NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has made frequent inspection of highway stretches mandatory for engineers and officers to ensure there is no encroachment of these corridors. Moreover, videography using drones has also been made compulsory for collecting regular updates.Encroachers will have to pay for the expenditure incurred in removal of unauthorised occupations as well…
The Air India crash on June 12 in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 people, has left many air travellers shaken. As investigations continue into whether the accident was caused by pilot error or a mechanical failure in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the psychological impact is already visible.According to mental health experts, fear of flying has risen…
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was allowed to deliver the Friday sermon at Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid after two weeks, and he used the occasion to ask the J&K administration to desist from preventing people from exercising their fundamental rights with regard to religious practices.In a statement issued after the prayers, Mirwaiz, who…
congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the BJP after they criticised Raebareli MP Rahul Gandhi’s overseas travel, and said that he is in London, attending his niece’s graduation ceremony and will return soon.BJP’s IT chief Amit Malviya criticised Gandhi on X, questioning his “frequent disappearances” and undisclosed foreign…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for reportedly traveling to Vietnam, his second visit to the country this year.During a press conference, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad casted doubts about the frequency of Rahul’s visits to Vietnam and said that the leader of the opposition in the…
NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his foreign tour, Congress on Saturday said the “frequent flyer PM” is off to Kuwait while avoiding Manipur, which is marred by ethnic violence for over a year. PM Modi set out on a two-day visit to Kuwait today to boost ties in a…