AHMEDABAD: Two aviation disasters in Ahmedabad 37 years apart saw Dr Hasmukh Patel, MLA from Amraiwadi constituency, play an eerily familiar role as “emergency worker” at BJ Medical College, reports Parag Dave.Back in 1988, Patel was a second-year MBBS student at the medical college and civil hospital when news came in of Indian Airlines Flight…
AHMEDABAD: Agony and trauma were writ large on the bandaged face of Viswashkumar Ramesh – the lone survivor of the devastating June 12 Air India plane crash that killed all other 241 people on board – as he shouldered his younger brother Ajay’s bier on his final journey at their ancestral Bucharwada village in the…
NEW DELHIi: It needed to be said and many, not just his supporters, were waiting for him to state it for over a month now. Yet, many were surprised by the bluntness with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi called US President Donald Trump out over his claim about having brokered the suspension of hostilities with…
TORONTO: India is a perpetrator of foreign interference, Canada’s intelligence agency said in a report published Wednesday, just after India’s and Canada’s PMs vowed to strengthen ties at a global summit hosted by Canada.Canada-India relations have been tense since former PM Justin Trudeau in 2023 accused Indian govt of involvement in the 2023 murder of…
NEW DELHI: With thousands of Indians stuck in Iran amid escalating Israel-Iran tensions, India Wednesday launched Operation Sindhu to evacuate its citizens from the country.As a first step, as per MEA, 110 students departed Armenian capital of Yerevan on a special flight and landed in Delhi early Thursday. As TOI reported Tuesday, these students had…
NEW DELHI: Cautioning govts not to invoke stringent laws like UP Gangsters Act “as an instrument of harassment or intimidation, particularly where political motivations may be at play”, Supreme Court has quashed an FIR lodged under the Act against people taking part in a demonstration after a communal flare-up arising out of a controversial social…
US President Donald Trump with PM Modi Sharing details about PM Modi’s phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said Trump was understanding of India’s position and backed its fight against terrorism. “Due to pre-scheduled commitments, PM Modi expressed his inability to drop by in DC on his way back from…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of making the use of Indian Standard Time (IST) as the mandatory time reference for all legal, commercial, digital and administrative activities, the govt on Wednesday asked industry, stock exchanges, Sebi, banks and those dealing with critical infrastructure to discontinue use of alternative systems such as GPS.Consumer affairs ministry Pralhad Joshi told…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Croatia PM Modi arrived in Zagreb on Wednesday and held delegation-level talks with his Croatian counterpart, Andrej Plenkovic. He said the two countries agreed that whether it is Europe or Asia, solutions to problems cannot come from battlefields, asserting that dialogue and diplomacy is the only way ahead.“We agree that…
NEW DELHI: In a big relief to middle class and private car owners who frequently use national highways and expressways, govt on Wednesday announced rollout of a FASTag-based annual toll pass from Aug 15 for Rs 3,000. The pass will be activated on the existing FASTag and will be valid for one year from the…
