New Delhi: Nearly eight lakh new piped gas consumers have joined the fold over the past month amid a drive by the govt and gas companies to push its use and reduce dependence on cooking gas cylinders, a top official said Sunday.“We have managed quite well, delivering around 50 lakh cylinders consistently, fully meeting domestic…
Kolkata: PM Modi cited Sunday the confinement of seven judicial officers on SIR duty in Malda district as proof of a collapsing law-and-order situation in Bengal, sharpening his attack on Trinamool Congress at a BJP election rally in Cooch Behar.“Citizens across the country were shocked at how judicial officers were held hostage in Malda. What…
MUMBAI: The charred remains of Kandivli seafarer Dixit Solanki (32), who was killed in an alleged missile strike on his tanker off the Oman coast on March 1, were transported to Mumbai from Sharjah early on Sunday. The sailor counts among the first Indian victims of the West Asia conflict.His family has refused to perform…
NEW DELHI: Inspired by the thumb rule that “justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done”, CJI Surya Kant has constituted a nine-judge bench, including judges from all faiths, and a woman, to decide the validity of contentious socio-religious norms that denote the centuries-old tussle of women’s rights versus…
NEW DELHI: In less than a week since the controversial amendments involving definition of transgender persons, omission of “self-perceived identity” as the basis for approval for getting a TG certificate from a district magistrate and introduction of a medical board among other things were notified as law, a writ petition has been filed before the…
NEW DELHI: “Punjab is not a talking point for me. It is my commitment. It is my soul,” estranged AAP MP Raghav Chadha said on Sunday while countering the allegations leveled by the AAP’s Punjab unit leadership a day earlier that he failed to raise issues affecting the state in Parliament despite repeated communication.The slugfest…
SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body (LAB) member and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk struck a moderate tone Sunday as he urged the Centre to restore democratic rights to the Union territory of Ladakh.“….We must keep an open mind and an open heart so that it does not become a question of ‘we win, you lose’ or ‘you win,…
SRINAGAR: A prickly pest stalks Kashmir’s “red gold”. Farmers in Pampore now live on pins and needles.Across Pampore’s saffron highlands — about 15km southeast of Srinagar in Pulwama district — an unusual predator is eating into one of the region’s most prized crops. The burrowing Indian crested porcupine, a nocturnal rodent, has begun feeding on…
Jaishankar with Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi (File photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar received a call on Sunday from Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi as the tensions in the Middle East continue. “Received a call from Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran. Discussed the present situation,” said Jaishankar. While the specific details…
New Delhi: As bombs fall and sanctions bite across West Asia, Iran has said its economic engagement with India will remain steady during the war and grow faster once conditions stabilise. Iran’s ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, indicated to TOI that wartime disruptions are “mere speed bumps” and that Tehran’s “outlook on the future of…