Convoy of tankers is seen crossing Strait of Hormuz, vessel tracking data shows NEW DELHI: As on Tuesday, 50 Indian-flagged and foreign-flagged ships, with cargo bound for India, have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the West Asia conflict on Feb 28.At present, only nine Indian vessels are in the Persian Gulf…
NEW DELHI: CBI filed its first chargesheet Tuesday in the Rs 4,097-crore Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) bank fraud case before a special CBI court in Mumbai against seven accused, including Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) and five former senior RCFL executives.Devang Pravin Mody, former director and CEO of RCFL; Ravindra Somayajula…
Union minister Bhupender Yadav NEW DELHI: The Centre has removed four officials from environment minister Bhupender Yadav‘s office. The officials are Yadav’s private secretary, assistant private secretary and two additional private secretaries.Yadav’s private secretary, Amar Singh, a 2010 batch IRS officer, was removed on “administrative grounds”. The appointments of assistant private secretary Siddharth Yadav and…
NEW DELHI: Meta Tuesday announced a fresh set of measures to combat child exploitation across its platforms, days after the Indian govt issued a notice over Instagram advertisements allegedly carrying child sexual abuse material, putting further pressure on the company to strengthen its safety systems.In a blog post, the company said it had already identified…
Doda: People walk through debris after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, at Thathri, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. (PTI Photo)(PTI07_07_2026_000524B) JAMMU: Torrential rainfall triggered flash floods and mudslides in Thathri town of J&K’s Doda district early Tuesday, extensively damaging residential structures and roads, including portions of the Doda-Kishtwar highway, the region’s arterial…
NEW DELHI: Chennai saw the highest percentage – 92.2% – domestic flights of IndiGo, Air India Group, Akasa, Alliance Air and SpiceJet operating on time this May, among the top 10 busiest busy Indian airpots followed by Kolkata (84.7%), Hyderabad (84.4%), Bengaluru (82.3%) and Kochi (81.5%%). The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Tuesday released…
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman. (Reuters representative image) NEW DELHI: A Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier carrying four Indian crew members came under a suspected drone attack near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to ANI sources. The vessel was on its way to Dahej in Gujarat.Officials…
School PGI climbs, but learning score stays frozen (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Chandigarh has become the first State/UT in the PGI 2.0 series to enter the top (Uttam) range, scoring 766 out of 1,000 in 2025-26. But a domain-wise reading of the union education ministry’s latest Performance Grading Index 2.0 report released Tuesday shows the recent…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invoked the popularity of Bollywood film ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ in Indonesia to describe the warmth between the two countries, saying India-Indonesia ties could go far beyond ‘kuch kuch’ and lead to ‘bahut kuch’.Addressing the Indian diaspora during…
NEW DELHI: Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday rejected claims circulating on social media about India’s E20 ethanol-blended petrol programme, calling them a ‘misinterpretation’. He said that there was no evidence that the fuel causes engine damage in compatible vehicles and that automobile manufacturers as well as vehicle service providers had reported no difficulties…