NEW DELHI: In order to end unnecessary delay in assessing projects for environmental clearances (EC), the Union environment ministry has proposed to set up a central body — Standing Committee on Environment Impact Appraisal (SCEIA) — for each State/UT, which will appraise projects when state-level panels are non-functional. The idea behind the proposal is to…
Dow Hill in Kurseong, a sleepy little hill station about 30 km from Darjeeling. During the day, it’s pure postcard material, think colonial-era schools, sprawling tea estates, and crisp mountain breezes. But when night falls It turns into one of India’s most notorious haunted woods because of local ghost lores. People are advised to avoid…
4 min readUpdated: Nov 7, 2025 09:29 PM IST Maharani Season 4 review: Season 4 of Maharani is largely a mix of the old laced with a bit of new, in terms of actors joining the ensemble. But the tone of the series, created by Subhash Kapoor, and directed this time by Puneet Prakash, is…
India heads into the penultimate day of Commonwealth Games 2026 with several medals across athletics, boxing and judo up for grabs as the country’s athletes look to strengthen its position on the medals tally in Glasgow. Saturday’s schedule features several Indian contenders in key finals, with the athletics contingent expected to play a major role….
NEW DELHI: Fresh signs of the deepening split within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerged on Tuesday when senior party leaders loyal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, including MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and Beliaghata MLA Kunal Ghosh, were left out of an all-party meeting convened by the West Bengal Assembly ahead of the Budget Session beginning on…
Vedanta‘s board of directors will meet on October 8 to consider and approve the company’s first interim dividend on equity shares for the financial year 2026-2027, the mining and metals company said in a stock exchange filing on Monday (October 5). The company said October 14 has been fixed as the record date for determining…
Signage at the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made $1.2 million off of bets using insider information on Polymarket. Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a…
Shares of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) climbed nearly 1 per cent on their trading debut on Thursday against the issue price of ₹1,785. The ₹22,569-crore initial public offering of NSE, received nearly 6 times subscription on the final day of bidding. The exchange started trading at ₹1,800, marginally up by 0.84 per…
NEW DELHI: India made a strong start to its athletics campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, winning two medals. The mixed 4x400m relay team won silver, while Seema won bronze in the women’s 10,000m. Seema’s medal was India’s first athletics medal at these Games.The relay team of TS Manu, MR Poovamma, Vishal TK…
The West Bengal Cabinet has given in-principle approval for the constitution of the state’s 7th Pay Commission, potentially setting the stage for a future revision in salaries, pensions and allowances for state government employees and pensioners. At present, however, the government has not issued a detailed notification outlining the commission’s terms of reference, timeline, implementation…
