Mumbai: Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and…
New Delhi: After hosting of the G20, the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee that will be held here from July 21-31 will prove to be the next milestone, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Friday. At a curtain-raiser press conference here ahead of the session, he also said an “in-principle approval”…
Mumbai: Upbeat after the Lok Sabha performance in Uttar Pradesh, leaders of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday said they expect that the INDIA allies will give them the respect they deserve in the seat-sharing for the Maharashtra assembly elections. In an event organised to felicitate newly-elected SP MPs, the Maharashtra unit of the party…
New Delhi: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi were on Friday conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) by President Droupadi Murmu for their distinguished service to the nation. At the second phase of a defence investiture ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, President Murmu conferred 94 distinguished…
New Delhi: A criminal case was registered against controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar on Friday for “misrepresenting and falsifying facts” following a “thorough investigation” by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) into allegations of misconduct. Khedkar allegedly manipulated her identity to appear for the civil services examination multiple times, exceeding the permissible attempts, according…
Chennai: The DMK on Friday approached the Madras High Court to declare as ultra vires and unconstitutional, the three new criminal laws brought in by the Union government. Bharatiya The three laws – Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam have come into effect from July 1. They have replaced the…
New Delhi: Union Minister and BJP ally Chirag Paswan has strongly condemned the Muzaffarnagar police directive requiring hotels, dhabas, eateries, and other shops along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their proprietors and shopkeepers. Speaking to PTI, Paswan declared, “Whenever there is any divide in the name of caste or religion, I…
Kozhikode (Kerala): A family in this district is waiting with bated breath for news about Arjun, a lorry driver who has been missing for four days after his truck was caught in a massive landslide in a village in Karnataka, hopeful that he would be rescued and returned to them. The reason for their hope…
New Delhi: The IT ministry is in touch with Microsoft regarding global outage, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday, adding that NIC network is not affected. In a post on X, IT Minister Vaishnaw said that the reason for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue. CERT…
Thiruvanthapuram: Congress Working Committee member and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday criticised his party-ruled Karnataka’s bill mandating job reservations for Kannadigas in the private sector, describing it as “unconstitutional” and “unwise”. He, however, expressed happiness over the Siddaramaiah-led government’s decision to withhold the bill. “That was not a wise decision. If every state…
