Vehicle transfers cost up to 10x statutory fees; UP, Bihar and Bengal ranked worst on the Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index 2026. NEW DELHI: Vehicle ownership transfers can cost up to 10 times the statutory fees, with total expenses, including agent charges, in the range of Rs 13,000-14,000 in parts of Bihar, Rs 7,000-8,000 in…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has allocated slots to 38 of the 50 international airlines for summer 2027 schedule to operate to and from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA). Twelve airlines have not been given CSMIA slots next summer. These 12 collectively operate about 16 daily flights to 14 international destinations. Sources…
NEW DELHI: Elected student union representatives from Delhi, Punjab, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Assam and the Northeast, on Wednesday, joined a rally organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the University of Delhi on Wednesday. They called for upholding democratic values and protecting constitutional institutions, the ABVP said in a statement.Over 15,000 students and…
The decision was taken at the 11th session of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP), held in Jakarta, Indonesia. NEW DELHI: Three major works of India’s literary, historical and intellectual heritage, Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’, the ‘Mahabharata’ and Kautilya‘s ‘Arthashastra’, have been added to Unesco’s Memory of the World Regional Register…
Cabinet on Wednesday approves a Rs 14,500 crore viability gap funding (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 14,500 crore viability gap funding (VGF) scheme to develop 92 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of grid-scale energy storage capacity by FY31 to facilitate integration of large-scale renewable energy generation.Power ministry officials said the scheme will…
NEW DELHI: A CRPF constable allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle on Thursday while on duty at Mizoram governor’s official residence in Aizawl.According to police officials, the constable was identified as Sudhir Swami, who was posted at Gate 2 of Lok Bhavan. The 31-year-old man allegedly shot himself around 10 am.Officials added that…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday said there is no change in the supervisory authority to which its director general of information technology Seema Khanna reports.The clarification came a day after the panel issued a fresh work allocation placing Khanna under the charge of deputy election commissioner Prakash Raj Purohit instead of senior deputy…
NEW DELHI: Checking into a hotel, entering a hospital or verifying the identity of a gig worker could increasingly be done without submitting photocopies of Aadhaar cards. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has brought 300 organisations on board its offline verification system since January, expanding the use of consent-based digital identity checks across…
File photo: Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid move SC seeking bail in UAPA case over 2020 Delhi riots NEW DELHI: Jailed activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have separately moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi high court’s September 30 order refusing them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.In his plea, both activists…
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football after 23 years with Portugal, ending a career in which he scored 146 goals in 234 appearances. Amit Shah challenged Rahul Gandhi to debate the SIR row in Parliament, accusing the Congress leader of taking political arguments to the streets while avoiding discussions in the House….
