Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that nobody should take Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seriously, and asserted that people of Maharashtra will repose trust in the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the November 20 state assembly elections.“The way Rahul Gandhi speaks, nobody takes him seriously.. I think people should not take his remarks seriously,” Gadkari...
The “severe” air pollution level in Delhi has triggered the implementation of GRAP Stage 4 anti-pollution measures in Delhi-NCR. The air quality in Delhi worsened further, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 481 by 6 am on Monday morning, placing it in the “severe plus” category. Diesel-run medium and heavy goods vehicles registered in...
Nearly a year after the Delhi High Court passed an interim order, followed by a final order in March, that the income cap for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in Delhi regarding admissions in private schools be increased from the existing Rs 1 lakh per annum, Delhi Lt-Governor V K Saxena Wednesday wrote to Chief...
Delhi continues to be wrapped in a blanket of smog, with the air quality in the “severe” category for the third consecutive day. With AQI 498, Delhi is the world’s second most polluted city, after Pakistan’s Lahore with AQI 770 recorded at 7 am. IQAir, a Swiss company, ranks major cities based on Particulate Matter...
A court here on Thursday ordered the release of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board case, while refusing to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed against him. Special Judge Jitendra Singh said while there is sufficient evidence against Khan to proceed against him,...
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to urgently list on November 18 a plea seeking enforcement of measures to check pollution in the national capital. Senior advocate Aparajita Singh, who is assisting the top court in the air pollution case as amicus curiae, told a Bench led by Justice Abhay S Oka that the AQI...
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Tulsi Gabbard, an American of Hindu faith, as the Director of National Intelligence. The decision bodes well for India as Gabbard could help smoothen the intelligence-sharing arrangements between the two countries. Gabbard, a former Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army, hails from Hawaii. She was first noticed in India...
As many as ten flights were diverted and many were delayed at the Delhi airport on Wednesday morning as low visibility conditions impacted operations, according to officials. One of the officials said nine flights were diverted to Jaipur and 1 to Lucknow since 7 am due to bad weather on Wednesday. Many flights were delayed...
A high-level delegation of the Delhi BJP, led by party president Virendra Sachdeva, met Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday to submit a memorandum alleging financial irregularities in the functioning of two discoms (distribution companies) of BSES, a joint venture of Reliance Infrastructure & Delhi Govt). The delegation demanded a thorough investigation into the...
After making strong observations on the practice of demolishing houses of criminals to send out a strong message against crime, which has come to be known as ‘bulldozer justice’, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a set of pan-India guidelines for such demolitions on Wednesday. Hearing several petitions, including one filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind,...