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New Delhi: Loss-making telecom operator Vodafone Idea will raise mobile tariffs across the board by 11-24 per cent from July 4, according to a company statement. Vodafone Idea (Vi) follows the tariff hike stage set by Reliance Jio on Thursday. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will roll out increased mobile service rates from July 3 onward. “In line with its commitment to provide its consumers with simple and comprehensive plans, Vi has curated an optimum range of feature-rich plans to meet the diverse needs of its consumers. Staying true to its philosophy of supporting entry-level users and progressively linking higher…

Jammu, India: The second batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left from Jammu under heavy security cover on Saturday. Around 4029 pilgrims left from Bhagwati Nagar Base Camp in Jammu in 200 vehicles, about 1850 left for Baltal in 104 vehicles and around 2179 for Pahalgam in 96 vehicles. These pilgrims will pay obeisance at Holy cave on Sunday. On Friday, the first batch of the Yatra with 4,603 pilgrims reached the Kashmir valley amid stringent security arrangements. Local Muslims joined senior officials of police and civil administration at several places to welcome the yatris, who were flagged off from the…

New Delhi: Global investment bank and financial company Morgan Stanley has stated that the PM Gati Shakti scheme has succeeded in giving a new fillip to India’s infrastructure development and multi-modal connectivity across highways, railways and ports that has spurred economic growth. According to the report, India has scaled up its infrastructure strongly over the last decade, with higher investment that is also better targeted and potentially more productive. “We expect India’s infrastructure investment to steadily increase from 5.3 per cent of GDP in FY24 to 6.5 per cent of GDP by FY29. Indeed, this implies that infrastructure investments are…

New Delhi: The Delhi International Airport management on Friday formed a committee to probe the roof collapse at Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, leading to the death of one person and injuries to at least eight people. A Technical Committee has been formed by the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) to investigate the cause of the incident. Additionally, DIAL is working with all relevant agencies, including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCAS), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Delhi Police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are jointly working to assess…

New Delhi: India on Friday said the US State Department’s report on international religious Freedom for 2023, which was critical of New Delhi, was ‘deeply biased’ and was driven by votebank considerations. The remarks were made by the external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal during the ministry’s weekly press briefing. “We have noted the release by the US State Department of its report on international religious Freedom for 2023. As in the past, the report is deeply biased, lacks an understanding of India’s social fabric, and is visibly driven by votebank considerations and a prescriptive outlook,” the ministry’s spokesperson Randhir…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In accordance with Articles 12 and 16 of the Constitution, as well as the provisions of the Goa School Education Act, 1984 and Rules, 1986, as applicable, Chairperson of the Goa Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Deepak Karmalkar passed an order on Thursday recommending that the Directorate of Education (DoE) make sure that all aided schools, including minority institutions in Goa, strictly adhere to the reservation policy of the Goa government for the recruitment and promotion of all teaching and non-teaching employees falling under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category. In its ruling in…

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will represent India at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana next week as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip it. Modi is set to visit Russia from July 8 to 9 in his first trip to that country in nearly five years. After concluding the visit to Russia, Modi is likely to travel to Austria on July 9 on a two-day trip. It is learnt that Modi decided to skip the SCO summit in view of his planned two-nation trip to Russia and Austria. There is…