Water samples were found to contain coliform bacteria. NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General has flagged gaps in sanitation and minimum essential amenities at 458 out of 512 railway stations, including presence of E coli bacteria in water coolers at eight stations.The CAG report on “passenger amenities and sanitation at non-suburban railway stations”, presented in…
Kiren Rijiju said PM was not referring to the opposition after P Chidambaram’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ post. NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark on August 15 became the subject of a political slugfest Sunday, with Congress‘s P Chidambaram saying he was “proud to be a dimagi Naxal” to which BJP replied that the ex-home minister’s…
An SC bench said the evidence for an accidental drowning was more plausible than homicide. NEW DELHI: Observing that the human mind can sometimes act foolishly, especially in the face of unpredictable adversity, Supreme Court has said that such behaviour cannot be the sole basis of conviction and acquitted two men who had been held…
CJI Kant told TOI he ‘never consented to Nalsar’s invitation’. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has not accepted the invitation to be chief guest at the convocation of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law amid a row sparked by a section of students opposing his presence…
ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company. NEW DELHI: An ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company has found that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly funded Rs 160 crore from the party’s coffers to a little-known firm, Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, to buy an Embraer jet and an Agusta VIP helicopter, which it…
NEW DELHi: Attacking home minister Amit Shah for demanding an apology over the Vande Mataram row, Congress claimed the minister had insulted Bhimrao Ambedkar’s memory in Rajya Sabha and that he owes allegiance to an organisation that did not unfurl the tricolour at its headquarters till 2002 – in what were allusions to Shah’s controversial…
NEW DELHI: After earlier uncertainty, there are now clear indications that barrierless tolling on national highway (NH) stretches, coupled with e-notices for violations, is inculcating greater discipline among road users.At Choryasi toll plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat, the first to go live, e-notices fell from 1.7 lakh in May to 1.1 lakh in June and…
The latest invitation comes after six rounds of discussions between the Jharkhand government and the protesting students failed to produce a settlement. NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand government has invited students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations for a fresh round of talks on Monday, August 17, in an attempt to resolve the 23-day-old standoff over…
UP CM Yogi pays tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, recalls his ‘Nation First’ politics Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday paid tribute to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Convention Centre in Lucknow, recalling his six-decade-long political career and his commitment…
CJP seeks re exam of Bombay HC clerk exam NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has demanded Bombay HC clerk recruitment exam to be conducted afresh after alleged technical glitches triggered concerns among candidates.While talking to reports, Dipke said candidates informed him that several computers developed problems soon after they began the…
