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Govt to recast flagship PMKSY into smart irrigation scheme

The Jal Shakti ministry will soon recast the flagship Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) to help reach the country's micro-irrigation potential of covering 70 million hectares through higher use efficiency technologies amid a worsening groundwater crisis, an official said on Monday.

In Balasore, desperate search for kin continues

On Monday morning, Rajkumari Paswan walked gingerly from one room of the Balasore district headquarters hospital to the other. She first scanned the surgery ward; then orthopaedics; then back to surgery.

Kharge writes to PM over vacancies in rly

The political slugfest over the Odisha train tragedy continued on Monday after the Congress hit out at the BJP-led Centre for its \"apathy and negligence\" towards manpower shortage, and flagged the issue of 300,000 vacancies in the Railways.

Trains back on track; NDRF ends operation

Less than 72 hours after the train accident that has left 275 people dead, the railway tracks at Balasore’s Bahanaga Bazaar were restored by Monday morning, for both goods and passenger trains.

'We raised issue of climate justice with developed world,

Developing and underdeveloped countries are paying the price for the “flawed policies” of some developed nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, adding that India is the only country to have raised the issue of climate justice on the global stage.

Sisodia denied bail, but gets HC's nod to visit ailing wife

The Delhi high court on Monday, rejecting an interim bail plea by jailed former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case, said that the charges against him were \"extremely serious\". The court, however, allowed Sisodia to meet his ailing wife on a day convenient for her.

Blackmail syndicate busted, duped 2,000 of crores: Police

Delhi Police’s intelligence fusion and strategic operations (IFSO) unit on Monday announced that it arrested six people and has busted a gang that allegedly blackmailed nearly 2,000 people of several crores of rupees.

Mess behind bars: 7 dead in Delhi jails since March

A 36-year-old inmate at the Tihar Central Jail, who was serving a life sentence for his involvement in a murder, died by suicide on Sunday evening by hanging himself in the bathroom, police officers aware of the matter said on Monday.

Shopping fest plan in Capital picks up

After a delay of nearly a year, the “Delhi Shopping Festival” is back on the cards. Announced in the Rozgaar Budget 2022-23 last year, the project has now gathered pace and several meetings have been held in the past few weeks to expedite the festival’s launch.

UP govt wants six stops on Jewar-IGI Metro line

The high-speed Metro project that will connect the Noida international airport with Indira Gandhi International Airport, via the Airport Express Line, may have only six stations to ensure a speedy commute on this 72km-long line, Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) officials said on Monday.

No interim bail but Sisodia allowed to visit his ailing wife

Rejecting the interim bail plea of jailed former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Enforcement Directorate case linked to the now-scrapped excise police, the Delhi high court on Monday said that the charges against him were \"extremely serious\", even as it allowed him to meet his ailing wife on a day convenient for her.

Much less spent on renewal of tracks than CAG flagged: Data

With questions being asked of its track maintenance following the horrific accident in Balasore on Friday, Indian Railways has said that it spent ₹13,523 crore from a non-lapsable Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) on replacing old tracks (track renewals) in 2020-21, although the number was still short by ₹44,936 crore of the amount the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) estimated would be needed for the purpose.

India, US seal defence cooperation road map

India and the United States on Monday announced the conclusion of a new road map for future defence industrial cooperation with the goal of fast-tracking technology cooperation and co-production in critical areas such as air combat and land mobility systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; munitions, and the undersea domain, in a renewed push for deepening collaboration in the sector during delegation-level talks between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Lloyd J Austin.

China Seeks Dialogue, Says Clash With US Would Be 'Unbearable Disaster'

Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu told Asia's top security summit on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an "unbearable disaster" but that his country sought dialogue over confrontation.

Top Wrestlers Set To Call For A Panchayat Soon

Bajrang Punia urged khap leaders and farmers’ organisations on Sunday to not hold multiple Mahapanchayats “to avoid wrong messaging” and said the wrestlers will convene their own gathering soon to discuss the future course of their protest seeking action against former wrestling federation president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

'FEELS NICE TO COME DOWN FROM AN XL TO SIZE M'

Kishwer M Rai talks about her postpartum weight loss journey

A Nadal-size void in Paris

From organisers to his biggest rival to Gen Next players, everyone is missing the 14-time champion at the French Open

India hit the nets at balmy Oval

Rohit Sharma and the full squad sweat it out under a mild London sun in preparation for WTC final vs Aussies starting Wednesday

Saudi Arabia cuts oil output by 1 million barrels per day

Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to support the sagging cost of crude after two earlier production cuts by members of the Opec+ alliance of major oil-producing countries failed to push prices higher.

RBI may continue pause on rate hike

The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy committee (MPC) is likely to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% in the policy meeting scheduled between 6 and 8 June.

Centre plans ₹15,000 crore PLI for grid-scale batteries

Grid-scale batteries stabilize grids with stored renewable energy

Imran likely to be tried in military court, says Pak defence minister

Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif has said the chances were that former prime minister Imran Khan could be tried in a military court for his alleged involvement in the May 9 incidents in which military and state installations were attacked by his party workers, according to a media report on Sunday.

Strikes kill toddler in Dnipro, Russia border areas evacuated

Ukrainian rescuers outside the city of Dnipro on Sunday recovered the body of a two-year-old girl from the rubble left by a Russian strike on a residential area.

Food stocks aplenty, but Centre eyes steps to curb prices further

As widely predicted, the El Niño weather pattern could hold back India's June-September monsoon rains critical for food output, and the Union government is closely tracking prices and supplies of key items, an official said, adding that the authorities could initiate more measures to contain inflation.

Fresh violence erupts in Manipur, several houses burnt: Officials

In Serou, a mob also vandalised the house of Congress MLA K Ranjit Singh, officials said, adding that the legislator and his family escaped unhurt.

Conditions seem favourable for onset of monsoon: IMD

Conditions are gradually becoming favourable for onset of monsoon over Kerala, which is already delayed from its usual arrival on June 1, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The weather forecaster, however, did not announce a tentative date for the southwest monsoon arrival.

Under-construction bridge on Ganga collapses, 1 missing

An under-construction bridge on the Ganga river connecting Bhagalpur with Khagaria in Bihar collapsed on Sunday. One person reportedly went missing, officials said.

Unclaimed bodies pile up; crunch in morgues

A photograph of his son clutched tightly to his chest on Sunday afternoon, Krushna Chandra Sahoo grew increasingly frantic as the day wore on.

Fragile coaches, restricted space thwarted rescue ops

At around 2pm on Sunday afternoon, SK Patra, a jawan of the National Distaster Relief Force, sat slumped, resting on a stone slab.

Light drizzles keep NCR cool, mercury to spike by weekend

After a relatively warm beginning to June, the National Capital Region recorded a slight dip in temperature on Sunday, with overcast skies and drizzle logged in most parts of NCR.