DOHA: India has sought information from Boeing regarding the automatic deployment of the emergency Ram Air Turbine (RAT) system on an Air India Dreamliner during its final approach to Birmingham last week – seconds before landing at 400ft. The US aerospace major has also been asked to provide preventive measures to avoid a recurrence. Boeing…
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, UT on wife’s plea NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre and Ladakh UT on a petition filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali J Angmo, challenging his detention under the stringent National Security Act, but refused to pass interim order to the authorities to give her…
NEW DELHI: The countdown to the Bihar Assembly elections has officially begun. The Election Commission on Monday announced that the polls will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The result will be declared on November 14. With this announcement, Bihar has entered full-fledged election mode, and political parties are already ramping…
Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the NDA-led central government and the Ladakh Union Territory (UT) on a plea challenging Sonam Wangchuk’s detention after a violent protest in Ladakh in which four people were killed.The top court was hearing a plea filed by Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J…
NEW DELHI: Six patients died and five remain critical after a fire broke out at the trauma ICU of Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital late on Sunday night.Police said the exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined, though a short circuit is suspected. “At first glance, it appears to be a…
Rescue operation underway after landslides hit the area following heavy rainfall, in Darjeeling. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: At least 20 people, including children, have died and scores have been injured as relentless downpours triggered massive landslides across the Mirik and Darjeeling hills in West Bengal on Sunday. Homes were swept away, roads severed, and…
NEW DELHI: A newborn elephant calf at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park has been named Mayabini after late singer Zubeen Garg’s famous song. Assam’s environment and forest minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the female calf was born to an elephant named Kuwari. “Heartening news on #WorldAnimalDay — Kuwari, the elephant of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger…
NEW DELHI: Amritsar police dismantled a cross-border arms and narcotics smuggling network with links to Pakistan.Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav shared details on Saturday in a post on X: “In an intelligence-led operation, Counter Intelligence Amritsar busts a cross-border arms & narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan & apprehends two operatives,” he wrote.The accused were…
KOLKATA: West Bengal houses the highest number of foreign prisoners in the country. As many as 2,508, or 36%, of India’s 6,956 foreign prisoners are lodged in the state’s correctional homes, according to ‘Prison Statistics of India 2023’, released by the National Crime Records Bureau.As many as 89% of the foreigners detained in Bengal’s prisons,…
NEW DELHI: ED and CBI, besides other agencies like the income tax, have together decided to make a joint submission before the Westminster court in London pledging that the agencies here in India will not file any fresh case against fugitive PNB scam accused Nirav Modi, and if at all it is necessitated anytime in…
