Initial agreement on Hambantota port to be signed tomorrow

Work on in full swing for India’s first arch rail bridge in J&K

Work on India’s first cable-styled bridge, also called the Anji bridge, is in full swing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Raesi district. When it is completed, the bridge is being touted as one of the engineering marvels of the Indian Railways. According to Northern Railway officials, the work on the Anji Bridge, which is coming up on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) section of Northern Railway in Jammu and Kashmir is in full swing. The bridge is being built on the Katra-Banihal railway

23 Dec, 2020

Multiple flights arrive in Sri Lanka as repatriation process continues

Over 200 people arrived in Sri Lanka today in a number of flights as the process to repatriate Sri Lankans stranded overseas continued. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said 14 passengers each arrived from the Maldives and India, 44 from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and five from Indonesia. Two flights carrying 20 and four passengers respectively arrived from Qatar this morning. Among the 144 passengers due during the course of the day, 38 are from Indi

23 Dec, 2020

SC rejects FR by students against cut-off marks

The Supreme Court today dismissed a Fundamental Rights (FR) application filed by 42 students who had sat for the GCE Advanced Level Examination 2019. In the application, the students requested the Court to issue a stay order against the cut-off marks issued for the enrollment to the faculties of Physics and Engineering in State universities. The A/L 2019 Z-scores were issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Supreme Court bench has dismissed the FR application without taking it u

23 Dec, 2020