New Delhi/Kochi: Air India Express has cancelled more than 90 flights since Tuesday night with a section of senior cabin crew reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the Tata Group-owned airline, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at various airports in the country. Scores of flights have also been delayed and the airline’s passengers,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Sam Pitroda triggered another controversy on Wednesday with his “people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africa” remarks, with the ruling BJP latching on to his “racist” comments and claiming that those have exposed the opposition party’s “divisive” politics. The Congress, however, distanced…
Warangal (Telangana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress over its party leader Sam Pitroda’s alleged comments over skin colour and asserted that the countrymen would not tolerate insult on the basis of skin colour. Hitting out at top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Modi said he has now understood that the national party…
Berhampur (Odisha): Bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader VK Pandian on Tuesday said the people of Odisha would not like a chief minister who will be remote-controlled by Delhi. The comment of Pandian, a close aide of Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the BJP will select its…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday night said she is divesting her nephew Akash Anand of his responsibilities as the party’s national co-ordinator and her “successor”, barely five months after she had anointed him. Announcing it on X, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said she has taken the decision in the interest…
New Delhi: Nearly 65 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories with stray incidents of violence in West Bengal. Assam recorded the highest turnout at 81.71 per cent followed by West Bengal at 76.52 per cent…
Chandigarh: In a setback to the ruling BJP in Haryana amid the Lok Sabha elections, three Independent MLAs on Tuesday announced that they have withdrawn their support to the Nayab Singh Saini-led government in the state. The three MLAs – Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder -also said that they have decided to extend…
New Delhi: On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal found no reprieve from the Supreme Court in the Delhi liquor policy case, as the apex court’s two-judge bench, led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, adjourned without delivering a judgment on his bail plea. The bench announced that they would reconvene on Thursday or the following week…
Kozhikode: Health authorities in Kerala are on high alert following reports of West Nile fever cases in Malappuram, Kozhikode, and Thrissur districts. According to sources, ten people have already been infected, and two deaths are suspected to be linked to the virus, pending official confirmation. Emphasizing the urgency, Health Minister Veena George stressed the need…
Dhar (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he wants the BJP-led NDA to win 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls to ensure the Congress does not bring back Article 370 in Kashmir and put a “Babri lock” on the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Addressing a rally at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh,…
