Indore: A Delhi-Indore Air India Express flight having 161 passengers on board on Friday suffered a mid-air engine fault, with the pilot making a ‘PAN-PAN’ call to indicate a non-life-threatening emergency, but the aircraft landed safely at the airport here with a delay of 20 minutes, an official said. The aircraft landed at the Devi…
Chandigarh: In some reprieve for the people of flood-hit Punjab from incessant heavy rains, light showers at a few places were reported in the state during the past 24-hour period. According to the weather department, among the few parts of Punjab which received light rain during the 24-hour period ending 8:30 am Friday included Ludhiana…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh has said that actor-turned BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty filed a civil defamation suit against him before the Calcutta High Court. Ghosh said he has also filed a criminal defamation against Chakraborty before the Bankshall Court here, alleging defamatory remarks made against him by the actor. Stating that he is…
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna river at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 207.31 metres at 8 am on Friday, a day after reaching the season’s highest at 207.48 metres. According to official data, the level stood at 207.35 metres at 6 am and receded to 207.33 metres at 7 am. The…
New Delhi: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said India has an important role in bringing Russia to end “its war of aggression and helping create a path towards peace,” while welcoming New Delhi’s continued engagement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During a joint phone call with the 27-nation bloc’s top leaders Antonio Costa…
New Delhi: India and Singapore on Thursday unveiled a roadmap to expand their comprehensive strategic partnership with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong underlining the need to bolster the ties to navigate the current geopolitical turbulence in the world. Modi and Wong, who arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday, held wide-ranging…
Patna: Women workers of the NDA constituents in Bihar on Thursday enforced a five-hour state-wide bandh to protest the alleged hurling of abuse at the mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Congress’s recently concluded ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’. The members of women cells of BJP, JD(U), and other alliance partners enforced the bandh, which…
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna river at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 207.48 metres at 7 am, even as floodwater from the raging river continued to inundate nearby areas. According to official data, the level remained steady between 6 am and 7 am at 207.48 metres. While the level at 5…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Pawan Khera’s wife also has two active voter ID cards, and said party leader Rahul Gandhi cannot extricate himself from such “acts of criminality within his own ranks”. This comes a day after the ruling BJP alleged that Khera had two voter IDs and Gandhi…
New Delhi: Five agreements providing for boosting ties in sectors such as shipping, civil aviation and space will be inked between India and Singapore during Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s three-day trip to New Delhi that began on Tuesday. Authoritative sources said the overall focus of Wong’s first visit to India as the prime minister…
