Railway Board approves fireless cooking
Mumbai: To ensure uninterrupted in-flight catering services, railway Manthan K Mehta reports that the board has allowed the use of flameless cooking systems in pantries, allowing staff to prepare meals inside trains amid continued tight supply of LPG. In…
“Site for new power plant identified in Johnson & Johnson”
How does the government ensure that electricity supply is ahead of demand?We are growing our generation. Earlier, the focus was on increasing thermal capacity. The priority now is renewable energy, especially solar energy. Since solar energy is not…
Oppn files notice with House and Senate calling for revocation of CEC
. NEW DELHI: The united opposition on Friday moved Parliament to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from office, a crucial step as the anti-BJP camp’s protests against the National Election Commission and elections have taken to…
Parliamentary panel seeks to allocate realistic fertilizer subsidy funding at budget estimate stage
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the finance ministry allocate funds for fertilizer subsidy during the budget estimate (BE) stage to ensure that the allocation is as close as possible to the actual demand.In a report to parliament on…
Government introduces bill proposing a more precise definition of transgender people, abandoning “self-perceived gender identity”
NEW DELHI: In a major departure from the existing law, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday proposed to omit a provision allowing “self-perceived gender identity” as the…
Exporters may get relief package
NEW DELHI: The Commerce Ministry is formulating measures to provide support to exporters to help them overcome the impact of the conflict in West Asia as it prioritizes the movement of perishable items, including by air.Exporters have also been asked to…
Congo elects Odisha MLAs in Kataka, Haryana, Netas ahead of RS polls
BENGALURU/CHANDIGARH: The Congress has sent nine of its 14 Odisha MLAs to a resort in Bengaluru and 32 Haryana MLAs to the hills of Himachal Pradesh, kicking off the familiar ritual of unplanned political holidays as parties try to stem the bargaining…
BJP: Meghalaya violence had infiltrators from B’desh behind it
New Delhi: bjp Muslim infiltrators from Bangladesh were blamed for violence in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills on Friday, accusing them of causing demographic changes and trying to wrest the rights of the local tribal population Senior member of the…
Ludhiana students killed in Russian war
LUDHIANA: They sent this cheerful, smiling young man to a foreign land in the hope of a better life. They put him back in a coffin, dressed in an alien suit, without answering how or why he died. Samajit Singh of Ludhiana had gone to Russia in 2025 for…
CBI to question Anil Ambani’s son in Rs 228-crore bank fraud case
New Delhi: industrial and commercial bank Jai Anmol Ambani on Friday investigated the alleged Rs 228-crore bank fraud involving Reliance Home Finance Ltd. (RHFL). The son of industrialist Anil Ambani turned up at the Delhi headquarters of India’s…