NEW DELHI: Two trainee pilots were injured as a small aircraft of the Indian Army landed on a field in Bihar’s Gaya district on Tuesday morning. The microlight aircraft of the Army’s Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) landed on the field in Paharpur around 9.15 am.“During the training session, the aircraft experienced a malfunction and caused…
PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court has directed a Varanasi court to decide, “preferably within eight weeks”, a petition seeking unrestricted right to worship the purported Shivling found inside Gyanvapi mosque premises in May 2022.This application was filed before Varanasi’s civil judge (senior division) in a petition seeking a permanent injunction against Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM) restraining…
NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry blistering fifties were followed by all-round effort from the bowlers as Royal Challengers Bangalore eased past UP Warriorz by 23 runs to register third third win of the 2024 Women’s Premier League on Monday. After back-to-back defeats against Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at home, RCB campaign got…
Mid-market consumer and healthcare-focused fund Lighthouse Funds, has invested Rs 229 crore in luggage maker Safari Industries through its recent fund Lighthouse India Fund IV AIF. Safari marks the second investment by Lighthouse from its newly raised fourth private equity fund. Sachin Bhartiya, co-founder and partner at Lighthouse Funds said: “The Indian luggage market is…
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has decided to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 12 in the excise police case. He will appear via video conference.This came after the ED sent the eighth summons to Kejriwal. “Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has sent a reply to the…
NEW DELHI: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has stepped forward to support Shreyas Iyer after the right-handed batsman was excluded from the BCCI‘s central contract for the 2023/24 season. Gavaskar highlighted Iyer’s participation in the Ranji Trophy before the commencement of the ongoing Test series against England.On February 28, both Iyer and Ishan Kishan found themselves…
NEW DELHI: Former union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday announced his decision to step away from electoral politics. This comes after the BJP released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which included dropping four sitting MPs, including Harsh Vardhan.In the first list of 195 candidates declared by BJP on…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of candidates on Saturday, naming 195 contenders across the country. Among the notable mentions was the surprising selection of Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a three-time Rajya Sabha member, as the BJP‘s candidate for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.The Thiruvananthapuram battleground has intensified with Chandrasekhar’s…
NEW DELHI: With changing strategic priorities, the Indian Navy is set to commission a naval detachment, INS Jatayu in the Minicoy islands of Lakshadweep on March 6 in the the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar .According to officials, the new base will give Navy a strong foothold in Indian…
NEW DELHI: Former India cricket star Yuvraj Singh took to social media late Friday to dispel rumors regarding his candidacy in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Gurdaspur, Punjab. Contrary to widespread media reports, Singh affirmed that he would not be entering the political arena, opting instead to continue his philanthropic endeavors through his foundation,…
