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File photo: A drone view of mud-covered properties following the flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal (Picture credit: Reuters) Nepal on Monday suspended all non-essential search and rescue operations 40 days after the Aug 26 Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods, which left 1,455 people dead and 5,285 missing. It is now shifting focus to reconstruction and…

The idea of an informal meeting with SC judges on simultaneous polls was first mooted by DMK MP and senior advocate P Wilson NEW DELHI: Supreme Court had initially fixed a schedule for an “informal interaction” with members of the Parliament committee examining the bill for simultaneous elections, the panel’s chairperson, P P Chaudhary, told…

Walking is the 2nd most common mode of work commute NEW DELHI: Long traffic snarls, a common feature on roads across the country, may be linked to how people commute to work. Only 15% of workers use public transport such as buses, trains, trams or auto-rickshaws, while 46% rely on two-wheelers or cars, according to…

File photo: Pahalgam attack mastermind Saifullah Kasuri NEW DELHI: In an aggressive escalation of extremist rhetoric, designated terrorist and one of the Pahalgam attack masterminds Saifullah Kasuri said the Pakistan army would defend Saudi holy sites and ‘erase Israel from the world map’. Delivering an incendiary address at the Khatam-e-Nabuwat Conference last week, Kasuri sought…

File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Union law ministry Monday notified appointment of three judges for Supreme Court, taking the total strength of the apex court to 37 judges, including Chief Justice of India, against a sanctioned strength of 38 judges. The new judges will take oath of office likely Tuesday.The three new judges for…

File photo: Former CJI Gavai NEW DELHI: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s criticism of deletion of a large number of voters through the special intensive revision (SIR) process, when the issue is pending adjudication before Supreme Court, drew a sharp reaction from former CJI BR Gavai, who termed it judicial impropriety.The former CJI refrained from directly commenting…

File photo: Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has issued a notice to DCP, IGI airport, directing that an inquiry into a sexual assault complaint against Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad be completed and the report be filed by the next date of hearing, after rejecting Delhi Police‘s request for more time.The court…

The NCW issued guidelines for the safety of women using app-based cabs (representative image) NEW DELHI: Taking note of safety concerns emerging from across states the National Commission for Women has issued guidelines to states and UTs for safety of women passengers using app-based and digital transport services calling for appropriate verification of criminal antecedents,…

David Grusch, who was then on duty at the NRO operations centre, recounted the frantic scenes at his office after the test A retired US Air Force and intelligence officer has recently revealed that India’s anti-satellite missile test (ASAT) in space in 2019 caught the American security agencies completely off guard and made them look…

Russian drone strike hits Turkish cargo ship in Black Sea, killing 2 (representative image) NEW DELHI: At least two people were killed and several crew members, including an Indian national, were injured after a Russian drone strike caused a fire aboard a Turkish-owned civilian cargo vessel in the Black Sea.The Indian Embassy in Romania said…