NEW DELHI: Pursuant to the Jan 19 SC direction, Election Commission on Wednesday instructed the Bengal CEO to ensure that names of electors listed under “logical discrepancies” and “unmapped” categories under the SIR exercise are displayed by Jan 24 at gram panchayat bhawans, public places in talukas, block office of talukas as well as in…
NEW DELHI: Five or more traffic offences in a year and you could be barred from driving for 3 months. This provision – disqualification or revocation of driving licence (DL) – has been added by the road transport ministry through a fresh amendment to the Motor Vehicles Rules to rein in habitual errant drivers, reports…
SRINAGAR: A census to count the elusive Kashmir Markhor, the world’s largest wild mountain goat, will begin in early Feb as J&K’s wildlife department seeks more data on the population of the species that is categorised as ‘near threatened’.“The census will start from Kazinag National Park,” said Dr Tanushree Srivastava, senior manager and head of…
JAMMU: Operation Trashi-I entered its fourth day on Wednesday, as security forces continued to comb the dense forests of Sonnar, Mandral-Singhpora, and adjoining areas in Chatroo belt in J&K’s Kishtwar district to track and kill fleeing terrorists. Searches were intensified in the target area, even as additional forces were rushed to the operation site to…
NEW DELHI: Taking exception to the West Bengal govt’s decision to unilaterally exonerate Baruipur Purba assembly constituency (AC) assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) Tathagata Mondal and impose only a minor penalty against Moyna AC AERO Sudipta Das — despite clear instructions by the Election Commission dated August 5, 2025 to suspend and initiate disciplinary proceedings…
NEW DELHI: Govt think tank, Niti Aayog, on Wednesday released roadmaps for decarbonisation of aluminium, cement and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) sectors, aimed at guiding the country towards a net-zero emission future through sustainable processes.The move comes in the backdrop of the country’s climate action commitments under the Paris Agreement and the govt’s…
Uttarakhand said on Wednesday it had made services under its Uniform Civil Code (UCC) available in all 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, in addition to English, with applicants also able to use AI-based assistance to understand the process and complete their registration.“The services under Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code (UCC) are…
NEW DELHI: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk wants to have a thermometer to conduct some “experiments” to make his prison barracks “better,” his wife and HIAL (Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh) co-founder Gitanjali Angmo said on Wednesday. “I met Sonam Wangchuk yesterday and finally gave him the book on ants, a gift from his eldest…
NEW DELHI: AIMIM corporator Sahar Shaikh, who had courted controversy with her statement “Mumbra must be completely painted green”, has clarified her remarks and accused rivals of indulging in communal politics. “In the next municipal elections, all winning candidates from Mumbra would be from the AIMIM. Mumbra must be completely painted green,” the 22-year-old corporator…
An Indian Air Force aircraft from Air Force Station Bamrauli crash-landed in the Rambagh area of Prayagraj, UP around 12.30 pm on Wednesday. Video footage of the incident shows the aircraft descending under an emergency parachute before safely force-landing in an uninhabited area, averting any major accident. The parachute deployment significantly reduced the landing impact,…
