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SRINAGAR: Ladakh Lt Governor Binai Kumar Saxena on Wednesday accorded “industrial” status to hotels and guesthouses registered with the tourism department in a bid to strengthen the hospitality sector in the UT.This order will come into effect from June 1. This is expected to benefit UT’s 1,257 hotels and guesthouses, including 1,078 in Leh and…

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Pakistan-backed spy for allegedly passing confidential, security-related information to Pakistani intelligence officers as part of an anti-India terror conspiracy. Zafar Riaz@Rizvi, a resident of Kolkata, had a look out circular issued against him and was also in the process of declaring him a Proclaimed Offender…

Mayawati (File photo/PTI) New Delhi: Several Congress Dalit leaders tried to meet Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati at her Lucknow residence on Wednesday requested the grand old party to issue a show-cause notice to them seeking an explanation for their “unauthorised” actions.The leaders were turned away at the gate as they did not seek…

West Bengal Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari The BJP government in West Bengal, within days of assuming office, introduced a series of high-impact administrative, welfare and governance decisions aimed at signaling a policy break from the previous Trinamool Congress rule. These measures spanned welfare restructuring, recruitment reforms, changes in reservation policy, caste certificate verification, educational guidelines…

New Delhi: The Center on Wednesday enlisted the support of major social media platforms including Meta, Google and Telegram to suppress rumours, fake paper leak claims and panic-inducing posts ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, as the government stepped up efforts to restore confidence after the country’s biggest medical exam.Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired a…

Prime Minister Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni appreciated the bilateral relations between the two countries. Cabinet Ministers of Kerala Portfolios are given two days after taking the oath. The WHO says the risk of Ebola spreading to Congo and neighboring Uganda is high. Police ask Tisha Sharma’s family to take the body, warning…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court The Center and other respondents on Wednesday issued notice to a petition seeking an immediate ban on the sale of alcohol in tetra packs and sachets, citing concerns over drunken driving and availability. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justices Jayamalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Dr Donald Trump Expect to meet in France next month G7 summit.Trump will visit France despite tensions between Washington and its allies over issues ranging from Iran to tariffs, the White House news agency told AFP.The summit, to be held in Evian-les-Bains in southeastern France from…

Oath of VD Satisan (Photo/PTI) New Delhi: A fresh political row has erupted in Kerala following the recitation of the full version of ‘Vande Mataram’ during the swearing-in ceremony of the new UDF cabinet led by VD Thathasan, following a controversy over the sequencing of songs played at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony….

PM Modi is attending the 3rd India-Nordic Summit New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has shared the outcome of the 3rd India-Nordic Summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in the summit yielded eight key outcomes aimed at deepening India’s strategic, economic and technological engagement with the Nordic countries, with a strong focus on green…