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Delhi acts on PUC errors

New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- The Delhi transport department has directed all authorised pollution under control (PUC) centres to upload clear video recordings of vehicle emission tests to the VAHAN portal, w... Read More


Thackeray memorial misses deadline, target set for 2027

MUMBAI, Jan. 24 -- The memorial of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, which was to be inaugurated on Friday at the beginning of his birth centenary year, is expected to be delayed by about a year. The w... Read More


The national anthem before our national anthem was adopted

India, Jan. 24 -- Republic Day is upon us. But when we hear Jana Gana Mana play, we would do well to remember that there was a time when people questioned whether India would ever have its own nationa... Read More


Social media ban alone won't work

India, Jan. 24 -- The Andhra Pradesh government is considering legislation to ban children under 16 years from accessing and using social media. It has formed a group of ministers to examine the exist... Read More


In Noida, reminder of the sinking state of humanity

India, Jan. 24 -- Death shouldn't be a mere number. But in India, it often seems to be reduced to exactly that. The government response to an accident is intrinsically linked to one question: What was... Read More


25 ill after drinking polluted water in MP

Bhopal, Jan. 24 -- At least 25 people have fallen ill allegedly after consuming contaminated water in the Mhow area of Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, officials aware of the matter said. The inciden... Read More


Woman IRS officer's 'defence' backfiresas subordinates make fresh disclosures

LUCKNOW, Jan. 24 -- A bid by suspended CGST deputy commissioner Prabha Bhandari to deflect blame in the Rs.70-lakh bribery case has backfired with her own subordinates making fresh and damaging disclo... Read More


9 booked after tension over'unauthorised' procession

MEERUT, Jan. 24 -- Tension erupted in Faizganj Behta town of Badaun district on Thursday evening after an alleged attempt was made to take out a procession through a Hindu-dominated locality on the da... Read More


Codeine case: Rs 28.5 crore assets of kingpin's father attached in Varanasi

VARANASI, Jan. 24 -- The special investigating team (SIT) of Sonbhadra police on Friday attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs.28.50 crore Bhola Prasad, a prime accused in a codeine-based coug... Read More


close friend murdered woman, buried body: Police

Meerut, Jan. 24 -- A 30-year-old woman whose decomposed body was found in Bareilly earlier this month was brutally murdered by one of her close friends, police suspected. Pooja Rana, who worked as an ... Read More