Representative image (ANI) NEW DELHI: India is expected to receive above-normal rainfall during the second half of the monsoon season, August and September, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).In an online press briefing on Thursday, IMD director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that most regions, barring the Northeast and adjoining eastern parts of the country,…
Air India flight (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Air India’s Delhi-London flight AI 2017 Thursday had to return to the terminal after taxiing out as the pilots suspected a snag in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner (VT-TSN). The airline then arranged another Dreamliner (VT-TSP) which took off around 6pm. Both these B787s are ex-Vistara. In the past…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday reiterated that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are ‘tamper-proof’ and ‘checking proves it again’, following a comprehensive verification exercise in Maharashtra. The checking and verification (C&V) process, which covered 10 assembly constituencies based on applications from 10 candidates, confirmed there was no mismatch in vote count…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the state government will provide a grant of Rs 1.10 lakh to each registered Durga Puja committee this year, continuing its annual financial support for the festival.Addressing a coordination meeting with Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata, Banerjee urged the committees to extend support…
NEW DELHI: Faced with a troubling spike in student suicides, IIT Kharagpur is taking an unusual but decisive step, downsizing ceiling fans in hostel rooms to make them unusable for self-harm. The initiative is part of a larger mental health push aimed at protecting students from moments of impulsive distress.“This is not a solution to…
Uma Bharti (left), Sadvi Pragya Thakur (ANI, PTI) Senior BJP leader and former union minister Uma Bharti on Thursday hailed the court’s verdict on 2008 Malegaon blast in which all seven accused have been acquitted, including former BJP MP Pragya Thakur, emphasising that terror has no colour. She added that Congress and especially former Madhya…
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc parties will intensify their protest over the Bihar SIR issue and are likely to hold a march to the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in Delhi, sources said on Thursday. According to the sources, the proposed march could be held next week.They further stated that the Congress-led opposition group met on…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission will publish the draft electoral rolls of Bihar, and physical as well as digital copies will also be given to all recognised political parties in Bihar in all 38 districts, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar, has said.“Dear Electors of Bihar, as per Para 7(4) of SIR orders (Page…
BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh’s sister Upma Singh on Thursday reacted emotionally over the acquittal of her sister and other accused in the Malegaon blast case and said that “truth has won.“Speaking on the NIA court’s verdict, Upma Singh told ANI, “Truth has won. Sadhvi was with the truth, and that is why she has…
Air India flight (ANI image) NEW DELHI: An Air India Boeing 787-9 aircraft bound for London aborted takeoff at Delhi airport on Thursday due to a technical problem.“Flight AI2017, operating from Delhi to London on July 31, returned to the bay due to a suspected technical issue,” an airline spokesperson said in a statement to…