NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari’s recent announcement that he has asked authorities not to issue challans to cars travelling up to 20% above the prescribed speed limit on expressways — effectively allowing speeds of up to 140 kmph — cannot be implemented under the existing legal framework and may be detrimental to road…
SC slammed the corporate affairs ministry for “completely hijacking” NCLT and NCLAT, citing infrastructure failures, large vacancies and contractual hiring that undermine the tribunals’ autonomy. New Delhi: In an outburst sure to embarrass the govt, Supreme Court Thursday slammed the ministry of corporate affairs for “completely hijacking” the two most important quasi-judicial financial adjudicatory bodies…
File photo: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: A day after PM Narendra Modi’s sarcastic remark questioning the seats won by Congress in MLC polls, the party shot back that the PM should introspect why BJP lost in his constituency Varanasi, RSS headquarters of Nagpur, and other places.Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said the MLC polls…
File photo: Union minitister Kiren Rijiju NEW DELHI: BJP is banking on twin planks of combativeness and persuasion directed at the opposition and the masses, respectively, as it looks to step up its nationwide mobilisation of people in the coming days, with top organisational functionaries and Union ministers Thursday giving shape to the party’s strategy…
File photo: HSNC University Logo MUMBAI: For the atomic capital of India, Mumbai, it was a significant nuclear leap on Thursday.During the inauguration of the Indian Nuclear Society conference at HSNC University in Worli, Mumbai’s first School of Nuclear Science and Technology of the six-year-old university went “critical.’’In layman’s parlance, going “critical’’ means it has…
File photo: Jammu and Kashmir high court SRINAGAR: In a setback to J&K govt, the high court (HC) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Thursday struck down the 2010 Water Resources Act, ruling that water usage charges levied on hydropower projects amounted to a tax on electricity generation, a subject beyond the erstwhile state legislature’s…
File photo: Election Commision of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Haryana, Telangana, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi, extending the deadline for final publication of voter lists.According to separate letters issued by the commission on October 29, the…
The university has also decided to hold students’ union elections within six weeks of the commencement of the next academic session NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has set May 15, 2027, as the deadline for approving and implementing its students’ union constitution and decided to revoke disciplinary action against protesting students. The university has also…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar shrugged off the legislative council election results after the Samajwadi Party defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Varanasi Graduates’ constituency, saying the election reflected the mandate of educated voters rather than the general electorate.Speaking to reporters, Rajbhar said the MLC elections had no connection with the…
As Delhi-NCR braces for Diwali celebrations, concerns over firecracker emissions and worsening air pollution put the spotlight on the festival’s environmental cost. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was not inclined to impose a complete ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, but warned authorities against pushing it to take a “very harsh stand”…
