NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has started conducting special safety audits of all the 33 flying training organisations (FTO) in the country in a bid to enhance their safety standards by ensuring compliance with all requirements. The last such exercise was conducted two years ago and is being repeated due to…
NEW DELHI: Veteran CPM leader Sitaram Yechury passed away on Thursday at the age of 72 after prolonged illness, marking an end to a political legacy that spanned almost 5 decades.Yechury was undergoing treatment for Pneumonia at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.Marking the beginning of his political career at Jawaharlal Nehru…
NEW DELHI: Veteran CPM leader Sitaram Yechury passed away at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. The CPM general secretary was in a critical condition and receiving respiratory support at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. Yechury was being treated in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for…
NEW DELHI: A suspicious bag was found at empty agitation site of the junior doctors in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Hospital and College. According to the authorities, a bomb disposal squad arrived at the scene and the security forces have cordoned off the area.Meanwhile, Junior doctors continued their sit-in outside the West Bengal Health Department‘s…
NEW DELHI: BJP IT chief Amit Malviya on Thursday drew a connection between comments made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the United States and a blast that took place in Chandigarh.Malviya accused Gandhi of making “patently false and misleading” statements about the status of Sikhs in India, suggesting that his remarks…
GUWAHATI: IIT-Guwahati students temporarily halted on Wednesday their agitation over a 21-year-old 3rd-year BTech student’s death after the dean of academic affairs resigned. The institute’s director, Devendra Jalihal, assured students that their demands for the resignation of several more faculty members, including the hostel affairs board vice-chairperson and the associate deans of student and academic…
BIJNOR: A 7-year-old boy, expelled for bringing non-vegetarian biryani in his tiffin to Hilton Public School in Amroha, will be transferred to a new school along with his two siblings. The administration is facilitating the transfer after their mother decided to move her children to another institution. The education department will cover the cost of…
NEW DELHI: Nagamangala, a town in Karnataka’s Mandya district, witnessed heightened tensions late Wednesday night as clashes broke out between two groups during the Ganpati Visarjan procession.The clashes were triggered when stones were hurled at the procession, news agency PTI reported.In response to the unrest, authorities have enforced Section 144 in the affected area to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday participated in Ganpati Puja at Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud‘s residence in New Delhi. In a video, Chandrachud and his wife Kalpana Das were seen welcoming PM Modi at their house. PM Modi is then seen performing puja at their residence. The prime minister is seen wearing…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday approved health coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above irrespective of income under the flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), regardless of their socio-economic status.Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while announcing the Cabinet’s decision while addressing the media said that this will…
