NEW DELHI: Union aviation secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam has called for an urgent meeting with airlines on Monday in wake of the shap surge in Prayagraj airfares during the ongoing Maha Kumbh. TOI reported Monday that airfares to Prayagraj have skyrocketed ahead of the Jan 29Mauni Amavasya snan (royal bath). Travel portals show Chennai-Prayagraj return tickets…
PM Modi, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (C) and President Murmu (R) (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, speaking at a banquet hosted in his honour by President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday, highlighted the deep historical and cultural ties between India and Indonesia. During his address, he light-heartedly remarked on his “Indian DNA,” a…
NEW DELHI: An engineer-turned-space sector administrator Pawan Kumar Goenka, who is the chairman of space regulator and promoter Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe) and is also leading a trade promotion panel, has been selected for the Padma Shri award.Besides his significant contribution to the space sector as space regulator, Goenka, who earlier…
NEW DELHI: NDA will further improve its tally in the Upper House of Parliament as resignation of one more YSRCP Rajya Sabha member, V Vijayasai Reddy – the fourth since the party’s rout in 2024 assembly elections – would give the BJP-led alliance one additional seat in the imminent by-election. Reddy, leader of the party…
NEW DELHI: Amid tensions in South China Sea, PM Narendra Modi and visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and overflight in the region, and other lawful uses of the seas, including unimpeded lawful maritime commerce.In a joint statement issued a…
ROORKEE/DEHRADUN: Making a mockery of the law, two senior politicians in Uttarakhand – Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, former MLA from Khanpur and a BJP member, and the independent MLA from the same seat, Umesh Kumar – went at each other with loaded weapons, even as their supporters clashed, spreading fear and panic in the region…
LUCKNOW: UP STF arrested the mastermind of a ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud syndicate from IGI Airport in New Delhi Sunday. STF identified the suspect as Suresh Kumar Sain, 43, a school dropout hailing from Rajasthan. He fled to Cambodia after a series of scams across India, including ‘digital arrest’ frauds. Vishal Vikram Singh, additional SP,…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) Wishing the country on the 76th Republic Day, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the Constitution is under a serious assault under BJP govt, with institutions being degraded, opposition netas being targeted, minorities being assaulted and “secular” politicians being tarnished by propaganda. He said citizens should be ready for sacrifice to save…
NEW DELHI: With India and Indonesia working to finalise a proposed deal on the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, a top Indonesian delegation Sunday was briefed on the capabilities of the conventional precision-strike weapon that has become one of the mainstays of the Indian armed forces.The Indonesian delegation led by Navy chief Muhammad Ali visited the…
NEW DELHI: The number of alive and active CPI (Maoist) politburo members, as per documents maintained by Chhattisgarh police, has depleted to barely four – general secretary Namballa Keshava Rao alias Basavraju, Mupalla Laxman Rao alias Ganpathy, Mallajulla Venugopal Rao alias Sonu, and Misir Besra – from 16 in 2004 on account of killings, arrests,…
