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Karnal: Wreckage being towed after a Haryana Roadways bus overturned on the National Highway, in Karnal, Haryana. (PTI Photo) Haryana transport minister Anil Vij on Saturday announced that a detailed inquiry has been ordered into the recent state roadways bus accident in Karnal, reiterating that clear advisories are already in place restricting vehicle speed during…

NEW DELH: Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that proposed amendments to the Electricity Act will not lead to a tariff hike, and eligible beneficiaries will continue to receive subsidies from their respective state govts.Chairing a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee earlier this week, the minister stated that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill,…

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Saturday officially renamed its flagship 100-day employment scheme, ‘Karmashree’, to ‘Mahatmashree’ in honour of Mahatma Gandhi.The notification follows West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s announcement two days earlier, amid the row over the central government renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday issued a letter expressing its “strongest condemnation” of the recent incident in Bihar in which CM Nitish Kumar pulled down the hijab of a woman doctor during a public ceremony.The incident, which occurred on December 15 at the chief minister’s secretariat in Patna during the…

NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old woman was stabbed several times by her lover in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area after an argument over her forced abortion. Police arrested the accused, who has been sent to judicial custody, officials said Saturday.The attack took place on Tuesday at a Neha’s rented house in the Om Vihar locality. Police said…

S Jaishankar (file photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday said he merely carries out the “vision” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likening his role to that of Lord Hanuman carrying out Lord Ram’s mission.At an event in Maharashtra’s Pune, Jaishankar, a former diplomat, was asked if only “one Jaishankar” is enough…

Gaurav Bhatia (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had joined hands with “anti-India forces” during his visit to Germany.Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asserted that the Congress MP was part of a larger conspiracy against the country. The BJP also linked Gandhi to US billionaire…

NEW DELHI: The external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the global economic and political hierarchy has undergone a “very significant change,” suggesting that India has gained a key advantage in human resources at a time when several developed nations are grappling with stagnation and demographic challenges. Addressing the convocation of an institute in…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday ordered the release of alleged ‘middleman’ Christian Michel James from custody in the money laundering case linked to Augusta Westland chopper case.The Rouse Avenue court was deciding on Michel’s plea seeking release on the grounds that he had completed the maximum statutory sentence of seven years prescribed in…

The world is a small place. Technology, especially social media, has made it even smaller. Today, from one corner of the globe, one can connect instantly with a stranger thousands of miles away. Yet, this unprecedented connectivity has its own pitfalls. These concerns prompted Australia to introduce a landmark reform prohibiting users aged below 16…