NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed India’s major airlines — Air India and IndiGo — to hold post trauma mental health workshop for their flight crew. The directive comes after witnessing a significant massive impact of the tragic June 12 AI 171 crash in which 260 people lost their lives…
JAMMU: Amid chants of “Bam Bam Bhole,” the fifth and largest batch of 7,208 pilgrims undertaking the Shri Amarnath Yatra 2025 departed from Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar base camp early Sunday. The journey, however, was marred by a minor mishap when a bus from Madhya Pradesh, part of the yatra convoy, suffered a brake failure and…
NEW DELHI: Social media platform X restored access to international news agency Reuters’ official account in India on Sunday after government officials stepped in. The account became unavailable for Indian users on Saturday and it was showing the message “withheld in India in response to a legal demand.” The same message had also appeared on…
NEW DELHI: A day after celebrating government’s rollback on “Hindi imposition,” Shive Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday dismissed the controversy between Hindi vs Marathi in Maharashtra.Thackeray claimed that that the controversy is only on “biased media” and the issue was of “burden of three languages” on students.“I think this controversy is only on…
This is a representative image (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Tensions flared during Muharram processions in Bihar‘s Gopalganj and Katihar districts on Sunday, leading to clashes between groups in two separate incidents, officials confirmed.In Gopalganj’s Manjha area, a dispute between two akharas occurred over the performance of stunts during the religious procession. One individual sustained…
The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Texas has climbed to 59, with more fatalities feared, state officials said Sunday. “We still have heavy rains today, and we lost others. We’re now up to 59. We expect that to go higher, sadly,” Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick told Fox News.27 girls still missing…
Security forces in Manipur have launched an intensified investigation into a transnational arms smuggling racket, following the arrest of a senior leader from a Valley-based insurgent group. The operation exposed a wider network suspected of trafficking weapons from Myanmar and distributing them across India using forged documents and registered gun houses.The case came to light…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, calling the process a direct threat to democratic rights. In a scathing critique, Moitra accused the poll body of acting at the behest…
Ten-month-old Neetika is believed to be the only surviving member of her family after a devastating cloudburst struck Talwara village in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district earlier this week.Her father, 31-year-old Ramesh Kumar, had stepped out to divert floodwater from their home when the cloudburst hit on Tuesday. His body was later recovered from the debris.Neetika’s…
NEW DELHI: Days after the opposition dubbed EC’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls as “votebandi,” the poll body on Sunday eased the rules of the ongoing exercise for Bihar voters.In an advertisement carried in Hindi newspapers, Bihar chief electoral officer has now asked voters to submit forms without the required documents, which can be…
