New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday said regulator DGCA will conduct a thorough study to find the root cause that led to the uncommanded Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployment in an Air India Boeing Dreamliner plane last week. The incident involved the aircraft VT-ANO operating the flight AI117 from Amritsar to…
New Delhi: The CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation has rejected an offer to fight on 19 seats in the upcoming assembly polls as a part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, a party source said. It was not a “dignified proposal,” the person said. According to the source, the Left party was offered the same number…
New Delhi: India procured military hardware and weapons worth Rs 1,20,000 crore from domestic sources by end of 2024-25 as it is increasingly focusing on boosting self-reliance to confront national security challenges, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. In an address at an event, Singh said the government is fully aware of the changing…
New Delhi: After the Centre allotted Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal a Type-VII bungalow in the capital, the party confirmed that the former Delhi chief minister will stay at the 95, Lodhi Estate accommodation, which was allocated to him after the “Delhi High Court rapped the Centre on the issue”. “Kejriwal has been…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said much was made of the need of the SIR exercise to remove non-citizens from the electoral roll but the Election Commission has not had the integrity or the courage to enlighten the country on how many such non-citizens in Bihar were removed from the voter list. The opposition…
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation of “discrimination” over flood management and river cleaning, asserting that India is already working closely with Bhutan on trans-border river issues and has released more than Rs 1,290 crore to the state under flood management programmes. A day after torrential rain…
Silguri/New Delhi: A political confrontation erupted on Monday between the Centre and the state government after two BJP leaders were assaulted in landslide-hit north Bengal, with PM Narendra Modi slamming the TMC over law and order, and CM Mamata Banerjee accusing him of “politicising a natural disaster”. A day after torrential rains triggered landslides and…
New Delhi: Trade calculations are being overturned by “tariff volatility” globally, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, against the backdrop of economic disruptions triggered by Washington’s policy on trade tariffs. In an address at an event, Jaishankar delved into the “strategic consequences” of profound changes being witnessed in the geopolitical landscape, including the…
New Delhi: Leaders of opposition parties condemned an attack on Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai on Monday, saying it is an assault on the Constitution and it shows how hate and fanaticism have engulfed society. The Congress, CPI, CPI(M), NCP-SP, Shiv Sena (UBT), DMK, and other parties were unanimous in condemning the…
Kolkata: A day after torrential rains wreaked havoc in large parts of north Bengal, leaving a death toll of 28 in its wake so far, politics acquired centre stage after BJP MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh were injured in a mob attack during their visit to the flood and landslide-hit Nagrakata area of…
