What action taken on lynchings, cow vigilantism, SC asks states

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked various state governments to apprise it in six weeks on the action taken in incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court, in......

6 children killed after school bus overturns in Haryana; 3 held

Six children were killed and around 20 injured as their school bus crashed into a tree in Haryana's Mahendragarh on Thursday, with the police saying they have arrested three people including the......

'Why Do We Need Cities Where People Travel Long Distances?'

'In the larger cities, we can see that 12%-20% of the population making use of the metros. I don't think it is happening in the smaller cities.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi inaugurates......

Missing Indian student found dead in US, second death in a week

A 25-year-old Indian student who had been missing since last month was found dead in the US city of Cleveland, the second death within a week as the community grapples with a string of such......

'Should construct 13,000 km of national highways in FY24'

'The vision now is not just to look at national highways as a number of kilometres, but quality as well.' Photograph: Kind courtesy National Highway Authority Of India/X Highways secretary Anurag......

IRFC, NBCC, SJVN, BHEL: PSU stocks are on fire; analysts see more headroom

Stocks of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been on fire in the past year as investors cheered an improvement in key operating metrics and embraced counters of these state-owned enterprises,......

Road projects may hit slow lane in near term

A  25 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in budget allocation tow­ards the roads sector for FY24 has led to renewed interest among investors. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters......

Over 100,000 small and mid-sized firms flout GST e-invoicing rules

Over 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses are non-compliant with e-invoicing norms under the goods and services tax (GST) regime, a mandatory requirement for businesses with an annual turnover......

How France plans to use AI to keep Paris 2024 safe

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Paris Olympics/X France tested Artificial Intelligence-driven video surveillance technology that will be deployed during the Olympic Games at a Depeche Mode concert this......

'Asian Games is a cash-burning project'

With economic problems and job cuts, Hangzhou locals and people in other parts of China are not very pleased about hosting the Asian Games. IMAGE: Police officers walk on a street following the......