New Delhi: Air India on Wednesday said it has completed a precautionary inspection of the fuel control switch (FCS) locking mechanism in its Boeing 787 aircraft, and found no issues, following aviation regulator DGCA’s directive issued earlier this week. The checks were prompted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report into last month’s Air…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rekindled the TMC’s Bengali identity pitch and lashed out at the BJP-led Centre on Wednesday for what, she called, was its policy of harassing and mistreating Bengali-speaking people across the country. Banerjee warned the saffron party of dire political consequences if it did not put an immediate stop…
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for a period of six years, covering 100 districts with an annual outlay of Rs 24,000 crore. The programme, announced in the Union Budget, will converge 36 existing schemes and increase adoption of crop diversification and sustainable agricultural practices. Sharing details about the…
Chandigarh: Police have arrested a Canada-based man who allegedly drove his SUV over Fauja Singh, killing the world’s oldest marathoner. Officials said the accused had returned home in Punjab just three weeks ago. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jalandhar Rural, Harvinder Singh, told a press conference that Amritpal Singh Dhillon (26) was arrested on Tuesday…
Wayanad(Kerala): The GI-tagged robusta coffee from the hill district has received a special mention in the Centre’s One District One Product (ODOP) programme, Congress MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi has said. In a post on social media platform X, the Congress leader claimed, “Wayanad Coffee has received a Special Mention under Category A – Agriculture…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Wednesday said recent conflicts globally have demonstrated how drones can “shift tactical balance disproportionately”, and asserted that self-reliance in UAVs and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) is a “strategic imperative” for India. In his address at an event held at Manekshaw Centre here, Gen Chauhan also…
Jalandhar: In a breakthrough, the Jalandhar Rural Police solved the high-profile hit-and-run case involving legendary 114-year-old marathoner Fauja Singh within 30 hours. Police confirmed late Tuesday night that they had arrested 30-year-old NRI Amritpal Singh Dhillon and also recovered the Toyota Fortuner SUV used in the incident. The SUV involved in the incident bore the…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Tuesday, launched a scathing attack on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the latter’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, alleging that he had been attempting to destroy India’s foreign policy by running what he called a “full-blown” circus. The union…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Shubhanshu Shukla has not just touched space, but also “lifted India’s aspirations to new heights” after the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station returned to Earth after a 20-day space sojourn. Singh, a Lok Sabha member from Lucknow, spoke to Shukla’s father on…
Srinagar: A defiant Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday scaled the gates of the Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tribute to 22 people killed by the Dogra army in 1931 and said he was subjected to “physical grappling” but was not to be stopped. The dramatic scenes unfolded a day after Abdullah…
