane was hit by a bird during the climb-out on Thursday morning, according to India’s aviation regulator. The Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, operated by the recently launched budget airline Akasa Air, suffered a radome damage due to the bird hit at 1900 feet, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said. […]
A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sought printing of images of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on currency notes, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday asked why not BR Ambedkar’s photo on a new series of notes.The AAP national convener’s demand drew sharp reactions from the Congress with its Punjab unit chief Amarinder […]
Three Punjabi men were among six people who have been charged in the Peel municipality in Toronto, in connection with an international drug trafficking enterprise, which led to the seizure of USD 25 million worth of illegal narcotics.Jaspreet Singh, 28, from Brampton; Ravinder Boparai, 27, from Mississauga; Gurdeep Gakhal, 38, from Caledon, were among the […]
Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge formally took over as Congress president on Wednesday after he was handed over the certificate of election to the top post at a function at the AICC headquarters here.Kharge, the first non-Gandhi to head the party in 24 years, had defeated Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor in a direct contest for the […]
The Competition Commission on Tuesday slapped a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position with respect to Play Store policies and directed the company to cease and desist from unfair business practices.In a release, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it has also directed to modify its conduct within […]
Salman Rushdie has lost sight in an eye and his one hand is incapacitated following the brutal knife attack on the acclaimed Mumbai-born author in August, his literary agent said.Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses” book, was stabbed in the neck and stomach on stage in front of […]
NR Narayana Murthy, Infosys founder and father-in-law of next UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak congratulated his son-in-law as he exuded confidence that the first Indian-origin PM will do his best for the people of the United Kingdom. An Oxford and Stanford University alumnae, Sunak is married to Akshata Murthy, the daughter of billionaire Narayana Murthy. […]