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CM orders CAG audit of DJB amid BJP allegations

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has ordered the audit of the Delhi Jal Board accounts since 2008 by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) amid allegations of misappropriation of funds by the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), the government announced on Wednesday.

Anand Vihar-Apsara Border flyover set to miss deadline, to now come up in April '24

An upcoming flyover connecting Anand Vihar in east Delhi with Apsara Border near Ghaziabad is set to miss its December deadline and will likely be completed only by April 2024, Public Works Department (PWD) officials aware of the project said.

Winds help improve Delhi's pollution levels

Winds with speeds of 10-12kmph on Wednesday helped push Delhi's pollution levels to the best they have been since November 12, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.

14-yr-old denied bed at 3 Delhi hospitals, dies

\"...If beds aren't available, what must poor patients do? Die?\"

Judge to assess value of Rushdie's ancestral house

The Delhi high court has asked a single judge to ascertain the value of the 5,373 square yards ancestral property writer Salman Rushdie situated on Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines.

From 'complicated' to 'dating': Garcetti on US relationship with India

US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said that the India-US relationship is a \"force of good for the world,\" and there was a \"positive romantic ambiguity\" for the future of the ties as a result of the deep desire on both sides to take it forward.

Optimism ebbs at COP28 as fault lines on contentious issues widen

The excitement about bigticket announcements in the initial days of the United Nations Climate Summit (COP28) ebbed as the focus begins to shift this week on negotiations over contentious issues in the Global Stocktake and other legally binding texts.

Delhi University strategic plan found plagiarised, withdrawn

On Wednesday, Delhi University's academic council convened to discuss the university's strategic plan for the next 25 years. This 52-page document, however, was peppered with instances of plagiarism from similar documents of other universities across the world, prompting vehement opposition from council members and forcing the blueprint to be sent back to a committee to revise it.

Karni Sena murder: SIT set up, protests break out in Rajasthan

Markets were shut down as thousands of supporters of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena (SRRKS) chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi held protests across Rajasthan on Wednesday against his killing the day before, upping the pressure on police to find the two gunmen.

Shah slams Nehru's 'blunders' as 2 bills on J&K passed by LS

Oppn walks out over remarks on first PM; House clears bills on quotas to weaker sections, more seats in J&K assembly with one for displaced people from Pok

What's Wrong With The Congress, And What It Needs To Do

The Congress’s impressive Telangana victory in this election cycle has been completely overshadowed by its losses in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The results have strengthened the BJP’s position ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress and its ideological fellow-travellers must answer some questions before they get back to the 2024 campaign.

Visa-Free Visits A Reality For Indians Now!

As many countries do away with visas for desi travellers, here is what to do and where to go in these destinations

Double The Fun: Five Big Sequels Of 2024

Here are some of the most anticipated Hollywood sequels that are likely to release next year

Cyclone Makes Landfall; 17 People Die In Chennai

Cyclone Michaung swept inland on Tuesday, striking the Andhra Pradesh coast, bringing with it torrential rainfall, howling winds, and leaving behind a trail of destruction across the south-eastern Indian coast and leading to the deaths of at least 18 people over the past two days.

India will play fearless cricket: Amol

With the T20 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh next year, a new-look India women's team will be keen to iron out the creases against formidable England

Young Sudharsan seeks game experience in SA

In 2023, top-order batter B Sai Sudharsan has added an array of achievements to his CV – he cracked a 47-ball 96 for Gujarat Titans in the IPL final, a century for India A against Pakistan A in the Emerging Asia Cup, signed a contract with Surrey in the English County Championship and made noteworthy contributions for Rest of India in both innings of the Irani Cup tie against Saurashtra.

A case for Rahul to open and Ishan Kishan to keep wicket

Rahul was impressive with the gloves in the World Cup, but experts are against the idea of him keeping in Tests

Hub tailwind likely for Indian airlines

National aviation hub policy lays ground for competitive fares by domestic carriers

Adani stocks boost Tuesday's market gain

The Adani group was the star of the stock markets on Tuesday, with its 10 listed companies contributing over 65% of the day’s overall market gains. The surge also erased much of the 10 stocks’ losses since the explosive Hindenburg report in January. On a day the market gained ₹2.9 trillion, investors in Adani group companies turned wealthier by ₹1.9 trillion, marking the biggest single-day jump in value for the infrastructure conglomerate.

'Maths, reading skills in unprecedented decline in teens'

Teenagers' mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and Covid school closures are only partly to be blamed, the OECD said on Tuesday in its latest survey of global learning standards.

Israeli forces storm main city in south Gaza Strip

Israeli forces stormed the main city in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded.

British govt signs new treaty with Rwanda to deport illegal migrants

The UK government on Tuesday signed a new treaty with Rwanda which it says addresses the Supreme Court's concerns that blocked the original scheme to fly out illegal migrants to the African nation while their asylum claims are processed.

Nigeria: 85 die in 'mistaken' drone attack

At least 85 people have been confirmed dead after a \"mistaken\" army drone attack on a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, authorities said. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered \"a thorough and full-fledged investigation into the incident.\"

COP28: Global Stocktake calls for just phase-out of fossil fuels

The text gives the option of a rapid phase-out of coal power and cessation of permitting new coal power generation

Share data of B'deshi migrants given Indian citizenship: SC to govt

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought data from the Union government on Bangladeshi immigrants who availed citizenship of India under Section 6A of the Constitution Act in Assam, saying there was no material before it to indicate the number between January 1966 and March 1971 was so great that it impacted the demographic and cultural identity of the northeastern state.

Taiwan established 29 centres to teach Mandarin in India

SEVERAL OF THE MANDARIN CENTRES CREATED BY THE TAIWAN GOVERNMENT ARE IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

$250 mn credit line extended to Kenya to boost agriculture

India and Kenya on Tuesday decided to bolster cooperation in health and agriculture, including an Indian line of credit of $250 million to modernise farming in the African country, even as the two sides signed five agreements in areas ranging from education to digital transformation.

Sonia, Rahul 'beneficial owners' in Herald case: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), while attaching properties worth ₹751 crore in its money-laundering probe into the National Herald newspaper last month claimed that a criminal conspiracy was hatched to give control of properties worth \"hundreds of crores of rupees\" of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) to the \"beneficial owners\" of Young Indian (YI), Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, people familiar with the development said on Tuesday.

Rajput Karni Sena leader shot dead at home; protests erupt

Armed gunmen on Tuesday shot dead Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the chief of the Hindu right-wing group Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena (SRRKS), in his Jaipur residence, said police, a murder that triggered fierce protests by Rajputs across Rajasthan.

'Cong was narrow-minded, thought it could win alone'

The Congress committed a \"big mistake\" by not forging an alliance with regional parties for the assembly elections in five states, Kerala chief minister and CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan has said. In an interview with Vishnu Varma, Vijayan also said that the Centre must ask the state's governor, Arif Mohammed Khan, to refrain from indulging in activities that may create a conflict in Kerala. Edited excerpts: