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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s most controversial infrastructure project in recent history is officially dead. Chief minister V D Satheesan Wednesday announced that UDF govt had decided to scrap the controversial SilverLine semi-high-speed rail project designed to link Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod, ending the flagship infrastructure initiative of the previous LDF govt after years of protests and uncertainty. The…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal cabinet Monday scrapped the assistance to the groups based on religious categorisation, effective ending the religion based schemes run during the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.The BJP government has also done away with the exisiting state OBC list in accordance…
Bengal’s electoral outcome will now be decided on 293 seats after EC cancelled Saturday the April 29 polling in south Kolkata’s Falta constituency, citing “electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process”.A repoll has been scheduled for May 21, with counting on May 24.This is first time in Bengal where a full assembly constituency will…
US President Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Saturday cancelled a planned trip to Pakistan by his envoys, who were supposed to meet Iranian leaders in Islamabad and hold peace talks with Tehran. He also criticised Iran’s leadership, saying that “nobody knows who is in charge”.After calling off the visit to Islamabad,…
RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence; to approach High Court MUMBAI: RBI on Friday cancelled the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank with immediate effect, prohibiting it from carrying out any banking business and setting in motion the process for winding up, even as the entity had already been reduced to a runoff institution after…
Centre’s decision to remove customs duties on petrochemicals might reportedly cost the government around 18 billion rupees. The measure has been introduced under emergency provisions to tackle supply disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Announced on Thursday, the decision follows New Delhi’s invocation of emergency powers and the diversion of local…
Days after UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to New Delhi, Abu Dhabi has reportedly abandoned its deal with Pakistan for the management and operations of Islamabad International Airport.According to a report by Pakistan daily Express Tribune, the plan was shelved after the UAE failed to identify a local partner to whom…
PSL (File photo/Agencies) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will shift to a player auction system from its 11th season, moving away from the draft format that has been used since the league began in 2016. The change follows a model similar to the Indian Premier League (IPL).The…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has quashed a 20-year-old official order to compulsorily retire a CISF officer, now 72, over sexual harassment, ruling that the allegations made in 1998 by a woman constable “reek of vengeance rather than genuine harassment”. HC also found that even after being cleared three times, senior officers constituted yet…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday observed, “there is something wrong going on in the high court,” as it rejected the Tamil Nadu government’s plea to modify its earlier order suspending a one-man inquiry commission and the SIT probe into the Karur stampede, which claimed 41 lives. The bench of Justices JK Maheswari and…
