NEW DELHI: Five Congress MPs including party general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday wrote to civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, urging a “comprehensive and time-bound investigation” into what they described as “serious safety lapses” on an Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi on August 10.In his letter, co-signed by other MPs on board…
NEW DELHI: Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Tuesday slammed Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her ‘cold-blooded murder’ and ‘heinous crime’ remarks over the Israeli strike killing Al Jazeera journalists. Reacting sharply to Vadra’s comment, the Israeli envoy wrote, “What is shameful is your deceit.” Taking a stand for his country, Azar said…
NEW DELHI: The Times of India, the world’s most-read English-language daily, has joined the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) — a cross-industry community of over 4,500 members including civil society, media, and technology companies, founded by Adobe in 2019. The CAI is focused on promoting media transparency through an open, extensible approach and free, open-source tools…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to immediately release prisoners who have completed their court-mandated sentences, provided they are not wanted in any other case. The order came as the court expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jails long after their terms had ended.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday criticised the Supreme Court‘s order to relocate stray dogs to shelters in Delhi-NCR, calling it a “step back from decades of humane, science-backed policy.” The leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha further emphasised that the “voiceless soul,” are “not the problems to be erased.” Taking to…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced the formation of a three-member committee to investigate allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the “cash-at-home” controversy.The panel will include senior advocate PV Acharya of the Karnataka high Court as the jurist member. SC judge Aravind Kumar, Madras HC Chief Justice Manindra Mohan…
NEW DELHI: After Pakistan army chief Asim Munir issued a nuclear threat, Bilawal Bhutto threatened India over the suspension of Indus Water Treaty. Bhutto, a former Pakistani foreign minister, accused India of inflicting “great damage” on Pakistan and called for national unity against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“United as one, we must raise our voices against…
Pakistan army chief Asim Munir (File photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir, during his second visit to the United States in two months and just months after Operation Sindoor, issued sharp anti-India remarks, declaring from US soil, “if we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us.”Munir…
NEW DELHI: Amid mounting international outrage over the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday condemned the Israeli strike, calling it “cold-blooded murder” and “heinous crime.” Taking to X, Priyanka said, “The cold-blooded murder of five Al Jazeera journalists is yet another heinous crime committed on Palestinian soil.” She…
File photo: Union minister Piyush Goyal with Singapore deputy PM Gan Kim Yong (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Indian government will host the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), a key platform for advancing cooperation on issues of mutual interest including new and emerging areas, on August 13 this week. The talks will also set…