This Diwali, buy products made locally: PM
Asks people to post selfie with product or maker on NaMo App
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people, this Diwali, to buy products which have been made locally and then post a selfie with the product or its maker on the NaMo App. In a post on X, Modi said, “This Diwali, let us celebrate India’s entrepreneurial and creative spirit with #VocalForLocal threads […]
Parliament’s winter session likely to commence in second week of Dec: Sources
New Delhi: The Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the second week of December and could conclude ahead of Christmas, sources said on Wednesday. The session, they said, could commence days after the counting of votes in five states on December 3. Three key bills which seek to replace the IPC, CrPC […]
Covid lockdown air tickets: Process refunds by next week: Govt tells online travel portals
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday directed online travel portals to process pending refunds related to air ticket bookings during the coronavirus lockdown period by the third week of November. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a nationwide lockdown for varying periods starting from March 25, 2020, and scheduled commercial flight services […]
DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Air India for non-compliance with norms pertaining to facilities that are required to be provided to passengers. Last year, the regulator imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Air India for not complying with the provisions of Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) on […]
Parliament panel adopts reports on criminal laws
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee on home affairs on Monday adopted three reports on bills to replace the existing criminal laws with some opposition members submitting dissent notes, sources said. The Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs, chaired by BJP member Brij Lal, met on Monday, nearly 10 days after members had sought additional time to […]
Odd-even system in Delhi next week
Physical classes in schools paused as air quality stays 'severe'
New Delhi: Schools in Delhi have been directed to suspend physical classes, except for classes 10 and 12, until November 10 while the odd-even car rationing system will be enforced from November 13 to 20 to combat air pollution in the city which was seven to eight times above the safe level on Monday. A […]
Israeli warplanes hit a refugee camp in Gaza Strip, killing dozens
Jerusalem: Here’s what is happening in the latest Israel-Hamas war: SOME PALESTINIANS HEED ISRAEL’S ORDERS AND HEAD SOUTH ON FOOT Bureij (Gaza Strip): Some Palestinians appear to have heeded Israeli orders to head to the southern part of the Gaza Strip during a four-hour window Sunday as intense bombardment rages on in the northern part […]
Blinken meets Abbas in West Bank in latest stop on his diplomat push on Israel-Hamas war
Ramallah (West Bank): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration’s latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory. […]
Israeli minister says nuking Gaza ‘an option’, suspended by Netanyahu
Jerusalem: An Israeli minister from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party on Sunday said that dropping an atomic bomb on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was “an option”, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend him from government meetings indefinitely. In a radio interview, Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said that “there are no non-combatants […]
BJP never opposed idea of caste census: Amit Shah
Says appropriate decision on it to be taken after consulting everyone
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP never opposed the idea of caste census, but it would take appropriate decision on it after consulting everyone, a statement that comes amid a strong demand by the Congress and some other parties to carry out the exercise at the national level. He was […]
