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Heavy trucks used for delivering construction materials for national highway (NH) widening works have been exempted from the regulations imposed on tipper lorries during daytime. The decision will apply to trucks carrying loads above 12,000 kg. The vehicles will have to display stickers obtained from the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) for easy identification. The registration…
NEW DELHI The Delhi police on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old woman “naxal” operative in north-west Delhi’s Pitampura. The woman, who hails from Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, was living in Delhi in disguise of a domestic helper with a false identity, the police said. According to Delhi Police, she was wanted in connection with multiple police…
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came under fire from political parties in Punjab and Delhi on Wednesday, a day after purported videos surfaced of party national convener Arvind Kejriwal arriving with a cavalcade for a 10-day ‘Vipassana’ session at the Dhamma Dhaja Vipassana Centre at…
RAIPUR: A mysterious illness has claimed 13 lives within a month in a remote village in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. The administration, however, says there have been five recent deaths, the cause of only two of which is yet to be ascertained.News of the deaths in Dhanikorta took time to reach the administration. A…
Raipur: The husbands of six newly-elected women panchayat members have taken oath instead of their wives in Paraswara panchayat of Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, triggering an investigation by the administration.Officials were alerted when videos of the all-male oath ceremony began popping up on social media. Janpad panchayat secretary Pranveer Singh Thakur has since been suspended.This comes…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday sought assistance of solicitor general Tushar Mehta in resolving the grievance of Indian Forest Service officers against their performance appraisal reports (PARs) being written by IAS officers as per the last June office order issued by Madhya Pradesh government.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran…
For a long time now, educators have been advocating to bridge the gap between industry and academia. To provide students with hands-on experience of professional set-ups or meet industry leaders, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) launched a unique initiative called ‘Shadow a leader’ earlier this month in this regard. This idea, conceived by…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on March 5, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP The White House confirmed Wednesday (March 5, 2025) that a U.S. envoy spoke directly with Hamas to secure American hostages, a break in policy for…
Children of H1-B visa holders who migrated to the United States as minors and are set to turn 21 are facing an existential dilemma. They can no longer be considered dependents of NRI parents (H-4 visa holders). US policy so far had given them two years to opt for a new visa status after ‘ageing…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: Karnataka government is set to reintroduce a proposal granting 4% quota for Muslim contractors in public civil works, nearly a year after dropping the idea amid controversy and allegations of appeasement politics.The move is seen as an effort by CM Siddaramaiah to consolidate support among Ahinda (a Kannada acronym for minorities,…