NEW DELHI: India has issued fresh flood risk alerts to Pakistan, warning of a “high probability” of flooding in the Tawi river after heavy and continuous rainfall in the north forced the release of excess water from major dams, sources told PTI on Wednesday.Officials said the alerts, sent through the ministry of external affairs, were…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann (Image: PTI) CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced that modern sports grounds will be developed in villages across the state to wean youth away from drugs and channelise their energy in a positive direction.“We have decided to develop these grounds. The work on 3,083 grounds is going…
Indore: Nineteen SUVs, a part of Madhya Pradesh chief minister‘s cavalcade sourced to ferry VIPs from an airstrip to an industrial conclave venue in Ratlam on Friday came to a screeching halt on Thursday night after refilling ‘adulterated fuel’ from a petrol pump in Dosigaon. The Ratlam district administration on learning about the incident immediately…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday realised that its well-meaning rulings could cause huge complications in criminal law processes as it found that Karnataka high court had released a murder accused two years after his arrest as police had not informed him in writing the grounds of arrest as mandated by SC in Oct 2023.Appearing…
Thousands of international students face deportation as US tightens visa revocation rules. (AP Photo) The US government has expanded the reasons under which international students can lose their legal status in the country, raising concerns about the potential for rapid deportations. The policy change, which has already affected thousands of students, follows a crackdown on…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday vowed to reclaim the lost ground in Maharashtra’s Konkan region and declared that there is “only one Shiv Sena,” and he leads that.Speaking at Matoshri in Mumbai, Uddhav said that he would tour the entire Konkan region to rejuvenate cadres and strengthen the organisation after…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that investigating agencies are duty-bound to inform grounds of arrest to the accused while taking them into custody and failure to comply with it would render the arrest illegal. It said the requirement to inform the grounds of arrest is not a “formality but a mandatory constitutional requirement”.A bench…
American Airlines on Tuesday grounded all its flights in the US due to an unspecified technical issue, according to the company and a notice on the Federal Aviation Administration website. Shares of the carrier were down 3.8% before the bell. “An estimated timeframe has not been provided, but they’re trying to fix it in the…