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Prasanna Kumar Patro maps out green tourism roadmap to 2047 Uttarakhand Forward 2.0 is the second edition of The Times of India’s flagship video series spotlighting the state’s journey of growth, innovation and transformative governance. Through exclusive conversations with policymakers, administrators, industry leaders, educationists and experts, the series explores the ideas, initiatives and vision shaping…

ED launches probe into Jharkhand exam irregularities NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched a probe into irregularities in several recruitment exams in Jharkhand, including the JSSC-CGL exam, as news agency PTI quoted officials saying on Monday.The agency has taken note of an FIR filed by the state police CID and other complaints and…

Tamil Thai Vazhthu is an invocation to Mother Tamil from Manonmaniam, a play written by Manonmaniam Sundaranar in 1891. (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday moved a government resolution in the assembly making the rendition of Tamil Thai Vazhthu, the state song, mandatory at the beginning of official…

NCP(SP) to meet PM Modi, delegation to raise issues affecting Maharashtra,. NEW DELHI: A delegation of eight MPs from Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.Ahead of the meeting, the Congress has urged its alliance partner to convey the INDIA bloc’s…

A security guard allegedly raped a 22-year-old student on a society terrace late Saturday TISS ex-student arrested after bail plea rejected Hours after anticipatory bail applications of two former TISS students were rejected in a case stemming from an unauthorised campus event to pay homage to late Delhi University professor G N Saibaba last year,…

Speaking about India’s space sector, Singh stated that opening it up to private companies has led to rapid expansion. NEW DELHI: India stands alongside the world’s leading nations in several advanced technologies, said Jitendra Singh, MoS (independent charge) for science and technology and earth sciences.Speaking at Digit India’s Top Appliance Awards 2026, Jitendra Singh highlighted…

Both pilots have been taken off flying duty by the DGCA, pending investigation. NEW DELHI: The captain of Air India’s August 4 Phuket-Delhi flight, which experienced a sudden loss of altitude of about 300 feet, was subjected to a psychoactive substance (dope) screening test on arrival, whose result was “not negative” and has been sent…

Apart from logistical difficulty and cost, for any option to extend the rail link to India, New Delhi would have to deal with the fact that it would pass through Pakistan NEW DELHI: Russian deputy PM Marat Khusnullin has suggested exploring a direct rail link from Moscow to the ‘Indian Ocean’ to avert risks associated…

ED sought confiscation of properties worth Rs 8,078 crore attached earlier in the case, belonging to Reliance Communications and its promoters and directors, including assets of Anil Ambani. NEW DELHI: ED filed two chargesheets, one each against Reliance Communications (RCom) and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, on Saturday before a special court here, naming Gautam Doshi, Sateesh…

IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much. In this…