NEW DELHI — In a significant decision, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a decision to increase the strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges. At present, the Supreme Court has an approved strength of 34 judges including the Chief Justice of India. The government has now decided to introduce The Supreme […]
NEW DELHI — The government on Saturday tested indigenous mobile emergency alert system nationwide to safeguard its citizens when nature strikes. The system, called ‘Cell Broadcast Alert’, is currently under pan-India testing, in the form of a flash SMS message from the NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority). “NDMA will test Cell Broadcast Alerts on 2 […]
NEW DELHI — The Haj Committee of India has raised the Haj airfare by Rs 10,000 per pilgrim this year due to a sharp global rise in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices, with the Centre asserting that the increase has been restricted through hard negotiations. The Haj airfare hike has drawn criticism from opposition leaders, […]
CHANDIGARH — A bus carrying devotees from Anandpur Sahib overturned in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib, killing six people and injuring 21 others, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred near Himmatpura on the Morinda-Chunni road in the Bassi Pathana area at around 10 pm on Tuesday when the devotees — all residents of Main Majri in […]
SAKTI — In a major industrial accident, at least 13 workers were killed and 21 others injured after a steam-carrying tube connected to a boiler exploded at a Vedanta Ltd power plant in Sakti district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The powerful blast occurred at around 2:30 pm in a tube supplying high-pressure […]
NEW DELHI — Nayara Energy, India’s largest private fuel retailer, on Thursday raised petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 a litre, passing on part of the recent surge in global oil prices following the war in the Middle East, sources said. Fuel marketing companies in India have been under […]
NEW DELHI — The price of premium or higher-grade petrol price on Friday was increased by Rs 2 per litre while the rate of bulk diesel sold to industrial users was hiked by about Rs 22 a litre, reflecting the spike in global oil prices amid conflict in the Middle-East. However, the price of normal […]
INDORE — Seven persons were killed when a fire broke out after an explosion at an electric car charging point outside a three-storey house in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city early on Wednesday, officials said. Some cooking gas cylinders inside the house also exploded, which further intensified the fire, they said. The blaze erupted at the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) has urged Amit Shah to intervene in the issue concerning Kashmiri students studying at Mewar University in Rajasthan, alleging that the B.Sc Nursing programme lacks mandatory approvals from regulatory bodies. In a letter to the Union Home Minister, JKSA said more than 40 Kashmiri students […]
JAIPUR — Seventeen Kashmiri students pursuing B.Sc in nursing at Mewar University in Chittorgarh were arrested on Monday after a protest over the non-recognition of their course at the institute, officials said. The students staged a demonstration on the university campus in the afternoon, raising slogans and demanding recognition for their degree programme from the […]