The proposed bridge will significantly strengthen connectivity between Sikkim, the North-Eastern states and Siliguri Corridor (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that his ministry has approved Rs 1,176 crore for the construction of a 6.9-km-long, 6-lane major bridge with approaches across Teesta river at Sevoke on NH-10…
File photo: People and Children enjoy the rain near India Gate during a monsoon shower, in New Delhi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India received 87.4 per cent of its long period average (LPA) rainfall during the June-September southwest monsoon this year, making it the fourth-lowest monsoon rainfall recorded since 2001, according to the India…
Indian corporations are showing resilience with a robust credit ratio of 3.2x, as reported by ICRA. Mumbai: Despite the triple shock of below normal monsoon, West Asia conflict pushing up crude and commodity prices and US tariff hurting Indian exports India inc is doing well with the ratio of upgrdes to down grade at a…
Mamta’s father, Kiritbhai Chauhan, said the family had paid around Rs 70 lakh for each person to an agent to arrange their journey to the US NEW DELHI: Three Gujarat residents who allegedly left for the US through an illegal route have gone missing after reaching Ethiopia, with their families claiming they were kidnapped and…
Intending to stress that Congress should try to spread the opposition umbrella as BJP and RSS are on a weak footing, his argument was that if appeased, Kumar would not have defected to the BJP camp. NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh Tuesday told CWC that the political landscape would have been different if Nitish…
he BJP member also demanded speaker Abdul Rahim Rather’s resignation and claimed that Union home minister Amit Shah was unhappy about the resolution. SRINAGAR: A day after the Jammu & Kashmir assembly passed a resolution seeking restoration of statehood with a reference to autonomy, leader of opposition Sunil Sharma said the move would strain Centre-J&K…
In a significant move, two officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs have been apprehended on corruption charges linked to FCRA registrations. NEW DELHI: Two officials of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) were arrested on Tuesday following a tipoff by the ministry that they had reached out to an association, seeking illegal gratification in…
NEW DELHI: Calcutta high court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan to contest the Nandigram bypoll, bar and bench reported.Pradhan was sent to judicial custody until October 7 by a court in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on Wednesday, in connection with the case. The Additional chief judicial Magistrate of Contai…
The court set said the decision was taken “without affording any opportunity” to the company to present its views. NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday quashed an order issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) directing Austrian beverage maker Red Bull to stop using the “energy drink” descriptor on its…
Jaishankar speaks at the Asia Society at the conclusion of the UN High Level Week NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, speaking at the Asia Society at the conclusion of the UN High-Level Week in New York, highlighted the difficult state of the world, multiple conflicts and what he termed the “4F” crisis —…
