NEW DELHI: As American authorities laud Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts, India said Thursday that no one has forgotten that Pakistan gave shelter to Osama Bin laden and its role in the Mumbai attacks.Government also reminded the US that the man who helped locate Osama Bin Laden is still in a Pakistan jail.“The record of what Pakistan…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Karnataka VAT department’s demand of Rs 317 crore from Antrix Corporation Ltd, a central PSU which is the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation, as tax liability for the period 2008-2014.Appearing for Antrix, additional solicitor general N Venkatraman told a partial working day bench of…
Decision on new Axiom-4 launch date expected soon (Picture credit: ANI) CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA): SpaceX appears to have fixed the liquid oxygen (LOX) leak it detected in Falcon-9, and a new date for the launch of the Axiom-4 mission is expected to be finalised after a meeting scheduled post midday here (late in India).At the…
NEW DELHI: NHIDCL, a company under the road transport ministry, has cancelled a construction supervision contract for a road tunnel project in Mizoram awarded to a joint venture (JV) of railway PSU RITES and a Turkish firm, citing failure to submit “national security clearance.” The move comes in the wake of Ankara’s support to Pakistan…
Air India plane crash: Vijay Rupani latest Indian political bigwig to lose life in aviation tragedy NEW DELHI: Former Gujarat CMVijay Rupani became the latest addition to a tragic list of Indian political leaders who lost their lives in air accidents, after Air India flight AI-171 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday. The…
The mess hall at BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad AHMEDABAD: One of India’s worst air tragedies also claimed victims on the ground as an Air India 787 Dreamliner that lost control right after take-off from Ahmedabad airport Thursday afternoon plunged into residential buildings and a mess on BJ Medical College campus, leaving at least four…
NEW DELHI: Duty bound to determine guilt and punish offenders, a seasoned judicial officer would be the first from his tribe to be tried under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for continuously molesting his own minor daughter for over four years from 2014.Adjudicating the suspended Maharashtra judicial officer’s plea for…
AHMEDABAD: Pilot of Air India flight 171 issued a ‘Mayday’ call before all communication with the air traffic controller was lost moments before the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed, according to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).A ‘Mayday’ call is an internationally recognised radio distress signal used in life-threatening emergencies such as engine failure, onboard fire…
NEW DELHI: In December 2022, India’s aviation safety oversight mechanism was ranked among the top 50 countries of the world. At No. 48, it was a big leap from its 102nd rank in 2018. International Civil Aviation Organisation had in November 2022 audited DGCA to check its effective implementation (EI) of critical safety elements.Following that,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC Thursday refused to grant bail to Kashmiri separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah in a terror funding case, citing the possibility of him carrying out similar unlawful activities and influencing witnesses. The court also rejected Shah’s alternative prayer seeking “house arrest.” Shah, arrested by NIA in 2019, had moved HC against trial court’s…
