DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC has put the upcoming panchayat polls on hold, pointing out that the gazette notification on reservation rules had not been issued by govt. A division bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Alok Mahra sought a detailed explanation from the authorities in this regard.The court pointed out that the state EC…
Even for the top 5% of urban families by income in Maharashtra, buying a house in Mumbai would take more than 100 years of saving to fund. In Haryana and Odisha, it would take over 50 years of saving by the richest 5% to buy a house in their biggest cities. Chandigarh, by contrast, is…
NEW DELHI: After nearly a month of surge, Covid-19 cases and deaths due to the virus are on the decline. The number of active cases, which had crossed 7,000 on June 11, has declined to 4,425, govt data shows. One fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours.“Covid-19 is now endemic. It is not a…
LUCKNOW: A Delhi-based company contracted to operate a toll plaza on NH-19 in UP is under investigation for allegedly sealing a 15-year lease by fraudulently paying Rs 100 as stamp duty instead of the stipulated Rs 63 crore.The lease, signed on March 18, 2023, entitles the firm to collect toll for a 72.64-km stretch of…
SRINAGAR: J&K National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah announced on Monday the formation of a new human rights body, calling it a temporary alternative to the defunct State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).“Until statehood is restored and a formal SHRC is reestablished, this body will operate in its place,” Dr Abdullah told TOI.The newly formed body…
SRINAGAR: The Union government’s approval on Monday of 19 major road and tunnel projects worth Rs 10,637 crore, including a key tunnel on the historical Mughal Road linking Shopian, in the Kashmir Valley, with Poonch in Jammu, has caused widespread excitement across Kashmir.The proposed Peer Ki Gali tunnel, which will turn the 84-km Mughal Road…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday attached the property of a terror-accused in Udhampur district. The accused, Mohd Shafiq, is currently in judicial custody in a case registered under several sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, at Basantgarh PS last year.The attachment of the land owned by Shafiq took place under Section 25…
JAMMU: A local court in Jammu on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a five-day remand of two men arrested for harbouring the Pakistani terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre on April 22.NIA had arrested the duo — Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam, and Bashir Ahmad Jothar from Hill Park, Pahalgam — on Sunday…
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning on Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated.Speaking during the budget session of the National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman said, “India…
NEW DELHI: The closure of UAE and Qatar airspace late Monday night as missiles were fired from Iran towards US bases in Qatar and Iraq threw commercial air traffic completely out of gear. Hundreds of lights to and from the region — that houses mega hubs like Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi along with multiple…