Vijay’s national ambitions: Can the TVK chief succeed where Kejriwal failed? The honeymoon period between Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and its coalition partner, the Congress, appears to be over. Barely months after the two parties came together to form the government, they are already sparring over a question…
Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress will stage a massive demonstration and march to the chief minister’s residence in Dehradun on September 7, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee said on Friday.The protest follows a call by the All India Congress Committee (AICC).The protest will begin at Parade Ground and focus…
The finding relates to the Pilot-In-Command of the Air India flight that was operating from Phuket to Delhi on August 4. The aircraft suddenly lost around 300 feet in altitude while flying over Odisha, injuring 20 passengers and four cabin crew members. NEW DELHI: A preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has…
ECI rejects Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi’s claim NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday rejected Congress leader and Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi’s claim that his name and those of his family members were missing from Punjab’s draft electoral roll published on August 13.According to an ECI statement, the Lok Sabha member and…
The final report will tell what caused the extremely rare instance of all three hydraulic systems on an A320 failing one after the other in a matter of seconds — whether it happened due to something going wrong with the hardware or software or due to some manual intervention. NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation…
IndiGo flight makes contact with pole at Srinagar airport; no injuries An IndiGo flight from Navi Mumbai to Srinagar came into contact with a pole while being parked at Srinagar airport on Friday morning, as news agency ANI reported quoting airport officials.IndiGo flight 6E 225, operated by aircraft VT-NOG, arrived at Srinagar airport and struck…
Nepal foreign minister denies ‘compensation’ claim Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal on Friday clarified that Kathmandu has not sought financial compensation from any country, including India, following last week’s catastrophic flash floods that have killed over 1,200 people so far.Also Read | ‘Not charity’: Nepal seeks compensation from major industrial emitters for deadly flood“Neither I…
The Prime Minister also highlighted the expanding role of Indian industry in the country’s space programme. He said the growing partnership with ISRO was helping strengthen the sector and broaden India’s capabilities. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after the successful launch of the GSLV-F17 rocket…
JP MP Sanjay Jaiswal made chairperson NEW DELHI: Three weeks after Lok Sabha decided to send the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill to a parliamentary committee for scrutiny, Speaker Om Birla Thursday named 31 members of the panel, with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal made chairperson.BJP-led NDA’s 19 MPs will be in the committee, while…
Govt will soon allow old polluting trucks and buses to be fitted with retrofit emission-control devices NEW DELHI: In a fresh push to curb vehicular pollution, govt will soon allow old polluting trucks and buses to be fitted with retrofit emission-control devices (RECDs) that can reduce particulate matter emissions by up to 90% and nitrogen…
