NEW DELHI: A Srinagar bound Vistara flight received a bomb threat on Friday but turned out to be a hoax after the security forces searched the aircraft, officials said.According to officials, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Srinagar received an information ‘threatening call’, sparking a swift and coordinated response from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).Later,…
New Delhi: The DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Air India after some passengers fainted while waiting hours — in vain — onboard an aircraft without air-conditioning in sizzling Delhi for their San Francisco (SFO)-bound flight to take off on Thursday. Even after being allowed to alight, they had to wait at IGIA’s…
NEW DELHI: First pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday meditating at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial.Winding up a gruelling two-month-long electioneering, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went into a 45-hour meditation on Thursday at Vivekananda Rock in Kanyakumari. Dressed in an orange attire PM Modi can be seen meditating in front of the statue of…
KOCHI: Kerala high court has ordered state govt to remove all illegal and unauthorised stones, crosses or other structures of religious significance erected on govt land by any religious group within a year.Justice P V Kunhikrishnan passed the order on a plea by Plantation Corporation of Kerala, seeking steps to evict encroachers from its estates….
GUWAHATI/AIZAWAL/SHILLONG: Floods and landslides triggered by continuous rain from Cyclone Remal’s impact and the onset of monsoon claimed six more lives Thursday in the North-East, increasing the death toll to 45 across the region.In Meghalaya‘s East Khasi Hills district, four people are feared dead due to a landslide, with one body found so far. One…
ALWAR/JAIPUR: Sariska Tiger Reserve has added a number of stripes to its sleeve. After nearly 16 years, the reserve is scripting a remarkable success story. The country’s first tiger reintroduction plan was launched there after its big cat population had been been annihilated, the number falling to zero. This year, two tigresses at the park…
JAMMU/AGRA: Twenty-two (22) people, including six children and eight women, died and 57 others were injured after a bus carrying pilgrims to Shiv Khori cave shrine in Reasi district of J&K plummeted into a deep gorge in Jammu on Thursday.The bus had started from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh and had reached Tanda area of Akhnoor…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday raised several questions regarding Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian‘s role in running Odisha. Sarma questioned whether chief minister Naveen Patnaik physically signs any file or if Pandian uses the CM’s digital signature. The Assam CM’s reaction came after Patnaik, during an interview with…
NEW DELHI: Soaring heatwave across the northern plains on Thursday claimed 8 lives in Bihar. According to the IMD data, the mercury reached 44 degrees Celsius in many parts of the state.The disaster management department confirmed the number of deaths. However, cause of death could not be ascertained since many bereaved families have declined post-mortem…
NEW DELHI: Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi wrapped up their Lok Sabha election campaign on Thursday, expressing confidence that the INDIA bloc will emerge victorious in the general elections.Throughout the campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi participated in over 100 rallies and public interaction programs across the country.In a self-made video, the…
