Red tape may be often associated with officialdom but for J&K’s paperless bureaucracy, green is the go-to colour this year-end as it has achieved the equivalent of “planting over 4.5 lakh trees or taking over 2,200 cars off the roads permanently”, according to a study.Released on Monday, the study by Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, secretary in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court’s decision on Monday — its last working day of 2025 — to stay its own 40-day-old order on the Aravali controversy was only the latest in a series of flip flops witnessed in the year, during which orders were set aside within months after they were passed — a fact noticed…
NEW DELHI: Union minister of minority affairs Kiren Rijiju, responding to the death of Tripura student Anjel Chakma, demanded a Delhi-like special unit of police for the Northeast. Calling out the racial attack, Rijiju stated that this should not be a region-specific concern, but is detrimental to the nation.Speaking to PTI, Rijiju appeared visibly bothered…
Environment minister Bhupender Yadav (PTI photo/ File) NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s direction to stay its order on the “new definition” of the Aravalli range that was widely criticised across the spectrum.The minister said the government was “committed to extending all assistance sought from MOEFCC (Ministry of…
Bhupendra Yadav and Jairam Ramesh (ANI images) NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s directive regarding the redefinition of the Aravalli Hills and demanded the resignation of union environment minister Bhupendra Yadav.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in a post on X wrote, “In light of this decision, the Union Minister for…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi high court order granting bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the Unnao rape case.A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justice J K Maheshwari and Justice A G Masih, while challenging the suspension of Sengar’s sentence, asked the former MLA to…
HYDERABAD: By torchlight in deep forest camps, a shadow surgeon once cut close to a beating Maoist heart, fingers steady as a bullet lay lodged centimetres away. For years, the man they called Dr Rafiq worked unseen. Little about him surfaced beyond intelligence files.Now, through surrendered Maoists and security officials, a detailed portrait is emerging…
NEW DELHI: Swearing has long been viewed as something to be avoided in polite society. Yet across cultures, people instinctively use swear words when they are in pain, under pressure or pushing themselves physically.A study in the journal ‘American Psychologist’ has found swearing can help people perform better in physically demanding tasks by helping the…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: PM Modi has asked chief secretaries to ensure Maoism does not relapse in areas freed from the extremist entities, by accelerating saturation of infrastructure works and welfare schemes, report Dipak Dash and Manash Gohain. At a meeting of chief secretaries in Delhi on Saturday and Sunday…
Lean, feral dogs move with predatory intensity across a snow-dusted desert, Ladakh’s stark peaks looming behind. SRINAGAR: It’s bloody murder on the roof of the world.A new predator has quietly grown to dangerous numbers. Feral dogs roam the cold desert of Ladakh, preying, often in packs, on endangered wildlife and attacking people. Conservationists warn that…