Chenab Bridge, world’s highest railway bridge, ready for inauguration: First look, features | Video

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the world’s highest railway bridge, the Chenab Bridge, on June 6, announced  Union Minister Jitendra Singh today (June 3). The bridge is a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) and stands tall as a testament to India’s engineering marvel.   In a post on X, Singh … Read more

Calcutta HC denies interim bail to Sharmistha Panoli: ‘Freedom of speech doesn’t mean hurting others’

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (June 3) refused to grant interim bail to 22-year-old influencer and law student Sharmishta Panoli, who was arrested for allegedly making controversial statements in now-deleted videos against a community in the wake of Operation Sindoor.   The High Court also directed the West Bengal government to produce the … Read more

CM Rekha Gupta launches Air Pollution Mitigation Plan 2025, says clean Delhi is her govt’s dream

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday launched Air Pollution Mitigation Plan 2025 and said deployment of 2,300 electric autos at metro stations, installing of mist sprayers at 13 pollution hotspots and audit of PUCC centres every six months are some of the features of the plan.   The chief minister stressed that … Read more

Delhi air pollution: Stage-I GRAP measures reimposed in NCR as AQI deteriorates

New Delhi: Amid a rise in pollution levels, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has reintroduced Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the Delhi-NCR region with immediate effect. The decision follows a marked deterioration in air quality, with Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 209 on June 7, categorised as … Read more