[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Set to consign the Congress-stamped MGNREGA to history, Modi govt will unveil a new law on guaranteed unskilled rural jobs, with a structure that will shift the Centre’s financial burden to states, provide fixed budgets for states instead of the present practice of it being demand-driven, and annually pause the scheme for […]
[ad_1] Indian-origin Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal criticised President Trump’s tariffs on Indian goods, saying they are raising prices for Americans and also pushing India closer to other global powers. In a post on X, Jayapal said, “Trump’s tariffs on India aren’t only raising prices for Americans — they are pushing India away as a trading ally […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s rotary wing combat capabilities, the Army is set to get delivery of three remaining Apache AH-64 attack helicopters from US, while the Navy will commission its second squadron of MH-60R Seahawk submarine-hunting choppers this week.The induction of these much-delayed American helicopters will plug existing operational gaps but […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In the middle of Laxmi Nagar market is a single room, easy to miss in the chaos, that holds a few chairs. Seated are young men and women from Delhi, UP and Haryana, busy polishing ‘Ikura desu ka’ and ‘tetsudatte kuremasu ka’, Japanese phrases that translate, respectively, to ‘how much is this’ […]
[ad_1] An Indian-origin businessman who owns a long-established medical manufacturer in Kanata (High-tech suburb of Ottawa) says he is being forced to relocate operations to India and US as the company gives up its nuclear licence. This is a move he says will cost hundreds of high-tech jobs.Krishnan Suthanthiran, owner of Best Theratronics, said surrendering […]
[ad_1] New Delhi, 14 December (Udaipur Kiran) – The National Capital Region (NCR) woke up to dense fog and a thick layer of smog this morning. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Anand Vihar in Delhi recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 491, placing it in the ‘severe’ category. A similar situation was […]
[ad_1] Former Bihar chief minister and RJD leader Rabri Devi (PTI) NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday opposed former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi’s request to transfer criminal cases from the court of Special Judge Vishal Gogne, arguing before a Delhi court that the plea amounted to “forum-shopping” and was meant to […]
[ad_1] An Indian-origin man in Canada won a $500,000 lottery after he matched all four numbers on a ticket. The British Columbia lottery company said the odds of matching the four numbers are approximately one in 3.7 million but Surrey resident Sandeep Sidhu did it. CTV News reported that Sidhu was at a gas station […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police on Saturday detained the main organiser of an event in Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium after chaos erupted over Argentine football star Lionel Messi’s brief appearance.During a press briefing, Kolkata DGP Rajeev Kumar said that the police are taking action to ensure the mismanagement “does not go unpunished.”“We have already […]
