With almost 73 per cent of LED bulb brands found not conforming to the standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Delhi stands as the city with the highest number of BIS norms violations in the country, a study said here on Monday. According to a Nielsen study conducted across four major Indian […]
Overcoming the freeze in ties on the marines issue for over five years, India and Italy on Monday agreed to boost economic ties from the current bilateral trade level of $8.8 billion as the two sides signed six agreements, including on mutual investments and energy, following delegation-level talks headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
China is set to block a resolution at the UN this week to declare Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar an international terrorist, frustrating India and the US who want the chief plotter of a deadly attack on Indian military bases punished. After Beijing blocked and put a technical hold on India’s application that lapsed last […]
Pulling up the West Bengal government for challenging the Centre’s decision to link Aadhaar for giving subsidies, the Supreme Court on Monday wondered how could a state government challenge a law passed by the central government. “How can a state government challenge a law passed by the Centre? This way Centre would start challenging the […]
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday announced a series of steps in the Railways, including decentralization of power, to carry out safety related work. Goyal told the media that General Managers had been given full powers to sanction out of turn safety related work without any ceiling, “within the financial limit set out by Ministry […]
The Central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will extend till March 31, 2018, the deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, PAN, mobile numbers and other schemes for those who don’t have the unique identification number and are willing to go for it. Attorney General K.K.Venugopal said that the government will […]
The mother of well-known cross-country biker Sana Iqbal, who died in a car crash here on Tuesday, has alleged that it was a “pre-planned” and “cold-blooded murder” by the latter’s husband and not an accident. As dozens of mourners, including bikers, gathered at her house for the funeral procession on Wednesday, her mother Shaheen Khan […]
Despite warnings from a green court and environmental authorities, stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana reached unprecedented levels to further deteriorate the air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region on Wednesday. Dry and cold north-westerly winds blowing from Punjab and Haryana at speeds of 10-15 km per hour, according to weather analysts, will continue for the […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government is ready to talk to every section of Kashmir to normalise the situation there and to go ahead with the political process. “We are ready to talk to everyone in Jammu and Kashmir. If some section is not ready to talk, we can talk to students, […]
After facing flak over delinking the schedule from Himachal Pradesh a fortnight ago, the Election Commission on Wednesday announced that Assembly polls in Gujarat will be held on December 9 and 14, asserting that the delay was meant to ensure that relief and rehabilitation work in the wake of devastating floods was not affected. Declaring […]