Saba, who went to Iran in 2021 to pursue MBBS, is among the 110 students that returned India as part of Operation Sindhu SRINAGAR: For Saba Rasool, a medical student at Urmia University of Medical Sciences in Iran, the journey back home to Safakadal in Srinagar was long and fraught with anxiety. Relieved to be…
NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will decide whether to send the black boxes — cockpit voice and flight data records — of the ill-fated Boeing 787 that crashed as AI 171 last Thursday abroad for analysis. “The decision regarding location for decoding the flight recorders will be taken by AAIB after due…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena’s 59th foundation day turned into a full-blown family feud on Thursday, with Uddhav Thackeray accusing the BJP of sabotaging a possible alliance with cousin Raj Thackeray’s MNS, and Eknath Shinde firing back with taunts of betrayal and hunger for power.Holding parallel rallies in Mumbai, both Sena factions invoked Bal Thackeray’s legacy,…
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will determine where to decode the black box of Air India’s crashed Dreamliner, the government said on Thursday.“A combined unit of the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) has been recovered from the crash site on June 13, 2025, and another set was found on…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will visit Chhattisgarh on June 22 and 23, during which he will review the security scenario in the state against the backdrop of intensified anti-Maoist operations, and also tour the Naxalism-hit Narayanpur district.It was in Narayanpur that topmost CPI(Maoist) leader Namballa Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju was neutralised by district…
NEW DELHI: More than a decade after the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act was enacted, the anti-corruption ombudsman for probing corruption complaints against public servants, has notified the constitution of its prosecution wing.The Lokpal’s mandate is to inquire into the allegations of graft against specified public functionaries and all connected matters. Section 12 of the Lokpal…
An Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12. NEW DELHI: In Meghaninagar, near the Ahmedabad airport, residents experience intense fear whenever aircraft pass overhead.The atmosphere changed dramatically on June 12 when an Air India flight to London plummeted and crashed into a medical hostel in Meghaninagar, erupting in flames. The catastrophe claimed 270…
NEW DELHI: With investigators looking into if a bird strike, among other reasons, caused an Air India plane crash near the Ahmedabad airport, an animal rights group on Thursday wrote to the director general of civil aviation seeking immediate nationwide enforcement of a rule that prohibits bird-attracting establishments, such as slaughterhouses, meat shops, dairies and…
NEW DELHI: Will the outcome of Nilambur byelection decide the future of ties between Congress and its Kerala leader Shashi Tharoor – that have remained frosty since January when the Thiruvananthapuram MP surprised his party with out-of-turn praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his foreign policies? Tharoor, who was kept away from party’s campaign…
Visuals of Jodhpur man disguised as woman arrested NEW DELHI: Jodhpur police have arrested a wanted criminal named Daya Shankar, who dressed as a woman in an attempt to escape the authorities.Visuals of his arrest went viral on social media, showing him wearing a saree, petticoat and blouse. In the video, he can be seen…
