Puducherry Assembly Elections: Puducherry polls: BJP names another candidate for Karaikal South – check full list | India News

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday nominated M Arulmurugan as its candidate for the Puducherry Assembly elections to be held on April 9. The announcement follows the BJP’s release of the first list of nine candidates a day earlier. Arulmurugan will contest from Karaikal South Center in the Union Territory.Along with this,…

Read More

Potholes to poor lighting: AI Dashcams to detect 30 types of highway defects | India News

New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will deploy AI-powered Dashcam Analysis Service (DAS) on nearly 40,000 km of the NH network under operation and maintenance contracts. The decision came amid complaints from commuters against ride quality and road conditions.For effective monitoring, NHAI has divided the country into five zones and awarded contracts…

Read More

Ex-judges, diplomats flag bias in USCIRF religious freedom report | India News

New Delhi: A group of 275 former judges, bureaucrats, diplomats and veterans of the armed forces have raised objections to the latest report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), calling it “disturbing” and lacking in balance.In a joint statement dated March 21, the signatories questioned the methodology and conclusions of the…

Read More

Chapter on Jinnah sparks row, Jammu University sets up probe committee | India News

JAMMU: The Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University has constituted a high-level committee to examine the syllabus of postgraduate course in political science after including a chapter on the political thought of Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah.According to an order issued by the Office of the Dean of Academic Affairs, the committee has been tasked to “thoroughly…

Read More