[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Terming Congress the “proud flagbearer” of the national song, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge Friday said ‘Vande Mataram’, which was first publicly sung by Rabindranath Tagore at Congress session in 1896, awakened the collective soul of the nation and became the rallying cry for the freedom struggle. He alleged RSS never accepted the…
[ad_1] Thiruvananthapuram: Government Railway Police has launched a drive to screen drunk passengers at railway stations and on trains in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kozhikode zones, days after a drunk man allegedly pushed a teen girl off a moving train near Varkala town in Kerala. The authorities hope the exercise may act as a deterrent…
[ad_1] NOIDA: Every winter, as toxic smog shrouds Delhi-NCR, air pollution dominates headlines and dinner-table conversations. Masks return, air purifiers hum and social media fills with outrage. But in Sector 7x, a cluster of 43 high-rise societies home to over one lakh residents, another crisis unfolds quietly, every day of the year. One that doesn’t…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As smog thickens in Delhi and people complain of burning eyes, scratchy throats and breathing problems, are the official air quality monitors accurately reflecting the capital’s air quality? A ground check by TOI at several stations found glaring inconsistencies and questionable practices that may be influencing readings. At Anand Vihar – a…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: PM Modi alleged Friday that in 1937 “significant verses” of ‘Vande Mataram’ were dropped, “sowing the seeds of the country’s Partition”, in what was seen as an attack on Congress in the midst of the Bihar elections and months before Bengal goes to the polls. Launching year-long celebrations to mark 150 years…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday gave a third-year law student the lesson of his life – to draw a bold line to separate public from publicity-which he is unlikely to forget in his legal innings ahead.Even before Harry Joseph could argue his PIL, a bench led by CJI-designate Surya Kant asked when…
[ad_1] National Board for Wildlife – a panel that takes decisions on projects in areas near wildlife protected zones – has given its approval to 13 defence and paramilitary projects, most in Ladakh and one in Arunachal Pradesh. Clearances have been given on conditions of following environmental safeguards and mitigation plans to protect Himalayan ecosystems….
[ad_1] JUMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court will hear the habeas corpus petition of detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik on November 20.Malik, who is AAP’s Jammu & Kashmir unit president, was detained on Sept 8 under the stringent Public Safety Act for allegedly disturbing public order. Ever since, he…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Observing that sale or purchase of immovable property is a distressing and traumatic task fraught with risk of fraud as it is still regulated by colonial laws, Supreme Court on Friday said the time has come to reform the procedure to make it simpler, transparent and fraud free by use of technology…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old man sustained over 70 per cent burn injuries after he was allegedly tied to an electric pole and set on fire by three minors in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Friday, police said. The three juveniles named by the victim have been detained for questioning, officials added. According to police,…