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New motor vehicle law won’t change, states can decide penalty amounts: Nitin Gadkari

In interview to ThePrint, Nitin Gadkari says new law not aimed at generating revenue, but to check road accidents and deaths caused due to violation of traffic rules.

More Muslims got govt scholarships under Modi govt than during Congress-led UPA-2

There were 2.37 crore Muslim beneficiaries of govt scholarships during Modi's first term, while the figure under Manmohan's second was 2.33 crore.

Weeks before HRD secretary was removed, Modi govt had quietly shunted out coal secretary

Sumanta Chaudhuri, a 1985-batch IAS officer, was appointed coal secretary in November 2018. He is believed to have been removed over alleged disagreements with PMO.

How the Indian civil services continue to remain a boys’ club

Of 88 secretary-rank officers in central govt, only 11 are women. At state and UT level, only one out of the 32 chief secretaries is a woman.

Modi govt’s pardon to 5 Punjab cops seen as counter to Sikh militancy appeasement charge

The release of 5 convicted policemen comes soon after Modi govt commuted the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, one of Beant Singh’s assassins.

Jagan govt wants to empower Andhra secretaries to sue media over fake news

The Jagan govt’s decision follows YSR Congress’ fake news allegations against ‘certain’ media houses and TDP members.  

Vehicles with school children, two-wheelers to be exempt from odd-even scheme: Kejriwal

Emergency, enforcement, defence, paramilitary and embassy vehicles will also be exempted from following the odd-even scheme, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced.

Nirmala Sitharaman says govt will give details on its policy for investing in J&K soon

Finance Minister Sitharaman, who is at the IMF's headquarters, said investment possibilities in Jammu and Kashmir will likely be in sectors like tourism, handicrafts, silk, and saffron production.

Modi govt plans to replace plastic water bottles with aluminium or steel cans in trains

Consumer affairs ministry’s proposal could first be tested on premium trains such as Tejas Express & Vande Bharat Express. Experts are, however, are sceptical about move.

Telangana transport strike is CM KCR’s biggest test and he hasn’t done too well so far

TSRTC employees’ strike enters 12th day, but neither workers nor KCR is willing to budge. This is could weaken the CM's absolute grip on the state.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?