Paris, May 28 (UNI) Iga Swiatek silenced any doubts about her form and focus with a commanding 6-1, 6-2 demolition of Britain’s Emma Raducanu on Wednesday, extending her unbeaten streak at the French Open to 23 matches and making a resounding statement after a turbulent year on and off the court. The World No.5, playing…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted two months’ protection to a Madhya Pradesh’s journalist who alleged assault by the Superintendent of Police of Bhind. Delhi High Court’s Justice Ravinder Dudeja after hearing the petition filed on behalf of Amarkant Singh Chouhan, a resident of Madhya Pradesh and Bhind Bureau…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) The Congress on Wednesday expressed concern over rampant “illegal coal mining” and the growing drug menace in the North-Eastern states, and accused both the central and the respective state governments of turning a blind eye to these two issues. The party demanded a CBI probe into the illegal coal mining…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) To enhance traffic flow and decongest the Delhi-Gurugram section of NH 48, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will begin trial run of the tunnel and underpasses on the Delhi section of Dwarka Expressway from Thursday. The trial run will take place from 12 noon to 3 pm every…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials for illegally felling trees in the ecologically sensitive Delhi Ridge area without obtaining the Court’s permission. The contempt proceedings relate to a road-widening project undertaken to facilitate access to the CAPFIMS Paramilitary Hospital. A bench, comprising…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the construction of 4-Lane Badvel-Nellore Corridor with a length of 108.134 km at a cost of Rs 3653.10 crore in Andhra Pradesh on NH(67) on Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (DBFOT) mode. The approved Badvel-Nellore corridor will provide connectivity…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) To enhance line capacity, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved two multi-tracking projects across Indian Railways in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 3,399 crore. These projects include the Ratlam-Nagda 3rd and 4th line and Wardha-Balharshah 4th…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) In a powerful statement underscoring India’s measured response to terrorism, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, while strongly defending ‘Operation Sindoor’ emphasised that the mission was a “necessary and precisely targeted and “not a call for war”. The All-Party Delegation led by Shashi Tharoor reached Panama to convey India’s strong message of…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 14 Kharif crops for Marketing Season 2025-26. The government has increased the MSP of Kharif crops for Marketing Season 2025-26, to ensure remunerative prices to…
New Delhi, May 28 (UNI) The Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved continuation of Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) for FY 2025-26 with existing 1.5 percent Interest Subvention (IS). Addressing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “The cost of working capital of the farmers has been…
