NHAI in SC against HC’s blanket ban on tree felling, says impedes infra projects NEW DELHI: In what appeared to be a clash between environment protection and strategic infrastructure in a border state, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked Punjab govt its plan on allocation of land for compensatory afforestation in lieu of tree felling…
Riyadh airport blast triggers flight suspensions by Air India, Akasa Air and IndiGo NEW DELHI: Air India, Akasa Air and IndiGo have temporarily suspended or curtailed flights to Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, following reports of explosions, including a loud blast at the city’s international airport, on Thursday.Akasa Air suspended flights to and from Riyadh through…
File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that when the break-up of a relationship ends in suicide, it cannot always be termed abetment and a former partner prosecuted.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran quashed criminal proceedings against a man and five of his family members who were…
NEW DELHI: Steep margins on medicines are a concern as they can push a product or influence its selection, with government tightening its glare on errant healthcare players including companies and hospitals, pharmaceuticals secretary Manoj Joshi said.Joshi elaborated on the unethical practices in healthcare industry, just before govt announced capping of trade margins at 30%…
File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said the Jharkhand’s DGP appointment process prima facie violated its Prakash Singh judgement, which mandated consideration of officers with six months or more residual tenure for the top police post, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. It issued a notice to Tadasha Singh, who was appointed to the…
File photo: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann NEW DELHI: A day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to take up a plea for restraining its probe into allegations against OSD to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, CBI was learnt to be in possession of evidence of “compromised transfers” of at least 21 senior state govt and…
JAMMU: An Army patrolling team detected a stray, old landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Thursday, which was later destroyed.Officials said the landmine was found in Balakote, Mendhar sector, following which Army personnel immediately secured the vicinity. The bomb disposal squad was informed, and a team arrived at the spot…
SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir High Court ordered Thursday revival of Kashmir student’s passport so that she can complete her MBBS in Iran.The authorities had impounded Ibra Khan’s passport based on a CID adverse report about an FIR against her father in 1997, although she was born in 2005. The report cited “aspersions” against Khan’s father…
(Representative image): Officials added that so far 74 vessels of Indian interest, including 25 India-flagged, have transited the Strait of Hormuz. At present, there are eight ships of India’s interest in the Persian Gulf and six of them are trading in that region. NEW DELHI: Even as the government on Thursday said 16 seafarers have…
The protests continued for a third consecutive day on Thursday NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has so far registered at least four FIRs against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition leaders in connection with the two-day protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Lutyens’…
