NEW DELHI: Deaths due to accidents on national highways have marginally reduced. The road transport ministry on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that 53,372 lives were lost in road crashes on the NH network in 2023 and this reduced to 52,609 during last year. Govt data showed that in 2022, fatalities on NH were 61,038.In a…
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was forced to resign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior cabinet ministers. He further alleged that Dhankhar was “threatened” with an impeachment motion if he did not step down.The TMC…
NEW DELHI: A Doha-bound Air India Express flight from Calicut International Airport was forced to return on Wednesday morning due to a technical fault, airport officials confirmed. The aircraft was carrying 188 passengers, including crew and pilots. The plane landed safely back at the airport after a two-hour journey.Flight IX 375 took off from Calicut…
NAVI MUMBAI: This is no flight of fancy. A Greater flamingo found injured in Nerul’s NRI wetland, whose left leg had to be amputated, could soon take to the skies again.Makarand Saraf, a lecturer from Mumbai’s All India Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and his team have successfully fitted a prosthesis on the adolescent…
NEW DELHI: It is said there are no permanent friends or foes in politics. This was proved true once again when the surprise exit of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice-President on health grounds on Monday turned many of his sworn critics into well-wishers. This even as most of the NDA leaders – with whom Dhankhar had…
Army gets the first 3 of the 6 Apache attack helicopters ordered from the US NEW DELHI: The`tanks in the air’ for the Army are finally here. Three of the six long-delayed Apache AH-64 attack helicopters, contracted under the Rs 5,691 crore deal with the US in Feb 2020, arrived in India on Tuesday.The three…
NEW DELHI: A 3.2 magnitude earthquake hit Faridabad in Haryana early Tuesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.The tremor occurred at a depth of 5 km.In a post on X, NCS stated: “EQ of M: 3.2, On: 22/07/2025 06:00:28 IST, Lat: 28.29 N, Long: 77.21 E, Depth: 5 Km, Location: Faridabad, Haryana.”No damage…
New floor tiles lead to man’s body buried in Mumbai house VASAI: The body of a 32-year-old man was found buried in his house at Nalasopara (east) Monday evening. His wife is missing, the police said.The cellphone of the man, Vijay Chauhan, had been switched off for almost three weeks which prompted his brothers to…
NEW DELHI: Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday resigned from the Vice President post, citing health concerns and the need to follow medical advice. In his resignation letter, he said the decision was taken to “prioritise health care” in light of ongoing health issues. “To prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby resign as…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging a Karnataka high court order that had quashed proceedings against B.M. Parvathi, wife of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case.A bench of Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai…
