The three Indian nationals who went missing in Iran recently, have been rescued, the Iranian embassy in India said on Tuesday.“Three missing Indian citizens freed by Tehran police. Local media in Iran say police have found and released three Indian men who had gone missing in Iran,” it posted on its X handle.According to the…
The success of the global aviation carbon offsetting scheme hinges on govts stepping up to the challenge, said International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Willie Walsh on Wednesday. As airlines brace for the mandatory offsetting of a portion of international flight emissions from Jan 2027, the big question is whether govts will be able…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan said India conducted strikes at seven more locations than the targets officially acknowledged by Indian armed forces between May 7 and 10 during Operation Sindoor.A Pakistan govt document on its Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos (Iron Wall) and India’s “unprovoked aggression”, shared with its media, lists out Indian drone strikes at Attock, Bahawalnagar, Gujrat…
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: J&K LG Manoj Sinha Tuesday dismissed three J&K govt employees after they were found to be transporting arms, explosives and narcotics to and arranging logistical support for operatives of LeT and Hizb to carry out terror attacks in the UT.This takes the total dismissals ordered by Sinha under Article 311(2)(c) of Constitution, since…
PUNE: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said that “on 10 May at about 1am, Pakistan aimed to bring India to its knees in 48 hours” but “their operation, which they thought would continue for 48 hours, folded up in about eight hours”.“Then they picked up the phone and said they wanted to talk,”…
NEW DELHI: SC has ruled that a married woman cannot accuse a man of rape on promise of marriage while her own marriage is still subsisting, and quashed a rape case filed by her against a man.The case involved a Muslim woman, mother of a four-year-old, residing at her parents’ home in Maharashtra’s Satara. She…
BENGALURU: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of India and three other members of Axiom-4 mission’s multinational crew will launch for International Space Station on June 10 at 5.52pm IST, two days later than the originally planned June 8 lift-off.Axiom Space announced the revised schedule Tuesday, citing no reason for the delay. The mission, led by veteran…
NEW DELHI: Union finance ministry, along with Reserve Bank of India and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has rolled out several crucial measures to secure digital financial transactions and combat fraud, official sources said, rejecting allegations that frauds have soared.The ministry of home affairs had set up Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in…
GUWAHATI: At least eight more deaths due to rain-triggered floods and landslides were reported Tuesday in Northeast, taking the toll in the past five days to 44.In Assam, one death each occurred in Hailakandi, Sribhumi, Morigaon, Cachar, Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts. One person died in Manipur, while a labourer perished in a wall collapse in…
SC has formed a three-member committee to address niggling issues of rising encroachments, pilgrims and mining at Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur SC also. halted all mining activities inside the core area of the reserve, and any illegal mining inside the park area. “State govt shall ensure there is no violation and…
