Spread the love Kulgam: Security personnel keep a vigil during an inspection of vehicles to maintain public safety following the recent terror attack in Anantnag, at Qaimoh, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A suspect was arrested Monday in J&K’s Pulwama with a hand grenade, three “anti-national” posters and a mobile phone during a security overdrive spurred by last week’s...
India crosses 20k organ transplants/yr for 1st time
Spread the love NEW DELHI: India performed a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, crossing the 20,000-mark for the first time and registered a 6.5% increase over the previous year, according to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) annual report. The figure marks a fourfold rise from 4,990 transplants in 2013.Delhi-NCR recorded the highest number of transplants in 2025...
Withdraw cases, allow youngsters to continue studies: SC to states
Spread the love The Supreme Court permitted governments to withdraw cases against student protesters. NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the dropping of cases against student protesters, Supreme Court on Monday permitted Delhi and state govts to withdraw or close FIRs lodged during NEET paper leak protests in different parts of India and said these youngsters must be allowed to...
Census phase 2 to begin Aug 17, will capture caste, parents’ birth details
Spread the love The Census is also likely to collect passport numbers (where available) and Aadhaar numbers voluntarily. NEW DELHI: The population enumeration phase of Census 2027, which will capture caste for the first time since 1931, and most likely also record the date and birthplace of parents, will start in Ladakh and the snow-bound areas, J&K, Himachal Pradesh and...
Opposition toughens stand, washout of session likely
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Raising the possibility of Parliament’s monsoon session being a washout, opposition Monday told govt that a discussion on the Ram temple donation issue and Union minister Amit Shah’s statement on police’s alleged crackdown on students are a must for the legislature to function normally. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called the absence of PM Narendra Modi...
ARAI’s study on E20 fuel impact may be made public
Spread the love In June 2021, petroleum ministry had directed ARAI and IOCL, in association with SIAM, to carry out the study. NEW DELHI: Amid growing demand to make the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) study report on E20 fuel’s impact on E10-compatible vehicles public, govt agencies are looking at the possibility to release it to help remove misconceptions...
After success of students protest, Kisan Morcha plans to hit streets
Spread the love Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced Monday that it would restart protests at 100 locations across India, including Delhi, from Nov 26. NEW DELHI: Emboldened by the success of student protests at Jantar Mantar, Samyukt Kisan Morcha – the umbrella organisation of farmer groups involved in the anti-farm laws agitation five years ago – announced Monday that it would...
‘Flavouring neutral alcohol isn’t right in spirit’
Spread the love FSSAI has prohibited adding rum or whisky flavour to spirits. NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has said alcoholic beverage manufacturers cannot add “rum flavour” to rum or “whisky flavour” to whisky and market them as standard products, saying the practice misrepresents the true nature of the beverage and misleads consumers.The regulator...
SC expands ambit of Sec 498A to cover cruelty in live-ins too
Spread the love SC said that cruelty does not distinguish between married and unmarried women NEW DELHI: Saying that “live-in relationships” are a reality particularly in urban areas and the law must adapt itself to serve those who choose this form of relationship and protect them from harassing partners, the Supreme Court Monday brought them under the ambit of Section...
Stalker uses husband’s name to lure teacher, stabs her 20 times in Faridabad
Spread the love Footage shows accused lunge at Sandhya the moment she reaches the classroom entrance, and pull her to the corridor GURGAON: A stalker who allegedly pursued a 26-year-old teacher for nearly two years walked into a private school in Faridabad on Monday morning, tricked her into coming to the main gate by using her husband’s name, and then...
