Work on Ayodhya Ram temple on schedule, darshan by Dec 2023, says official

Work on building a pilgrimage facilitation centre and other utilities in Ayodhya's Ram temple complex has started, with 'darshan' of Ram Lalla expected to open in December 2023, according to a......

5 days of rains bring Chennai to its knees

The cyclonic depression may have crossed the Tamil Nadu coast on Thursday evening, but the state continues to be battered by heavy rains. The India meteorological department on Friday said the......

Farmers' Bharat Bandh hits rail, road traffic at several places

Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives......

Bharat bandh: Farmers block highways, roads in Punjab, Haryana

Road and rail traffic was disrupted in several parts of Punjab and Haryana during the Bharat bandh called by farmers on Friday as part of their nationwide protest against the three agri laws though......

E-portal for business approvals off to a brisk start

Nearly five months after its soft launch, the government’s e-portal, the National Single Window System (NSWS), is seeing a significant increase in the number of investors using it to get a......

Sales of EVs fell 20% in FY'21 to 236,802 units

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle (SMEV) on Thursday said sales of EVs in India fell 20 per cent in the financial year 2020-21 to 236,802 units. In 2019-20 sales of electric vehicles......

Why costly diesel is a bigger worry than petrol

While consumers feel that petrol pinches directly, diesel hurts indirectly, as it is an input in almost all the goods and services we use. Diesel, the most used retail fuel by almost all......

'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'

'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari.'   IMAGE: Farmers in Bengaluru protest against the Farmers Bill 2020 passed by Parliament, September 21, 2020. Photograph: Shashidhar......