(AI image generated using ChatGPT) NEW DELHI: India is moving to revive a network of abandoned airstrips dating back to the Second World War across eastern and north-eastern states, a step driven by growing security concerns along the Bangladesh border and renewed strategic focus on the Siliguri corridor.Also read: To bolster ‘Chicken’s Neck’ security, abandoned…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday hailed the PRAGATI portal, technology-driven governance and inter-agency problem-solving, highlighting the state’s massive infrastructure push, with 330 projects worth Rs 10.48 lakh crore underway.Addressing a press conference in Lucknow on the progress of infrastructure projects being monitored through the PRAGATI portal, he highlighted the state’s transition from…
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high in Dec, led by narrowing deflation in some food prices and fading favourable base effect, but remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) tolerance level for the fourth month in a row.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed retail inflation,…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Monday wrote to CEC Gyanesh Kumar for the second time in 48 hours, alleging that EC was not issuing proper acknowledgments of documents submitted during SIR hearings and was instead marking them “not found” to disenfranchise genuine voters, reports Debashis Konar. She said, “The non-issuance of documentary acknowledgment deprives electors…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said suggestions have been invited from experts on the future use of the Old Parliament Building (Samvidhan Sadan) and a final decision will be taken at the general body meeting of Lok Sabha under his chairmanship. The govt has maintained that the building will be preserved…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission and sought a response on a plea challenging the validity of the Parliament enacted law giving life-long immunity from prosecution to Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.While hearing the plea, a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said,…
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday successfully launched EOS-N1, along with 14 co-passenger satellites and a capsule into a re-entry trajectory in a marathon mission that lasted 108minutes, marking the space agency’s first mission of 2026. The flight comes months after a rare setback, when PSLV-C61, launched on May 18, 2025, failed…
RAIPUR: The headmistress of a govt school in Chhattisgarh has been suspended while a contractual assistant teacher faces dismissal after a Class 4 English exam paper listed ‘Ram’ as a possible answer to a multiple-choice question about the name of a protagonist’s dog, reports Partha Behera. The paper-setter said the error occurred as a result…
PM at Somnath pride: Prime Minister Modi took part in the Shaurya Yatra at the Somnath Temple. After prayers at Somnath, PM Modi, in his address, said past invaders failed to erase India’s faith. He praised ancestors’ sacrifices and asserted the temple’s survival as proof of India’s enduring strength. US-Iran Tensions: Iran warned US bases,…
NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday reiterated his demand for conferring the Bharat Ratna on former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying he would formally write to the Government of India to press the demand.“He should indeed be given Bharat Ratna. What is the problem? I will also write…
