NEW DELHI: Hoax threat calls continue to wreak havoc on Indian carriers. Since late Friday night at least eight flights of Air India Group (3) and IndiGo (5) have got such messages.Vistara‘s Delhi -London flight diverted to Frankfurt and after a thorough check the aircraft proceeded to its destination. Air India’s Newark-Mumbai was delayed at…
Junior doctors take out a torch rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal have resumed their indefinite strike demanding better safety and security at medical facilities. The strike, which began on October 1, follows an earlier partial return to work on September 21 after a 42-day protest. The…
NEW DELHI: “Bomb on airplane.” This message discovered on a tissue paper in the lav of a Vistara Boeing 787 while it was winging its way from Mumbai to Frankfurt (UK 27) on Friday led the aircraft being diverted to Turkey’s Erzurum airport for “security reasons”. The aircraft (VT-TSQ) has safely landed in Turkey and…
JALGAON: Crimes against women are “unpardonable,” PM Narendra PM Modi asserted Sunday and urged every state govt to take strict action. “The security of women is very important… Not only must the culprit be sternly punished for committing such crimes, but all those who try to protect them must be dealt with an iron hand,”…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Thursday doubled down on India’s efforts to ensure the safety and security of the Hindu community in Bangladesh, emphasising in his Independence Day address 140 crore countrymen were worried about them and other minorities in the neighbouring country, and expressed hope the situation there would normalise soon.Amid unending concerns over…
DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus protested in Dhaka on Friday against violence targeted at the community since Sheikh Hasina quit as prime minister and fled the country on Aug 5.Asserting that the country “belongs to all”, the protesters, who had gathered from various parts of the country, demanded measures for the safety and security of…
