NEW DELHI: The Delhi forest department has informed the Supreme Court that a “fake permission” was fraudulently issued in the name of the deputy conservator of forests, allowing tree felling in the ecologically sensitive Ridge area of Vasant Kunj for a housing project. The disclosure came in an affidavit submitted in response to a petition…
NEW DELHI: A PIL (Public Interest Litigation) has been filed on Saturday against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in the Supreme Court, accusing him of inciting violence and spreading hatred against Hindi-speaking people.The petition, filed by Advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, seeks registration of an FIR against Thackeray and his party workers for their alleged…
NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has initiated legal action against international media outlets – Reuters and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over their coverage of the Air India Flight 171 crash, which took place on June 12 in Ahmedabad, resulting in the death of 260 people.FIP president Captain CS Randhawa confirmed to…
NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has initiated legal action against international media outlets – Reuters and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over their coverage of the Air India Flight 171 crash, which took place on June 12 in Ahmedabad, resulting in the death of 260 people.FIP president Captain CS Randhawa confirmed to…
NEW DELHI; The Congress on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led government following fresh remarks by US President Donald Trump, who claimed — for the 24th time — that he mediated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan using trade pressure.The party questioned the PM Modi’s continued silence, accusing…
NEW DELHI: The US-based National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which oversees investigations into major aviation and transportation incidents, on Friday slammed recent media coverage of the preliminary report on the Air India Flight 171 crash, calling the reports “premature and speculative.“Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the NTSB, said in a statement: “Recent media reports on the…
A video from Ajmer’s Khwaja Garib Nawaz Dargah has surfaced online, showing heavy rainwater gushing through the passage like a river late Friday night, sweeping carts along the streets and leaving the area severely waterlogged. The intense flow of water caused panic when a devotee slipped near the Nizam Gate, but was quickly rescued by…
NEW DELHI: The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday carried out searches at 10 locations across four districts of the Kashmir Valley in connection with a terror-crime investigation.According to the CIK, the raids are linked to a case involving terrorist sleeper cells and a recruitment module allegedly operated from…
US President Donald Trump on Friday once again claimed credit for preventing a major conflict between India and Pakistan, saying the two nuclear-armed nations were “hitting each other” and that “four or five jets were shot down” before tensions were eased “through trade talks.“Speaking at a private dinner with Republican lawmakers at the White House,…
MIRA/BHAYANDaR: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said if Hindi was made mandatory for Classes 1 to 5 in schools in Maharashtra, his party will “shut down schools”. Speaking at a rally in Mira Bhayandar, he referred to CM Devendra Fadnavis’s latest reported statement that the three-language policy will be implemented in the state. Earlier…