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Free cremation services for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families have been launched in Tamil Nadu by the Isha Foundation.State municipal administration minister, K N Nehru, inaugurated the service in Chennai on Tuesday. The free service is meant to help families who may struggle to pay for final rites. The Foundation currently runs 17 gas crematoriums…

NEW DELHI: Suspended advocate Rakesh Kishore, who hurled a shoe at former CJI BR Gavai, said on Tuesday that he was attacked in the Karkardooma Court.Claiming that he was hit with slippers by 100-150 people, Kishore said, ” When those people were hitting me, I asked them why they were doing so. They answered that…

NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the union ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to roll out skill training under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and establish skill centres across IGNOU’s regional centres nationwide.The MoU was signed in the presence of IGNOU vice-chancellor…

Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra NEW DELHI: Goa Police DIG (C&R) Varsha Sharma on Monday said that Look Out Circulars (LoCs) have been issued against the owners of Birch by Romeo Lane, the north Goa nightclub where 25 people died in a fire, as they are currently not in India.In a detailed briefing, DIG Varsha Sharma…

By Jake Chasan and Will ConteThere is an irony about India’s position in global pharmaceuticals: the country supplies forty percent of the United States’ generic medications, earning its reputation as the “pharmacy of the world.” Yet beneath this veneer of dominance lies an uncomfortable truth: seventy percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and key…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected the opposition’s accusation that the government sought a debate on Vande Mataram to gain political advantage in the West Bengal assembly elections scheduled for April–May next year.Also Read | Why Vande Mataram has triggered a stormVande Mataram, the national song, completed 150 years on November…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of India, seeking its response on a plea requesting protection for booth-level officers deployed during the ongoing special intensive revision drive in West Bengal.A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that BLOs are working under “strain and stress”…

Ram Mohan Naidu reviews Aviation Ministry’s control room amid IndiGo flight cancellations and delays NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday said IndiGo is being held “accountable” for its ongoing operational crisis, adding that the airline’s services are stabilising rapidly.Naidu made the remarks while addressing the Lok Sabha on the IndiGo crisis….

NEW DELHI: The BJP launched sharp attacks on Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, accusing the Congress government of failing to fulfil key poll promises and “resorting to authoritarianism” to silence criticism further alleging that “mohabbat ki dukaan is a farce.”The row erupted after BJP Telangana shared a poster on X, depicting Revanth Reddy edited as…

Arvind Kejriwal (left), Rekha Gupta (agencies) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta over her remarks on air pollution, sharing a video of her comments and questioning the scientific basis of her claims.Posting in Hindi on X, Kejriwal wrote: “AQI monitors are installed, water is being…