March 6, 2025 4:15 PM

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DMRC completes tunnel breakthrough for its Golden Metro Line

Delhi Metro today completed a tunnel breakthrough for its Golden Metro Line at Vasant Kunj. The 26-kilometer metro line will run under the Aerocity-Tughlakabad Corridor and is being built by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation as part of its Phase 4 expansion. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister M...

March 6, 2025 4:08 PM

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Tamil Nadu: NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of victimization

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the District Collector of Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, over a report that a village chief ostracized all the members of a family when they initiated a legal battle against a man over land encroachment. Taking suo motu cognizance of media repor...

March 6, 2025 3:02 PM

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UN to slash monthly food aid for Rohingya in Bangladesh

The United Nations (UN) will slash monthly food aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month from April due to a funding crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) informed Bangladesh on Wednesday. Citing funding shortages, WFP stated in the letter that it had been trying to maint...

March 6, 2025 1:53 PM

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Lok Sabha Select Committee on new Income Tax Bill holds meeting

The Select Committee of Lok Sabha on the new Income Tax Bill is holding a meeting at the Parliament House in New Delhi. The Committee has summoned the representatives of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India along with Ernst and Young to record oral evidence. The 31-member panel is headed ...

March 6, 2025 1:33 PM

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Delhi Metro’s Golden Line tunnel breakthrough at Vasant Kunj completed

Delhi Metro today completed a tunnel breakthrough for its Golden Metro line at Vasant Kunj in the national capital. The 26-kilometer metro line will run under the Aerocity-Tughlakabad Corridor and is being built by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation as part of its Phase 4 expansion. After the breakthr...

March 6, 2025 1:58 PM

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Bangladesh Students protest Dhaka-centric dominance, block railway in Rajshahi

In Bangladesh, Students blocked the railway line in Rajshahi on Wednesday, demanding an end to Dhaka University- and Dhaka-centric dominance in power and appointments across all sectors and calling for decentralisation.   The protesters complained that from advisory council appointments to the ...