New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI): Delhi continued to reel under unusually warm conditions, with the maximum temperature crossing 35°C for the third consecutive day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the city’s base weather station at Safdarjung Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 35.3°C on Monday, nearly 7°C above the normal for this time of…
New Delhi, March 9 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, today said that it has attached six immovable properties worth Rs 5.64 crore in an investigation related to a disproportionate assets case against Indreswar Kalita, IAS, the then Secretary to the Government of Assam, Excise Department. The ED initiated the investigation on the…
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Monday welcomed the decision of the Delhi High Court to admit for hearing the petition challenging the discharge of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others by a lower court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday accused the union government of rushing through the repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Parliament last year and initiating consultations with states only afterwards, calling it an example of what he described as the government’s “First Announce,…
New Delhi, March (UNI) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a special 10-day intensive drive across the national capital to remove garbage and construction and demolition (C&D) waste from railway tracks, roads, lanes, and other vulnerable public spaces in a bid to improve sanitation and curb dust pollution. According to civic officials, the…
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) With oil markets surging past the psychological USD 100 mark Monday, on news that Iran has chosen Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father as the West Asian nation’s Supreme Leader, a sure sign that the war between Teheran and Washington will last longer than bargained for,…
By Parmod Kumar New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday two petitions challenging the exclusion of names from the final electoral rolls published on February 28, despite the petitioners stating that their names figured in the electoral rolls prior to the SIR and that they had submitted all the required…
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has signed a contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to advance research in space medicine, according to an official document released on Monday. The agreement was signed between M Srinivas, Director of AIIMS, and Dinesh Kumar Singh, Director…
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) An IndiGo flight bound for the United Kingdom’s Manchester from New Delhi was forced to turn back mid-air on Monday after flying for nearly seven hours. The disruption was caused by last-minute airspace restrictions linked to escalating tensions in West Asia following US and Israeli strikes on Iran about 10…
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting with senior members of the government and security establishment to assess the rapidly evolving conflict in West Asia and its possible implications for India’s strategic and economic interests. The review meeting, held in New Delhi, was attended by Home Minister…
