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New Delhi: Amid shortage of cooking gas cylinders, Urban Development Minister Manohar Lal on Saturday directed municipal bodies and other bodies to expedite clearance of piped natural gas (PNG), as approvals by state and local bodies often delay clearances for expansion.Setting a target of adding 50 lakh new piped gas connections to the existing base…

SRINAGAR: More than 3,000 government schools in Jammu and Kashmir will have zero or less than 10 students by 2022, Education Minister Sakina Itu said in the Assembly on Saturday.Of the 3,192 such schools, 1,494 are in Jammu division and 1,698 in Kashmir, National Conference (NC) Itu BJP MLA RS Pathania said in a written…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, during which the two leaders discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.In a post by X, Prime Minister Modi Said he reiterated India’s condemnation of attacks on regional energy infrastructure…

Adani Defense and Aerospace on Saturday handed over the first batch of 2,000 ‘Prahar’ light machine guns (LMGs). Indian Army In Gwalior, marking an initial milestone in a large-scale order for around 40,000 weapons under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The aim of the handover is to increase the Army’s frontline firepower along the Line…

New Delhi: Signaling an aggressive push ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the Congress on Saturday said it will contest all 294 seats in the state and will not back down from fielding candidates against the chief minister. Mamata Banerjee Bhavanipur.The announcement came after the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting in Delhi, where…

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said the Center was “committed to protecting the people of India” as the government stepped up monitoring of energy supplies and essential commodities amid ongoing West Asian conflicts.In a post on X after chairing a high-level review, Singh wrote: “A meeting of an IGoM (Informal Group of Ministers) comprising several…

New Delhi: A 22-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district committed suicide after streaming his last moments on Instagram, police said on Saturday. The incident, which unfolded late Friday night, has raised concerns about the role of social media in such tragedies, with a 14-minute video of the act circulating online.According to officials, the incident…

Two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers, BW Elm and BW Tyr, are currently transiting the Strait of Hormuz en route to India, according to LSEG and Kepler ship-tracking data cited by Reuters, signaling a precautionary resumption of movement through the strategic waterway. Shipping through the strait has been severely disrupted amid the ongoing US-Israel conflict…

New Delhi: India on Friday reaffirmed its support for Bangladesh’s pursuit of justice over atrocities committed by Pakistan during the 1971 military crackdown, saying Islamabad continues to deny its guilt.The comments came as March 25 was marked as Genocide Day, with Bangladesh remembering one of the darkest chapters in its history. On this day in…