NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Sunday that an inquiry has begun into alleged irregularities in the sale of government-owned land in Pune to a company linked to his son, Parth Pawar. He added that “the truth will soon come out before the public.”Speaking to reporters in Baramati, the Nationalist Congress…
Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Air Traffic Safety Electronic Personnel Association (ATSEPA)-India has urged aviation authorities to undertake “immediate Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) modernisation across major airports, with priority funding” and that Airports Authority of India (AAI) be directed to “incorporate CNS engineers’ recommendations while procuring or upgrading operational systems.” The…
Railways employee throws garbage on train track NEW DELHI: A Railways employee was filmed throwing garbage from a moving train, prompting his immediate removal the same day. The incident sparked widespread criticism and reignited concerns over cleanliness and poor waste disposal practices within Indian Railways. Social media users condemned the act, calling it a reflection…
GHAZIABAD: Nine years after demonetisation, crores of invalidated Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes remain stashed with people, sustaining a grey market large enough for organised fraud. This was evident from the arrest of eight members of a gang over the last two weeks. The men were allegedly behind a multi-level racket that trapped clients,…
NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament will be held from December 1 to 19, government announced on Saturday, with the announcement triggering an angry reaction from the opposition, which described it as an unusually delayed and truncated session. The three-week session will have 15 sittings in all and is expected to be stormy as…
AKOLA: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar said Saturday Maharashtra government must conduct a fair investigation into the controversial Pune land deal, in which his nephew and now political rival Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is embroiled. “It is necessary that government conducts a proper investigation and makes facts public,” he told reporters in Akola, breaking his…
PRAYAGRAJ: In a landmark order upholding the rights of transgender persons, Allahabad HC has directed UP education department to issue fresh marksheets and certificates with the required changes to a petitioner who underwent gender transition surgery. Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery allowed the petition filed by Sharad Roshan Singh and set aside the order dated April…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) has set aside a Rs 1 crore penalty imposed on the Delhi Development Authority by Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) for failing to register a housing project. The relief came after DDA argued that the Rohini project was completed before the RERA for Delhi was established in…
SRINAGAR: Soldiers shot dead two infiltrators attempting to cross the LoC in Keran sector of J&K’s Kupwara, about 140km north of Srinagar, the Army said Saturday. The gunfight, part of “Op Pimple”, followed specific intelligence on an infiltration attempt Friday evening. Troops detected “suspicious activity”, challenged the group and came under “indiscriminate fire”, the Army…
The VVPAT slips were discovered near a college NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday asserted that the integrity of the polling process remains “uncompromised” after a large number of VVPAT slips were found dumped by the roadside in Bihar’s Samastipur district.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar clarified that the slips were from mock…