NEW DELHI: IndiGo passengers are facing long waiting at airports for check-ins and baggage drops on Saturday as India’s biggest airline (by domestic market share) is facing a network-wide system outage. “We are currently experiencing a temporary system slowdown across our network, affecting our website and booking system. As a result, customers may face increased…
Babar Azam. (Photo by Alex Davidson via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former captain Salman Butt has defended Babar Azam after his resignation as Pakistan’s white-ball captain. This comes after ex-pacer Sikander Bakht made critical remarks about the star batter.Bakht had suggested that Babar should have resigned immediately after Pakistan’s group stage exit from the T20…
NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl‘s body was found in a marshy land in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, leading to violent protests by locals against the police on Saturday.The girl had been missing since Friday evening and villagers allege that she was raped and murdered, accusing the police of not acting on their initial…
Representative Image (left); Vetri Vendhan (right) CHENNAI: A 43-year-old man was arrested by the Tiruvallur town police for killing 16 stray dogs by poisoning their food, as these animals continuously attacked and bit his pigeons and hens. The arrested man was identified as Vetri Vendhan, 43, a resident of Tiruvallur town. Police said he is…
Elon Musk’s platform X mistakenly transferred $5.2 million in fines (Representative Image/AP) Elon Musk’s social media platform X paid $5.2 million in fines after being banned by Brazil‘s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over accusations of disinformation, but mistakenly transferred these funds into the wrong account.Justice Moraes confirmed that while the full amount had…
Ravichandran Ashwin and Pakistan cricket team. NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin recently expressed concern about the current state of Pakistan cricket, which is facing leadership instability and poor performance.Following Pakistan’s exit from the 2023 World Cup, Babar Azam resigned as captain, causing a series of leadership changes. Shaheen Afridi briefly took over the T20I captaincy before…
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday addressed concerns about the quality of ‘laddu prasadam‘ at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala.Speaking to media after inaugurating a new centralized kitchen by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Naidu said that devotees were pleased with the improvements in the prasadam’s quality. This comes amid…
India and Pakistan will face off on Sunday in Dubai. NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have played each other only 15 times in Twenty20 Internationals so far, with their first game against each other in the inaugural Women’s T20 World Cup in 2009. India dominated the encounters winning 12 matches, while Pakistan have succeeded in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed BJP over the collapse of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Kolhapur stating that “their ideology is not right.”After unveiling a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Congress party today is fighting against the…
NEW DELHI: Posters calling for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to be awarded the “Bharat Ratna” were seen outside the Janata Dal (United) party office in Patna, according to news agency ANI on Saturday.Earlier on Friday, Nitish Kumar while reviewing the flood situation in Bihar revealed that a sum of Rs 307 crore has been…
