The United States Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday said student visa applications are being processed in accordance with established regulations, amid reports of delays in securing visa interview appointments.Responding to queries on the issue, a spokesperson for the US Embassy said, “The United States government is committed to processing visas in accordance with established…
NEW DELHI: Courts will view a will with suspicion if its maker, despite sharing a life-long loving relationship with his wife, seeks to disinherit her and bequeaths the property to distant relatives, Supreme Court has said.Doubts over the genuineness of such a will, allegedly penned by an illiterate agriculturist 18 years before his death, gave…
Tremors were felt across Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, including the districts of Nanded, Hingoli and Parbhani, in the early hours of Thursday, an official said. The tremors, recorded between 1.37 am and 3.23 am, measured between 3.6 and 4.6 on the Richter scale, the official told PTI. Source link
Deaths from snake bites may be much rarer than earlier estimated, according to an 11-state survey funded by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). The survey also shows that 43% of such deaths occurred outside hospital settings or in transit and that snakebite envenomation (SBE) was a disease of impoverishment with 53% of victims…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Wednesday directed that all 62 major airports in the country, including 21 under development and 41 prioritised for development, based on passenger traffic, be brought in line within two years, with standards prescribed by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), with the objective of enhancing passenger convenience while…
NEW DELHI: Abandoning the traditional underworld’s strict code of secrecy, Lawrence Bishnoi openly rewrote the rules of organised crime, pioneering an audacious digital branding strategy that replaced anonymity with the weaponised spectacle of performative violence. His network actively filmed hits and broadcasted screenshots as online “press releases” within minutes of the trigger being pulled to…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it had attached property worth Rs 113 crore of industrialist Bharat Raj Punj and his Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd in a case of alleged laundering of over Rs 376 crore of bank funds.The attached assets include land and industrial plots, residential properties in Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, MP, Telangana, Goa,…
NEW DELHI: That “100% Natural” cream bun may contain preservatives. A “Premium Chocolate” could be made with hydrogenated vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter. And a fruit-flavoured candy may not contain any fruit at all.In a major crackdown on misleading food labels, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued show-cause notices…
ISRO carries out successful Gaganyaan main parachute test NEW DELHI: In another big step towards India’s first human spaceflight mission, Isro has successfully conducted a key test on the main parachutes for the crew module of the Gaganyaan programme. The test was carried out at Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) drop zone in…
Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Zakir Ganai, was killed in Shopian after a six-day operation SRINAGAR: Security forces in J&K shot dead “category A” Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zakir Ganie during a gunfight in Shopian district’s Chanapora Wednesday, nearly 10 months after the last such encounter in the region.The joint operation by J&K Police, the Army and CRPF was launched…
