New Delhi/Mumbai: Air India has decided to increase the retirement age for pilots to 65 years and for non-flying staff to 60 years, sources said on Friday. At present, the retirement age for both pilots and non-flying staff at the airline is 58 years. The announcement about increasing the superannuation age was made at the…
New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly on Friday passed the School Fee Regulation Bill, 2025, which gives veto power to parents in decisions regarding fee hikes, ensuring that school managements cannot unilaterally impose fee increases. Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood, in the Assembly, said, “If even a single parent member disagrees, the proposal for fee hike…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday accused Rahul Gandhi of recycling old allegations of poll irregularities, which were settled by the Supreme Court, and asked the Congress leader to give a written declaration on his claims on wrongful entries in the voters’ list or tender an apology. Sources in the poll authority dubbed Gandhi’s…
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has pulled up the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for failing to act decisively on key recommendations aimed at strengthening OBC representation in recruitment and promotions, easing financial burdens on poorer candidates, and improving transparency in data reporting. In its ninth report, presented to both Houses of Parliament on…
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid Trump tariff blitz and invited the Russian President to visit India later this year. On the phone call, President Putin briefed PM Modi on the latest developments concerning Ukraine. While thanking President Putin for his detailed assessment of Ukraine, PM Modi…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) has declared as fake the EPIC (Electoral Photo Identity Card) number displayed by Tejashwi Yadav during a press conference. The card number shown, RAB2916120, was found to be unauthorised and does not match any record in the EC’s database. This has raised serious concerns about the authenticity…
Sitamgarhi (Bihar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed opposition parties for objecting to the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, asserting that infiltrators have “no right to vote”. He also alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was “indulging in politics over the SIR exercise” in the state. Addressing a public meeting…
New Delhi: Cases of attack on Hindus and vandalisation of temples have been noted in the UK, Canada, and the US, the government informed Parliament on Friday. In a written response to a query in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh also said that since last year, five cases of…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday mocked Rahul Gandhi’s disclosure to back his allegations of rigging in the Maharashtra assembly polls as a case of someone cutting the branch he is sitting on, and said the Congress and its allies won most of their seats where the number of voters had increased. Union Minister Bhupender…
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday demanded that the Telangana government hand over the probe into the alleged illegal phone tapping during the previous BRS regime to the CBI. Speaking to reporters before meeting the officers of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to record his statement as a witness…
