Over 20 flights were cancelled across Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Monday as severe cyclonic storm Murasu intensified over the Bay of Bengal, forcing local administrations to launch large-scale evacuation drives and declare holidays for educational institutions.At least 11 flights were grounded at Chennai Airport, while 10 were cancelled at Vijayawada International Airport…
Jaipur: Eight labourers were killed, and several others sustained burn injuries after being electrocuted while working on a road construction project in Chapoli village of Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district on Monday, police said. According to police, the incident occurred when a machine being used to mix gravel during road construction came into contact with an overhead…
New Delhi: Protests in Delhi could put business transactions worth over Rs 400 crore at risk every day, with the potential exposure reaching Rs 4,000 crore over ten days if disruptions persist, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary General and Chandni Chowk MP Praveen Khandelwal said on Sunday. Expressing concern over the economic impact…
New Delhi: Traders and shopkeepers in Delhi on Friday expressed concern over the impact of ongoing protests on businesses, claiming that markets are witnessing a sharp decline in customer footfall and sales during the crucial festive season.They said the presence of security personnel, road restrictions and concerns among customers about visiting markets have added to…
Raipur/Bijapur: In a significant success for anti-Naxal operations, six Maoist cadres, including four active in Odisha and two who had fled the West Bastar Division organisation, surrendered before the Bijapur Police in Chhattisgarh.The group comprised four Party Political Cadre Members (PPCM) and two Party Members (PM). A combined reward of Rs 35 lakh had been…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the valedictory session of the two-day National Departmental Summit on Women and Child Development at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, urging a transformative shift toward community-driven governance.Emphasising that Anganwadi Centres should not function as isolated institutions, PM Modi called for making them vibrant hubs of local community participation.He suggested that universities adopt…
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday announced a package of measures to support the Indian rupee, including a special window to supply dollars to state‑run oil marketing companies (OMCs). The special window will open on October 12, 2026 and will remain in place till further notice.On the basis of assessment of…
Delhi Police have registered a fresh First Information Report (FIR) against senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, citing allegations of assaulting police personnel and obstructing government work during a high-intensity INDIA bloc demonstration.This development comes right on the heels of a separate case filed earlier over a forceful entry into Akashvani Bhawan,…
Moscow: A Liberia-flagged vessel carrying oil, with a crew of 23 Indian nationals, came under attack by drone boats off Russia’s Black Sea coast, Russian authorities said.“The crew has been saved and evacuated to shore,” a spokesman for the Russian transport ministry told state-run TASS news agency.The Aframax Rio tanker came under attack on Tuesday…
New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday targeted Congress over its allegations of “vote chori”, saying that senior advocate and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal had himself explained in Parliament how names are deleted from electoral rolls. Rijiju made the remarks in a post on X and shared a video of Sibal…
