Iran says taking measures to continue nuclear programme

Tehran: Iran’s government said Tuesday it had “taken the necessary measures” to ensure the continuation of its nuclear programme after US and Israeli strikes targeted its facilities. “We have taken the necessary measures and are taking stock of the damage” caused by the strikes, said the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad…

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Naidu announces new directorate for helicopters under DGCA

Pune:  Union minister K Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday announced the establishment of a dedicated helicopter directorate under the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to provide a single-window regulatory oversight, address chopper-specific safety and certification issues. The Minister for Civil Aviation was delivering a keynote speech at the 7th Helicopter & Small Aircraft Summit in…

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Public Funds for Rahul’s PR? BJP Slams Cong Govt

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana unit on Tuesday came down heavily on the Congress-led state government headed by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for allegedly squandering public funds on what it termed a “glorified party-sponsored spectacle” — the recently held Bharat Summit. The BJP accused the government of misappropriating crores from state corporations…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Is Trump Becoming a Global Humiliation?

In what increasingly resembles a tragicomic farce, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have stumbled into yet another international embarrassment—this time over a so-called ceasefire between Israel and Iran that exists only in his imagination. Trump’s announcement that both Israel and Iran had approached him to broker peace was met with incredulous silence from one…

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Mamata alleges Bengali-speaking workers being targeted in BJP-ruled states

Kolkata: Claiming that Bengali-speaking people from the state were being branded as Bangladeshis in some BJP-ruled states, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said this cannot be allowed. Banerjee told reporters in her Assembly chamber that she has information that 300-400 Bengali-speaking migrant labourers were confined in a building in Rajasthan during the…

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‘Vote theft in 2024 Maharashtra polls’: Rahul demands machine-readable digital voter rolls

New Delhi:  Flagging alleged irregularities in the Maharashtra assembly polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that there weren’t isolated glitches but “vote theft” and demanded the immediate release of machine-readable digital voter rolls as well as CCTV footage. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha shared on X a media report which…

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DGCA finds various defects in aviation ecosystem during surveillance at major airports

New Delhi:  Aviation watchdog DGCA on Tuesday said surveillance conducted at major airports revealed several defects in the aviation ecosystem, including multiple cases wherein the defects reappeared on aircraft and centre line marking faded on the runway. The surveillance, which comes against the backdrop of the fatal Air India plane crash at Ahmedabad on June…

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