Setting aside key green provisions in view of national interest, an environment ministry panel has given “in-principle” approval to divert more than 847 hectares of reserved forest and ‘jungle-jhari’ land for construction of the 1,856MW Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project in Ramban district of Jammu & Kashmir. Final approval will be subject to grant of environment clearance…
NEW DELHI: Boosting his chances of securing premature release, Delhi high court Tuesday noted “demonstrable indicators of reformation” in Santosh Kumar Singh, convicted in the 1996 rape and murder case of DU law student Priyadarshini Mattoo.Deciding a batch of petitions by murder convicts, including Singh, challenging the rejection of their plea for remission, HC asked…
NEW DELHI: More than 30 years after it mandated a 200-point-roster system for earmarking posts for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates in direct recruitments, the Supreme Court has now identified staff posts reserved for SC and ST candidates but provided no quota for OBC candidates.The judgment in R K Sabharwal case was delivered by…
KOLKATA: Ex-Trinamool Chhatra Parishad office-bearer Monojit Mishra and his two alleged accomplices in the campus gang-rape of a 24-year-old law student used an inhaler to revive the woman when she appeared to lose consciousness so that they could continue the assault, police said during a court hearing Tuesday to illustrate what the prosecution termed their…
NEW DELHI: In a double booster shot for country’s blue-water combat capabilities Tuesday, the last Indian warship to be constructed abroad was commissioned as INS Tamal in Russia, while an indigenous stealth frigate was delivered to the Navy by Mazagon Dock (MDSL). Both the 3,900-tonne frigate INS Tamal and the 6,670-tonne frigate built by MDSL,…
Bihar’s Nitish Kumar-led NDA cabinet approved Tuesday Rs 882.87 crore to develop Maa Janaki Mandir at Punauradham (Sitamarhi), considered Goddess Sita’s birthplace, as a major tourist site on the lines of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple complex. Under the plan, which is being given final shape ahead of assembly polls later this year, Maa Janaki Mandir will…
NEW DELHI: Over 50% of India’s graduates are employed in roles meant for lower skill levels, underscoring a deep mismatch between education and job opportunities. And what’s of even greater concern, despite greater access to higher education, a staggering 88% of India’s workforce remains engaged in low-competency occupations, a report by Institute for Competitiveness, India’s…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme with a financial commitment of Rs 1 lakh crore. Designed to strengthen India’s private research and innovation ecosystem, the scheme will provide long-term, low-cost financing to catalyse investment in emerging and strategic sectors.Briefing the media, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw described…
Ten years ago, we embarked on a bold journey into uncharted territory with great conviction. While decades were spent doubting the ability of Indians to use technology, we changed this approach and trusted the ability of Indians to use technology.While decades were spent thinking that use of technology will deepen the gap between the haves…
NEW DELHI: The special intensive revision of electoral roll in Bihar, and eventually rest of India, will not only exclude people added as electors after 2003-04 on grounds of non-submission of documents to prove Indian citizenship, but also migrants who avoid being registered as electors in the constituency where they are ordinarily residents, only to…
