External affairs minister met Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif during an informal dinner hosted by the nation on Tuesday ahead of the SCO meet.The two leaders exchanged pleasantries and shook hands before the attendees headed to attend the dinner. This marks the first visit by India’s foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly nine years, occurring…
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced a Diwali bonus of Rs 29,000 for the employees of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ahead of the announcement of code of conduct for the Maharashtra assembly elections.The Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for Maharashtra later on Tuesday, with elections set to take place on November…
In a bid to stop ethnic violence in Manipur, around 20 MLAs belonging to the warring Meitei and Kuki communities of Manipur met in New Delhi on Tuesday for the first time since ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state 17 months ago. The meeting which was part of efforts to iron out differences…
LUCKNOW: An X handle unleashed a barrage of 22 bomb threats within a span of five hours, targeting flights bound for various destinations, including Lucknow and Ayodhya, to sow panic among air travellers.The handle, @schizobomber777, whose bio proclaimed him as a ‘real terrorist,’ issued menacing threats for flights such as 9I650 (Amritsar to Dehradun), IX…
<p>Baba Siddique murder: Fourth accused sent to police custody till October 21<br></p> MUMBAI: A Mumbai court on Tuesday sent fourth accused arrested in connection with the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique sent to police custody till October 21. A 23-year-old man, Harishkumar Balakram, from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, was arrested for allegedly providing financial and…
Five flights including an Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago on Tuesday received bomb threats online on social media platform X. The Chicago-bound Air India flight was diverted to Iqaluit airport, Canada.The airlines that were targeted include: Air India Express aircraft traveling from Jaipur to Bengaluru via Ayodhya (IX765), a SpiceJet plane from Darbhanga…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday questioned the practice of showing winning/losing trends 5 to 10 minutes after the official beginning of counting at 8am on election result days.“Showing winning/losing trends at 8.05am or 8.10am, which is just five or ten minutes after start of counting at 8am is nonsense,” CEC Rajiv…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the date for the bypoll on the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. The polling will held on November 13.The seat was vacated after Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, chose to retain the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh following his victory in both…
An Ayodhya-bound Air India Express flight on Tuesday received a bomb threat, which was sent via phone call for the IX 765 flight that flew from Jaipur at 12.25 pm.“Air India Express flight makes emergency landing in UP’s Ayodhya airport following bomb threat”, airport director Vinod Kumar told news agency PTI.The Boeing 737 Max8 aircraft…
NEW DELHI: India has strongly refuted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s claims, stating that the assertions made by Canadian officials about presenting evidence in the Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar case are untrue.“Canadian PM Trudeau’s press conference yesterday was the ‘same old Trudeau saying the same old things for the same old reasons. The central…
