Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will once again form its government in Uttarakhand for the third consecutive time in 2027.. Union home minister Amit Shah receives a warm welcome from Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday. (@pushkardhami X). Addressing a gathering in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar to mark four years of the BJP government in the state, he said, “In 2024, Narendra Modi became Prime Minister for the third consecutive time, a feat that had not occurred in six decades. In 2024, a BJP Chief Minister was elected in Odisha. A hat-trick in Haryana, a hat-trick in Maharashtra. In 2025, the AAP party was wiped out in Delhi. A government was formed in Bihar with a two-thirds majority. The BJP flag is flying high in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. In 2026, BJP and NDA governments will be formed in Bengal and Tamil Nadu. But the people of Devbhoomi will have to inaugurate 2027. A BJP government will be formed in Uttarakhand once again,” he said.. Criticising the opposition, he said, “Congress is the party associated with corruption and disorder. It is the same party that once opposed the creation of Uttarakhand. On the other hand, the BJP has deep faith in the Char Dham and has worked to increase the number of Char Dham pilgrims threefold. The BJP has connected every town in Uttarakhand with roads, provided jobs to youth without ‘kharchi’ or ‘parchi’, implemented the Uniform Civil Code, and is taking action to identify and remove infiltrators. Uttarakhand has to choose between these two parties.”. “Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, Congress has completely fragmented. The party cannot ensure the development of Devbhoomi. The state will go to polls again in 2027. Over the past nine years, our two chief ministers have served Uttarakhand with full dedication. Give the BJP a third opportunity, and we will work to make Uttarakhand the number one among smaller states,” he added.. He said that the Modi government allocated multiple times more funds to Uttarakhand between 2014 and 2024 than what the Congress government provided during its tenure from 2004 to 2014. “The ₹12,000-crore, 900-km Char Dham project was taken up, along with the ₹8,000-crore Delhi–Dehradun economic corridor. Development is reflected in a state’s budget: between 2009 and 2014, Uttarakhand’s average budget was about ₹18,700 crore, and it has now increased several times over, showing how far the state has progressed. Railway projects worth ₹26,000 crore have been approved, several helipads have been built, and the Dehradun airport has been modernised. Significant work has also been done in agriculture and fisheries. In 2014, Uttarakhand’s per capita income was ₹1.25 lakh, and it has risen to ₹2.60 lakh in nine years.”. People from the state had fought for statehood, and Congress and Samajwadi parties carried out such repression against the youth of Uttarakhand that it was 

 A political slugfest continues between the opposition Congress and the ruling BJP after the United States said it had “allowed” India to purchase Russian oil already at sea in a move aimed at easing supply concerns around the world amid the conflict in the Middle East.. A Hindustan Petroleum Corp. oil refinery in Mumbai, India, (Bloomberg). While the Congress termed this an “insult” that India would require such a permission at all, the BJP on Saturday claimed that the United States reached out to India for “help” to ease pressure on global refineries and bring stability to oil prices. The ruling party cited a statement by US energy secretary Chris Wright to make its point.. ALSO READ | ‘We want war to end’, Iranian traders in Tripura. BJP on Russian oil row. In a post on X, the BJP’s official handle shared a video of Wright in which he said during an interview that the US “reached out to friends in India” and asked New Delhi to “buy that oil and bring it into your refineries”.. Speaking to ABC News, the US energy secretary said the step was not a policy shift towards Russia but only a temporary move. “We reached out to our friends in India and said, ‘Buy that oil and bring it into your refineries,’” he said in the interview.. The BJP used the video to reject accusations by the opposition over the United States saying it had given “permission” to India to buy Russian oil.. “Shutting down the Opposition propaganda and outpour, US energy secretary Chris Wright puts it on record that the United States reached out to India for help in easing global refinery pressure and stabilising oil prices. A clear acknowledgment of India’s growing role in global energy stability,” the BJP said.. ALSO READ | ‘Buy that oil, bring it to your refineries’: Trump’s Energy Secretary on why US gave 30-day Russian oil waiver to India. Congress reacts, slams government. Responding to the BJP’s post on X, Congress national secretary Ruchira Chaturvedi shared a video of US treasury secretary Scott Bessent in which he said during an interview that the US had given India “permission” to buy Russian oil.. “The world is very well supplied in oil. Yesterday, the Treasury (Department) agreed to let our allies in India start buying Russian oil that was already on the water,” secretary Bessent said in an interview to Fox Business on Friday.. “The Indians had been very good actors. We had asked them to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil this fall. They did. They were going to substitute it with US oil. But to ease the temporary gap of oil around the world, we have given them permission to accept the Russian oil,” he said.. Chaturvedi slammed the BJP-led Centre over India “needing US’ permission” and accused the party of “defending American attack on our sovereignty”.. “Why does India need US’ permission? Instead of asking this to the US, you are defending US’ attack on our sovereignty! Tum kitne mein bike ho (How muc 

 Global warming has accelerated in the past ten years with a new study concluding it with 98% certainty. While scientists had started noting signs of rapid acceleration of warming in recent years, this is the first study to say it with scientific confidence.. This recent rate is higher than in any previous decade since the beginning of instrumental records in 1880. (Bloomberg photo). After accounting for known natural influences like El Niño events, volcanic eruptions and solar variations on global temperature, the research team detected a statistically significant acceleration of the warming trend.. Over the past ten years, the estimated warming rate has been around 0.35°C per decade, depending on the dataset, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade on average from 1970 to 2015, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) said on Friday evening.. This recent rate is higher than in any previous decade since the beginning of instrumental records in 1880, the authors emphasised.. HT reported on January 15 that global temperatures over the past three years (2023-25) averaged more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (C) above pre-industrial levels, marking the first three year period which has exceeded the threshold, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said.. Berkeley Earth, which focuses on land temperature data analysis has warned that the warming spike in 2023 to 2025 appears to have deviated significantly from the previous largely linear trend. The warming spike in 2023 to 2025 appears to have deviated significantly from the previous trend. If we were to assume that global warming was continuing at the same rate as during the 50-year period 1970-2019, then the 2023 to 2025 excursion would be by far the largest deviation from that trend, Berkeley Earth said.. “We can now demonstrate a strong and statistically significant acceleration of global warming since around 2015,” said Grant Foster, a US statistics expert and co-author of the study, which was published in Geophysical Research Letters.. Also Read: Global temperatures breach 1.5°C threshold for 1st time in 3 years in a row. Most importantly, the study has also concluded that if the warming rate of the past 10. years continues, the Paris Agreement 1.5°C warming limit will be breached by 2030.. “Stopping this trend is in our hands: studies show that global warming will stop around the time humanity reaches zero CO2 emissions, but it can hardly be reversed. In the current political climate, however, it is quite possible that warming may continue its fast pace or even accelerate further. This much is clear: if the warming rate of the past 10 years continues, the Paris Agreement 1.5°C warming limit will be breached by 2030,” the study states.. Short-term natural fluctuations in global temperature caused by El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles can mask changes in the long-term rate of warming. In their data analysis, which is based on measurement data, the two research 

 The upcoming Noida international airport might be set to begin operations within the next two months, after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday granted an aerodrome license to the facility, clearing its last hurdle before launch.. Spread across 1,300 hectares in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar, the Noida International Airport cleared its ultimate hurdle – getting an aerodrome license, before kickstarting operations a day after it received mandatory security clearance from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). (Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times file photo). A government statement said that the airport has been licensed under the Public Use category for all-weather operations and that it meets the safety and operational standards prescribed by the regulator.. The development of the Noida International Airport (NIA) is part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s broader vision for building a robust aviation ecosystem, it stated.. When will the airport open?. After the DGCA approval, cargo and domestic flight operations are expected to begin within 45 days, as mandated under the project plan.. Spread across 1,300 hectares in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar, the airport facility cleared its ultimate hurdle – getting an aerodrome license, before kickstarting operations a day after it received mandatory security clearance from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).. The BCAS had earlier flagged several issues that pushed back the inauguration, which was initially scheduled for September 2024. It had raised concerns over potential interference with the Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR), a navigation aid that provides aircraft with bearing information relative to a ground station.. Questions were also raised over a steel wall near the DVOR, which staged a chance to affect the safety of aircraft during landing and take-off. BCAS questioned the makeshift structure and asked the airport operator to replace it with a permanent wall.. “While constructing the permanent wall will take a few months, BCAS has granted clearance on the condition that a permanent structure is built within six months,” an official aware of the matter said.. About the Noida International Airport. Expected to handle about 12 million passengers annually in its first phase, the NIA is being developed as the national capital region’s second major airport after Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.. The facility features a runway with orientation 10/28 and dimensions of 3,900 m × 45 m, supported by an Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) system, enabling 24×7 operations.. “The aerodrome has parking stands for 24 Code C and 02 Code D/F aircraft and is equipped with ARFF Category 9 facilities capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777-300ER,” a statement by the government read.. The airport is being developed in four phases along with a multi-modal cargo hub. After the completion of 

 Live. By. Delhi Uttam Nagar clashes LIVE updates: To prevent tensions in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar amid ongoing protests, security has been heightened to maintain law and order situation. Dwarka district DCP Kushal Pal Singh said that police have appealed people of both the communities to maintain peace and order.. Uttam Nagar clashes LIVE updates: The father of Tarun Kumar, who died in the clashes that erupted in Uttam Nagar on Holi, staged a sit-in protest outside the Uttam Nagar Police Station in New Delhi on Friday.. Uttam Nagar clashes LIVE updates: The festival of Holi took a grim turn in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area earlier this week after a man was killed when two families from different communities clashed over a water balloon thrown by a minor. The clashes sparked on the night of Holi on Wednesday, March 4, when an 11-year-old from a Hindu family was throwing water balloons from her terrace on passers by below, one of which hit a Muslim woman, to which the latter objected.. This led to an altercation between the family of the girl and the woman, which later turned violent, said police.. At least four people were injured in the incident including three from the Hindu family, out of which, 26-year-old Tarun Kumar died on Thursday morning, triggering further clashes in the area.. Protests erupt, vehicles set ablaze. The death caused by the altercation has led to protests in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area. Some vehicles were set ablaze on Friday night and streets were choked by demonstrators demanding justice for the deceased.. The police had arrested four people and apprehended a minor boy from the Muslim family on Thursday evening itself. The total arrests made in the case till now is eight and a murder case has been filed over Kumar’s death.. Amid heightened tensions in the area, police and other security forces have been deployed in the neighbourhood as people, enraged over the death, gathered around the Muslim family’s home in an alleged attempt to attack, Hindustan Times reported earlier citing a police official who asked not to be identified.. …Read More. This led to an altercation between the family of the girl and the woman, which later turned violent, said police.. At least four people were injured in the incident including three from the Hindu family, out of which, 26-year-old Tarun Kumar died on Thursday morning, triggering further clashes in the area.. Protests erupt, vehicles set ablaze. The death caused by the altercation has led to protests in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area. Some vehicles were set ablaze on Friday night and streets were choked by demonstrators demanding justice for the deceased.. The police had arrested four people and apprehended a minor boy from the Muslim family on Thursday evening itself. The total arrests made in the case till now is eight and a murder case has been filed over Kumar’s death.. Amid heightened tensions in the area, police and other security forces have been deployed in the neighbourhood as people,