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‘Minor’ drop in mileage of vehicles due to E20, says Hardeep Singh Puri

Hardeep Singh Puri NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay public fears over ethanol-blended fuel, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said a “make-believe” narrative had been unleashed on social media over the past few Read More

Pharma pricing norms for new drugs eased

NEW DELHI: In the biggest overhaul of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO), 2013 in years, Centre has significantly narrowed drugmakers’ liability in overcharging cases, while introducing a host of long-pending changes sought Read More

SC nixes rulings by NCLT, NCLAT based on fake AI citations

NEW DELHI: In the first case of its kind, Supreme Court on Thursday quashed orders passed by NCLT and NCLAT on the ground that they decided a case on the basis of AI-generated non-existent case laws and verdicts, cautioning that unch Read More

PM Modi, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi push for early Quad meet

PM Modi with Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi reaffirmed their commitment to an early convening of the next Quad Leaders’ Summit and underl Read More

To avoid legal battles, ED settles 150 Fema cases with RBI nod

RBI NEW DELHI: Faced with a pile of cases under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) and eager to avoid prolonged legal battles, the Enforcement Directorate is settling for large-scale compounding of offences and termination Read More

After WhatsApp, Centre sends notices to Telegram, Signal

NEW DELHI: A day after directing Meta to pause WhatsApp’s proposed username feature, govt has issued similar notices to Telegram and Signal over their existing username systems, asking them to explain how they prevent fraud and Read More

Uttarakhand: ‘Orange’ alert for rain in Nainital, Bageshwar on Friday

Dehradun, Jul 2 (PTI): The India Meteorological Department has issued an ‘orange’ alert for Uttarakhand’s Nainital and Bageshwar districts, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall in some areas on Friday. Read More

Delhi-Mumbai E-way contractor sacked for poor quality work: NHAI on viral video of damaged sections

NEW DELHI: Another video purportedly showing a damaged stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur has gone viral, intensifying criticism of NHAI following the recent cave-in on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway. Read More

Omar Abdullah backs call for India-Pak talks, says even RSS favours dialogue

J&K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah Thursday backed the calls for reopening of dialogue between India and Pakistan, saying that was the only way to ease tensions between the two neighbour Read More

‘Informal’ MHA meeting on Ladakh today

Ladakh SRINAGAR: Over a month after talks between Ladakh groups and a Union home ministry (MHA) sub-committee in Delhi, informal parleys are slated to be held Friday in Leh with central officials. Read More

53.24 kg of poppy husk seized in Haryana

Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI): Haryana Police seized 53.24 kg of poppy husk and confiscated a car used for transporting the contraband in Hisar district, officials said on Thursday. Read More

Ex-CM Channi calls meeting of supporters after Punjab Congress reshuffle

Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI): Congress leader and Jalandhar MP Charanjit Singh Channi is learnt to have called a meeting of his supporters at his residence on Friday, two days after the party’s central leadership decided to retain Amrinder Singh Ra Read More