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Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia New Delhi: Union Communications Minister Dr Jyotiraditya Scindia BSNL Board Director (CFA) in Prayagraj strongly criticized the planned visit by Vivek Banjal, which scrutinized for a highly detailed trip involving around 50 officials and extensive arrangements.Scindia slammed Banjal’s directive as a “violation of established norms” and said a show-cause notice…

Chatra: A debt-ridden family had to hire an air ambulance for Rs 8 lakh after a medical emergency. A young pilot is days away from going on vacation to a close friend’s wedding. An anesthetist who stepped in for a colleague at the last minute.These are some of the stories buried in the wreckage of…

Praveen Khandelwal (ANI Pic) New Delhi: BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting that national capital Delhi be renamed as Indraprastha, following the Centre’s recent approval to rename Kerala as “Keralam”.“In his letter, Khandelwal argued that the name Delhi reflected only a later historical phase, where Indraprastha linked…

The order came from a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Jayamalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi when the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court told the SC that although 294 serving and retired District Judges and Additional District Judges have been given SIR work, it will take at least 80 days to…

New Delhi: Two planes, one each of Air India and IndiGo, took off safely from Ranchi on Monday night after the ill-fated air ambulance crashed shortly after takeoff. After climbing to 6,000 feet, the air ambulance pilots sought a weather diversion from Kolkata ATC and then the Beechcraft C90 aircraft VT-AJV crashed. Ranchi had bad…

New Delhi: The simmering political tussle over the Youth Congress protest at the Global AI Summit reverberated in a parliamentary committee meeting on Tuesday as it passed a resolution condemning the incident amid dissenting views of MPs from various opposition parties.“The Committee wishes to place on record its appreciation for the successful organization of the…

New Delhi: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved three multi-tracking rail projects, expansion of the Ahmedabad Metro and a new integrated airport terminal at Srinagar with a total investment of Rs 11,806 crore. Cabinet also approved increase in MSP of raw jute.Announcing the decisions, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnab said the rail projects – doubling the Gondia-Jabalpur…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked illegal occupants of more than 30 hectares of railway/state land in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani to apply for houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and rejected their resettlement pleas on the grounds that additional land was available for expansion.Appearing for the occupants, advocate Prashant Bhushan said they…

NEW DELHI: Pushing the theme of “reforms express”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his cabinet colleagues to propose a list of reforms their ministries intend to initiate in the next few months and provide details of changes already underway, Deepak Das reported. He asked them to focus on two themes – ease of…

Srinagar: J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 6th edition of Khelo India Winter Games at Gulmarg on Monday.“The Khelo India Winter Games revives the ideals of peace, equality and friendship in the spirit of sports. In our vibrant, diverse nation of countless languages, cultures and traditions, Gulmarg’s Winter Games serve as a universal language…