NEW DELHI: The Delhi Fire Service reported a bomb threat on a Delhi to Varanasi flight at 5:35 am on Tuesday. All passengers were safely evacuated using the emergency exits, as confirmed by the Delhi Fire Service.According to airport officials, “A bomb threat was reported on an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Varanasi. The aircraft…
Two doctors of the Sassoon General Hospital being taken into police custody after their arrest for alleged manipulation of blood samples and destruction of evidence in the case of a car accident involving a 17-year-old boy, in Pune. Maharashtra government’s Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) on Monday set up a three-member committee to…
BENGALURU: Thousands of women rushed to Bengaluru General Post Office (GPO) on Monday after a rumour that some political parties would transfer Rs 8,000 in their post-office accounts. GPO officials had to deploy additional personnel to facilitate opening of new accounts and sought police help to regulate the crowd, which started assembling from 3 am.The…
BATHINDA: The son of Beant Singh, one of the two assassins of Indira Gandhi, is drawing impressive crowds in Punjab‘s Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency, where he is contesting as an Independent.On Monday – which happened to be the 60th death anniversary of Indira’s father Jawaharlal Nehru – Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, 45, was greeted with slogans…
NEW DELHI: In reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘doing mujra for vote bank’ remark against the Opposition, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit back with ‘doing disco with China‘ jibe. Owaisi shared a short clip from his election rally in Bihar’s Patliputra which was held on Sunday. “@narendramodi Ji, you…
NEW DELHI: In a heartening display of determination and academic prowess, all nine visually impaired students from a school for the blind in Odisha‘s Ganjan district have successfully cleared their annual high school certificate exams, equivalent to the class 10 examination.The principal of the Red Cross School for the Blind in Ambapua, Priya Ranjan Mahakuda,…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi narrowly escaped an accident when a portion of the dais collapsed while he was on stage during an election rally in Bihar on Monday.The incident occurred in Paliganj, located on the outskirts of Patna, where Gandhi was present to support the candidacy of Misa Bharti, the daughter of RJD…
KULLU/SHIMLA: Congress-led INDIA bloc has set itself “a realistic target” of filling 30 lakh job vacancies as soon as it comes to office, unlike PM Modi‘s “false promise” of providing employment to two crore people, Rahul Gandhi said in Himachal on Sunday.He declared Congress would also waive crippling farm loans and scrap the allegedly ill-conceived…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah, confident of a third term for the Narendra Modi-led govt, has asserted that Uniform Civil Code will be implemented across the country in the next five years and justified the PM’s strident opposition to Muslim quota by saying that if opposing it was religion-based campaign, then BJP would continue…
Confident of significant gains in states like West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh while equally sure of retaining dominance in north and central India, BJP president J P Nadda tells TOI’s Akhilesh Singh his party is set to retain office with a thumping majority. Excerpts:Just one phase of polling remains. What is your assessment…
