Jammu: Scores of power consumers held a protest here on Wednesday against the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir administration to install prepaid smart meters. The protesters also blocked the highway for nearly two hours, alleging that smart meter users in Jammu were receiving exorbitant bills amounting to thousands of rupees. Meanwhile, officials said two […]
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud has said the real strength of the judicial system is granting access to justice to the citizens and a sense of confidence that an arbitrary arrest or threatened demolition “must find solace and a voice in judges of the Supreme Court”. Speaking at the Independence […]
Beijing: China on Wednesday said the latest round of the border talks with India was held in a “candid and pragmatic atmosphere” and the two sides had a “positive, constructive and in-depth discussion” on the resolution of the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control in the Western Sector. The 19th round of China-India […]
Banihal/Jammu: A court in Ramban on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for poisoning to death his two-year-old son in the Jammu and Kashmir district about 10 years ago. District and Sessions Judge, Ramban, R S Jasrotia convicted Mohd Shafi, a resident of Ind village, in the murder of his son Mohd Suleman, a […]
New Delhi: Days after his Lok Sabha membership was restored, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Wednesday nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on defence. Congress MP Amar Singh too has been nominated to the committee, according to a Lok Sabha bulletin. Newly elected Aam Aadmi Party member of Lok Sabha Sushil Kumar Rinku has […]
New Delhi: With the Union Cabinet approving the ‘PM Vishwakarma’ scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the initiative will celebrate traditional artisans and crafts people, both from rural and urban India. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the ‘PM Vishwakarma’ scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 13,000 crore for a period of […]
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said there was no point in having the INDIA alliance if the Congress has made up its mind to go solo in Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls, after Congress leader Alka Lamba’s remark that her party leadership has directed them to prepare in all the seven […]
New Delhi: Cabinet on Wednesday approved extension of Digital India project with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The minister said that the extended Digital India project will add on to the work done under the previous version of the scheme. “Prime Minister in the cabinet meeting has approved Digital […]
Pune: Amid the buzz over a meeting between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his uncle Sharad Pawar, ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan said that those who align with the Congress will stay with it and those keen to go with the BJP are free to do so. Speaking to a Marathi channel in Satara, Chavan […]
New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence will help chartered accountants deliver high quality audits as well as increase the number of transactions being looked at, ICAI President Aniket Sunil Talati has said and highlighted that efforts are on to provide the best skill sets to its members. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has more […]