SC issues pan-India directions for road safety, says expressways should not become corridor of peril

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New Delhi: Observing that expressways must not become corridors of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps, the Supreme Court has issued a slew of pan-India guidelines for enhancing road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy vehicles on such roads. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar pointed out that national highways constitute two percent of India's total road length but account for nearly 30 percent...

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Iran says ‘progress’ in US talks, but ‘far from final discussion’

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Tehran: Iran has indicated that there has been "progress" in its ongoing discussions with the United States, though it stressed that a final agreement is still a long way off, with the current two-week ceasefire due to expire on April 22, according to local media reports Sunday. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said in a televised address on Saturday (local time) that significant differences continue to persist between...

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Vice President Radhakrishnan arrives in Sri Lanka on two-day visit

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Colombo: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan arrived Sunday morning on a two-day visit to further strengthen the millennia-old civilisational and people-to-people ties between the two countries. Accompanied by a 49-member delegation, the vice president was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage and several other dignitaries. Radhakrishnan's visit is the first ever by an Indian vice president to Sri Lanka, officials said. Later in...

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Govt comes out with set of FAQs on women’s reservation bill, know what it includes

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New Delhi: The government Sunday came out with a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the reservation for women in legislatures following the defeat of a Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota for women in the Lower House and state assemblies. The FAQs came amid the Opposition's claim that in the name of women quota, the government was trying to...

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Iran says ‘progress’ in US talks, but ‘far from final discussion’

Tehran: Iran has indicated that there has been "progress" in its ongoing discussions with the United States, though it stressed that a final agreement is still a long way off, with the current two-week ceasefire due to expire on April 22, according to local media reports Sunday. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said in...

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Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh announce second pregnancy

New Delhi: Actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone announced Sunday that they are expecting their second child. The couple shared a collaborative post on their respective Instagram handles, which featured their first daughter, Dua, holding a positive pregnancy test kit.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by दीपिका पादुकोण (@deepikapadukone) Several celebrities went...

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Two Indian men shot dead in Italy while leaving gurdwara

Rome: Two Indian men have been shot dead in Italy's Covo in Bergamo province just as they were leaving a warehouse used as a place of worship during a gathering for Vaisakhi festival, local media reported Sunday. The attack occurred Friday, a few minutes before midnight in the square in front of the Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur...

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Israel great ally of US; courageous and loyal, unlike others: Trump

Washington: President Donald Trump called Israel a "great ally of the United States of America" and heaped praise on the country for its "courage" and "loyalty" as the conflict with Iran continues to escalate. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social Saturday (local time), Trump said that Israel has stood by the US in...

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Vice President Radhakrishnan arrives in Sri Lanka on two-day visit

Colombo: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan arrived Sunday morning on a two-day visit to further strengthen the millennia-old civilisational and people-to-people ties between the two countries. Accompanied by a 49-member delegation, the vice president was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage and several other dignitaries. Radhakrishnan's visit is the...

 

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