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Kailash Yatra to commence from July 15 in Himachal’s Kinnaur; registration mandatory. Shimla, The Kailash Yatra is set to commence from July 15 in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district, officials on Wednesday said. The district administration has mandated registration forms and medical certificates for all pilgrims for the yatra, which will continue till August 30, they said. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Kalpa Sub-Divisional Magistrate Amit Kaltaik during which he reviewed the preparations for the yatra. Kaltaik said that the yatra would commence from Tangling village, while the alternative Purbani Kanda route will be considered only after evaluating…

Mamata Banerjee sought NITI Aayog’s apology for the incorrect map, insisting that this was a grave lapse and an affront to West Bengal’s identity and dignity. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the NITI Aayog for incorrectly labelling Bihar as Bengal in a map used as the cover page for the panel’s summary report on the state. In a letter to NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman K Bery, Banerjee sought an apology from the government’s think tank, insisting that this was a grave lapse and an affront to the state’s identity and dignity.…

An initial investigation report on Air India plane crash was due within 30 days of the June 12 incident. Nearly a month after the deadly Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s top air accident investigation body told a parliamentary panel that it has yet to submit a preliminary report on the incident. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture that although an initial report was due within 30 days of the June 12 incident, no report has been submitted yet. The report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will provide…

China is not a signatory to international water-sharing treaties and this limits India’s ability to legally restrain Beijing from altering the flow. China greenlit the construction of what is slated to be the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet last December, raising serious alarm bells across the Indian subcontinent.  Officials have expressed apprehensions that the proposed dam would give Beijing significant power to regulate or even divert the flow of the trans-border river, which enters India through Arunachal Pradesh before flowing into Assam and Bangladesh. Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu warned of the dangers…

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta had been allotted two bungalows on Raj Niwas Marg by PWD – one for her residence and one for a camp office. The Delhi government scrapped a ₹60 lakh renovation tender for chief minister Rekha Gupta’s official residence due to some “administrative reasons”, an official document said. CM Gupta was allotted two bungalows on Raj Niwas Marg by PWD–one for her residence and one for a camp office. She inaugurated her camp office last week. The proposed revamp, which has been shelved, included extensive electrical fittings–among them 14 air conditioners, multiple televisions, and other electrical fixtures…

Sebi on July 3 banned Jane Street, one of the world’s largest quantitative trading firms, from India’s securities markets for allegedly manipulating markets. The Congress on Tuesday criticised the government and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for failing to take quicker action to stop US securities trading company Jane Street for alleged index manipulation. “By operating simultaneously on the share market and the derivatives market, the American algo trading firm Jane Street earned lakhs of crores in profits, while the ordinary people lost their money. SEBI has confirmed that the manner in which they rigged the markets…

Utilising excess Godavari water beneficial for both Andhra, Telangana: CM Naidu. Srisailam , Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that it would be beneficial for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to utilise a few hundred TMC of excess Godavari river water, which otherwise drains wastefully into the sea. Speaking at a public meeting in Nandyal district after offering ‘jala harati’ over the Krishna river and opening four radial gates of the Srisailam Project to release water downstream, Naidu stressed that using excess floodwaters would not harm anyone. “If Andhra Pradesh can use 200 TMC of water…

The deceased, Raj Leela More, left a three-page suicide note mentioning the names of two people who he blamed for his death. A chartered accountant allegedly died by suicide in Mumbai on Tuesday after being blackmailed into paying ₹3 crore over a private video. The deceased, Raj Leela More (32), also left a three-page suicide note mentioning the names of two persons whom he blamed for his death. The accused, Rahul Parwani and Saba Qureshi, had allegedly threatened to leak Raj Leela More’s private video and had extorted crores of money from the CA over the past year on that…

Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier said the flight logs transmitted to the company also did not hint at any losses in combat during Operation Sindoor. Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier dismissed Pakistan’s claim and clarified that India lost one Rafale fighter aircraft due to a technical failure at high altitude during Operation Sindoor. During the latest Indo-Pakistan clash that began on May 7 with India’s ‘Operation Sindoor,’ the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had claimed that it shot down five Indian Air Force fighter jets, including three Rafale, using PL-15E long-range missiles launched by the J-10C multi-role combat aircraft.…

Bihar police has said they have proof against Ashok Sahu – the man who allegedly gave hired the contract killers to murder Gopal Khemka. The Bihar police said that it has arrested another accused in Gopal Khemka’s murder case. According to Additional Director General of Police Kundan Krishnan, the accused that has been arrested is the shooter who killed prominent businessman and BJP leader Gopal Khemka late Friday night outside his residence in Patna. “The facts that have come in the investigation are that the shooter has been arrested, and we have the evidence against him,” said ADG Krishnan. He…