Representative image (Credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: “Suspected fuel starvation” — running out of fuel — reportedly caused a Red Bird training aircraft to force land in an open field about to 50 to 70 km before its destination, Belagavi, on Sunday. Luckily, both the flight instructor and student pilot on board the Cessna 172 aircraft…
From left: CPM’s MV Govindan, Congress leader VD Satheesan and senior BJP leader K Surendran (File photo) NEW DELHI: As Kerala heads toward another high-stakes assembly election, a controversial name has returned to the centre of a new political storm. Jamaat-e-Islami, long part of the state’s complex web of alliances and rivalries, is now the…
NEW DELHI: The chief minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, has approved a grant of Rs 1,200 crore for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), providing major relief to thousands of serving employees and pensioners, while also strengthening technology-driven initiatives to improve traffic management and urban mobility in the Capital.Out of the total allocation released by the…
Police personnel at the spot after a swing fell down at Surajkund fair, in Faridabad. A police officer was killed and 13 other suffered injuries. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Police on Sunday arrested the swing operator and one of his staff members, a day after an on-duty inspector was killed and 12 others were injured…
Forest officials arrested a seven-member gang and seized tiger skin, claws, and teeth during an operation in the Kannur district of Kerala. The arrests followed secret intelligence inputs about an attempt to sell tiger body parts.Acting on the tip-off received on Friday night, forest officials launched a joint operation and tracked down three suspects near…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday warned against “infiltrators” in the country, asserting that their “language” reveals their identity. The Hindu outfit chief, however, did not specify any particular language for their identification. He hailed the ongoing controversial special intensive revision (SIR) by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government in the…
NEW DELHI: India has moved a step closer to strengthening its defence against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral infection that has long troubled forest-edge communities in the Western Ghats. The Indian council of medical research (ICMR) has initiated Phase I human clinical trials of a newly developed, fully indigenous vaccine after completing key…
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gaurav Gogoi NEW DELHI: The Assam cabinet on Saturday decided to refer the case linked to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s alleged Pakistan connections to the ministry of home affairs, with chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma saying the matter involves national security and cannot be probed further by state agencies.The decision came as…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday lauded the interim framework for the US-India trade agreement, stating that this delivers a decisive boost to Make in India. Calling the announcement of the framework “a landmark step”, Yogi Adityanath emphasised that this will expand global market access for Indian products. ‘Reasons For Reducing Russian…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a ceremonial welcome and Guard of Honour at the Perdana Putra building in Putrajaya on Sunday, marking a key moment in his two-day official visit to Malaysia. The reception followed his arrival in Kuala Lumpur a day earlier, when Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim personally welcomed him at…
