Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to ensure all possible assistance for the rescue of workers who are trapped in a tunnel after a section of it collapsed in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project. “At least eight workers, including four from Jharkhand, were trapped in the tunnel […]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Irrigation and Flood Control Department (I&FCD) of the Delhi government to submit an undertaking that the desilting works of 24 drains in the National Capital will be completed by May 31 to prevent flooding during the monsoon. The green body was hearing the issue of desilting of […]
The sub-committee constituted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) to look into allegations of malpractices in the examination for the posts of Assistant Executive Engineers (AEE) in the Department of Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation has pointed to lapses by the then Secretary of Commission Latha Kumari. It also suggested a slew of […]
The Madras High Court has denounced the practice of mentioning the names of particular dominant castes in a temple festival invitation and subsuming the Scheduled Castes under the generic term of ‘oorar’ (local residents) on the pretext that the latter do not make monetary contributions for the celebration. A Division Bench of Justices M.S. Ramesh […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that the Biden administration allocated $18 million in funding to India to help with its elections, arguing that the country doesn’t need this money. Also read | USAID row: Information from U.S. ‘concerning’, government looking into it, says Jaishankar His remarks during a speech at the Conservative Political Action […]
In a fresh incident, 32 fishermen from Rameswaram, Thangachimadam and nearby areas in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching along the Palk Straits in the wee hours of Sunday (February 23, 2025). Five trawlers were also seized. Fisheries department officials said that they had issued […]
Rescuers have inched closer to the eight persons trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project tunnel following its roof collapse 24 hours ago, with operations underway to extricate them, officials said on Sunday (February 23, 2025). However, there is no breakthrough even in contacting or communicating with the trapped persons till Sunday morning. […]
The U.S. health regulator has pulled up Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals for significant manufacturing lapses at its Rajasthan-based active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) plant. In a warning letter issued to the company’s Managing Director Manish Gupta, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) noted that the correspondence summarizes significant deviations from Current Good Manufacturing Practice for APIs. The […]
Women investigative officers and special courts for women for POCSO cases and cybercrime courts are the need of the hour, said Sowmiya Anbumani, representing Pasumai Thayagam — a non-govenment organisation — here on Saturday. Ms. Sowmiya chaired a session at the 6th international and the 45th All India criminology conference held at the University of […]
Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday (February 23, 2025) embarked on a five-day visit to France with an aim to explore ways to further boost bilateral military cooperation. The visit aims at further strengthening mutual understanding, exchanging views on aspects of common interest and strengthening bilateral defence cooperation between the two nations, the Army […]
