NEW DELHI: Toxic smog hung over the city on Monday and more stations recorded ‘severe’ air quality, even though the overall Air Quality Index of the capital remained in the upper levels of the ‘very poor’ zone. The smog that had formed in the morning persisted through the day due to calm wind conditions and…
ISLAMABAD/AMRITSAR: Lahore continued to choke with dangerous levels of pollution for the second consecutive day, with the Pakistani city emerging as the second most polluted city in the world at 8.30 pm IST on Monday per IQAir, an international pollution monitoring website, edging past Delhi which topped the chart. The provincial govt of Punjab in…
SRINAGAR: The inaugural assembly session of Jammu and Kashmir as a Union territory erupted into bedlam Monday when PDP MLA Waheed Para introduced a resolution challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and calling for a complete rescission of J&K Reorganisation Act of 2019 that formalised the constitutional changes.“Keeping the sentiments of the people of J&K…
(File photo tweeted by 14 Corps) NEW DELHI: The Army “successfully” undertook a full-fledged patrol to one of the five patrolling points (PPs) in the Depsang Plains in eastern Ladakh on Monday, after conducting similar patrols in Demchok last week.“After the consensus reached between India and China on October 21 for disengagement, both sides had…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday “strongly condemned” the “deliberate attack” on a Hindu temple in Canada. He also slammed the Justin Trudeau administration’s “cowardly attempts” to “intimidate” Indian diplomats.PM Modi’s strong objection came for the first time after India-Canada relations worsened since the former withdrew its diplomats following allegations of violence against…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a blistering attack against the INDIA bloc partners on Monday as he addressed two rallies in poll-bound Jharkhand. The BJP‘s election campaign is in full swing, with the Prime Minister’s visit coming a day after Union home minister Amit Shah addressed three rallies in the state.‘JMM letting infiltrators…
MiG-29 crashes in Agra, pilot ejects safely LUCKNOW: A MiG-29 jet which departed from Adampur air base in Jalandhar district of Punjab, crashed in agricultural fields of Agra district on Monday evening.The incident occurred at approximately 4:20 pm when the single-seater fighter aircraft piloted by Wing Commander Manish Mishra on routine training sortie experienced a…
Siddaramaiah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday received a summons from the Lokayukta police to appear before it on November 6 for an inquiry linked to the ongoing investigation into the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case.The summon follows recent questioning of several officials linked to the case, including…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has moved the bypolls for nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh from November 13th to November 20th. This decision, citing festival considerations, has sparked controversy, with Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of manipulating the schedule to sway the outcome.Yadav,…
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force plane crashed near Agra on Monday, according to the defence officials as reported by ANI. The pilot was ejected safely. A court inquiry has been ordered into the incident.The MiG-29 fighter jet was had taken off from Adampur in Punjab and was en route to Agra for an exercise…
