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Air India Express cancels 74 flights due to cabin crew shortage; to operate 292 flights

Air India Express cancels 74 flights due to cabin crew shortage; to operate 292 flights..

SC to deliver order on interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal on 10th

    NEW DELHI,    The Supreme Court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam on May 10. Justice Sanj..

3rd phase has blown third fuse of Cong, I.N.D.I. Alliance: Modi

    HYDERABAD,    MOUNTING an attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday demanded that the party should explain to people why it has stopped raising the ‘Ambani-Adani’ issue as its..

If Oppn comes to power, it will put lock at Ram Temple: Shah

     LAKHIMPUR KHERI,    HITTING out at the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said if the coalition of Opposition parties comes to power after the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, it will put ..

Mah’s remote hamlet gets polling station for first time

    PUNE,   NONAGENARIAN Baburao Akhade was among 41 eligible voters from the remote hamlet Burudmal under Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra who for the first time didn’t have to trek 12 km to cast the..

Rae Bareli: Once again ready for Congress leadership: Priyanka

    RAE BARELI,    CONGRESS leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said her party’s 100-year-old relationship with the people of Rae Bareli has entered a new era and the people of the constituency are once ..

Poverty to be fully eradicated from India in next 10-15 years: Rajnath

      BHAWANIPATNA (Odisha),     DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday claimed that poverty would be completely eradicated from India in the next 10-15 years and this is ‘Modi Ki guarantee..

FRIENDLY .. FIERY

      INDIA is a “friendly, fair, firm and fiery” nation, as the world sees it, says Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar. This new identity of India, obviously, is an acquisition of Prime Minister Mr. N..

‘Racist’ Pitroda stirs another row

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 Africans” 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 itself from Pitroda’s remarks, describing those as unfortunate and unacceptable, and saying the party “completely dissociates” itself from the comments. In a ..

Not in any trouble Haryana Govt working strongly: CM Saini

HARYANA Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said, his Government is not in any trouble and working strongly, a day after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation. He blamed the Congress for creating the confusion that his Government is in trouble...

Air India Express cancels over 90 flights

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, mostly scheduled to travel to the Gulf nations, protested at airports in Kerala against flight cancellations as many of them were informed only after the security ..

ED raids Jharkhand Rural Devpt Deptt

THE Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided the premises of the Jharkhand Rural Development Department in Ranchi as part of a money laundering investigation in which it recently seized huge cash, the official sources said. The raids are being undertaken on the inputs gathered from the questioning of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam’s Personal Secretary Sanjeev Lal and the latter’s domestic help Jehangir Alam. Both were arrested by the central agency on Monday. It has claimed to have seized more ..

Give a grand welcome to PM during Patna roadshow: BJP urges people of Bihar

Give a grand welcome to PM during Patna roadshow: BJP urges people of Bihar..

Modi slams Congress over Sam Pitroda's "skin colour" remarks, hits out at Rahul Gandhi

Modi slams Congress over Sam Pitroda's "skin colour" remarks, hits out at Rahul Gandhi..

BHEL delivers largest-ever spherical valve for Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project in Nepal

    Staff Reporter  In a monumental achievement, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully manufactured and tested the largest-ever spherical main inlet valve, weighing an impressive 213 tons, for the Arun-3 4x..

India seen as ‘friendly, fair’ as well as ‘firm, fiery’ nation: S Jaishankar

   NEW DELHI,    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said India today is not only seen across the globe as “friendly and fair” but also as a “firm and fiery” nation that cares for it..

No relief to Kejriwal in money laundering case

    NEW DELHI,    DELHI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal failed to get any relief from the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with a two-judge bench rising without pronouncing an order on granting him interim bail to enable hi..

Elect stable Government for prosperity: Shah

     AHMEDABAD,    UNION Home Minister Amit Shah cast his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat on Tuesday and appealed to voters to elect a stable Governm..

Muslims should get reservations, says Lalu

    PATNA,    RJD President Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said he was in favour of extending reservation benefits to Muslims. He alleged that the ruling BJP at the Centre wanted to do away with reservations by scrapping th..

3 Independent MLAs withdraw support to Haryana CM Saini

    CHANDIGARH,    THREE Independent MLAs on Tuesday withdrew support to the BJP Government in Haryana and announced they would back the Congress, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini Government to a minority in the State..

PM votes in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency

   AHMEDABAD,   PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday voted at a polling booth in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency in the single-phase voting for 25 seats in Gujarat. Modi reached the polling booth at Nishan Public School..

FAKE NARRATIVE

     EVEN as the Lok Sabha elections complete the third phase, the country finds itself in the thick of many fake narratives crafted by different political parties. The worst among those trending narratives is that the ruling Modi..

‘Vote for Vikasit Bharat’

OVER 63 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 77.06 per cent followed by Goa at 75.13 per cent and West Bengal at 73.96 per cent, while Uttar Pradesh witnessed the lowest at 57.34 per cent, with Bihar at 58.16 per cent, Gujarat at 57.62 per cent and Maharashtra at 61.44 per cent doing slightly better, ..

2 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Kulgam

TWO terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said here on Tuesday. A top commander of the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba’s frontal organisation The Resistance Front (TRF) was among the two killed. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Kulgam’s Redwani village late on Monday night following information about the presence of terrorists in the area, they said. However, the search operation turned ..

Minister’s secy, latter’s domestic help arrested

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam’s personal secretary Sanjiv Lal and the latter’s domestic help on Tuesday, following the recovery of more than Rs 32 crore in cash from a flat linked to them, official sources said. The agency also undertook fresh searches at five locations in the State and seized another Rs 1.5 crore in cash from a contractor identified as Rajiv Kumar. The total cash recovery over the last two days stands at Rs 36.75 crore, the sources said. ..

SC stays Calcutta HC order annulling appointment of WB teachers

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Calcutta High Court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made by the State’s School Service Commission (SSC) in State-run and State-aided schools. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, however, permitted the CBI to continue with its investigation and probe even members of the State Cabinet...

india seen as 'friendly, fair' as well as 'firm, fiery' nation that cares for its people: Jaishankar

india seen as 'friendly, fair' as well as 'firm, fiery' nation that cares for its people: Jaishankar..

CM, Deputy, Nikam flay Wadettiwar for remarks on 26/11

     MUMBAI,    Ujjwal Nikam, 26/11 prosecutor and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency hit out at Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday for his remarks in connection with the 26/..

ICG detains Iranian fishing vessel with 6 Indian crew

     NEW DELHI,     THE Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has detained an Iranian fishing vessel with six Indian crew off the coast of Kerala, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. The vessel was detained on Sunday ..

Taking legal advice on how to return money of poor ‘looted’ in graft: PM

     RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM,    PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said, he was taking legal advice on how to return the money of poor people ‘looted’ in corruption. Referring to the seizure of ̶..

Excise case: Delhi court denies bail to BRS leader K Kavitha

      NEW DELHI,    A COURT here on Monday dismissed the bail applications filed by BRS leader K Kavitha in corruption and money laundering cases being probed by the CBI and ED in connection with the alleg..

Complaint filed against Kharge’s son-in-law in Rs 800 crore scam

     BENGALURU,    A COMPLAINT has been registered with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Karnataka Lokayukta against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani ..

Cong-TMC silent when terror struck: Shah

    DURGAPUR (WB),    UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday accused the Congress and the TMC of maintaining stoic silence during terror attacks in the country in the UPA regime as they “were afraid of offend..

‘UNEXPLORED’

      ICONIC investor Mr. Warren Buffett has said it right -- that Indian market has “unexplored opportunities”, which he would look to tapping through his company Berkshire Hathaway. Whatever Mr. Buffett does to ..

CISCE results: 99.47% pass Class 10, 98.19% 12 Board Exams

GIRLS outshone boys yet again in Class 10 and 12 board exams conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), while the pass percentage for both the classes recorded an increase. The results were announced Monday morning. The board also discontinued the practice of issuing merit lists from this year to avoid unhealthy competition among students. The pass percentage for Class 10 is 99.47, while it is 98.19 for Class 12. Last year, the respective pass percentage was 98.94 ..

ED recovers huge cash from domestic help allegedly linked to J’khand Minister’s Secy

THE Enforcement Directorate on Monday seized Rs 35.23 crore “unaccounted” cash and official documents during searches on the premises of a domestic help of a secretary of Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam and some other locations, official sources said. A cache of more than Rs 32 crore cash was seized from this Minister-linked location apart from Rs 3 crore that was recovered by the Central agency from some other premises being searched in the state as part of a money laundering investigation linked ..

Polling for 93 LS seats today

VOTING will be held in 93 constituencies spread over 11 States and Union Territories on Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls, with stakes being high for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which had won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, in the last election. Over 1,300 candidates, including around 120 women, are in the fray. Among the bigwigs are Union Ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya ..

Search ops intensified in Poonch after terror attack on IAF convoy

A BREAKTHROUGH eluded the security forces in the Poonch terrorist attack on a convoy of Indian Air Force even as a massive search operation in a vast area of the Jammu and Kashmir district entered the third day on Monday, officials said. More than 20 persons were detained for questioning as the security forces are gathering clues to neutralise the terrorists who fled into nearby dense forests after carrying out the ambush near Shahsitar in Surankote area on Saturday evening...

BJP Govt will never change Constitution nor end reservation, says Rajnath Singh

     NEW DELHI,    The BJP Government will never change the Constitution or end reservation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, accusing Congress of creating “fear psychosis” and resorting to spre..

Priyanka Gandhi to lead Congress charge in Rae Bareli and Amethi

    NEW DELHI,   Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will spearhead the Lok Sabha poll campaign in Rae Bareli and Amethi, and camp in these parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh from Monday to ensure the party&..

Manipur Governor launches ‘School on Wheels’ for children staying in relief camps

    IMPHAL,   MANIPUR Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Sunday launched a “School on Wheels” initiative to reach out to students staying in relief camps in the ethnic violence-hit State, a Raj Bhawan statement said...

Don’t have children of my own, working for future of your kids: Modi

     ETAWAH (UP),      PRIME Minister lashed out at the “dynastic politics” of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress on Sunday, saying while the Opposition alliance partners work only to benefit..

MCC violation: Cong files plaint with EC against BJP chief Nadda, others

    BENGALURU,    THE Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Sunday sought the Election Commission to initiate action against BJP’s National President J P Nadda and other senior leaders for allegedly v..

PM Modi heading towards 400 seat mark after phase 3: Shah

    DHARMAVARAM,    UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exuded confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be heading towards the 400-seat mark after the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. He also..

MI’S BIG FALL

      A LOSING team is an incredibly hard place to be in for the captain. It is a place surrounded with anxiety, tensions, pressures and also self-doubts. This edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is watching such a tea..

“India will get it faster if country hasPM to whom no one can say no to”

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday reiterated that India will get a permanent member seat at the United Nations Security Council and this would happen faster if the country has a Prime Minister to whom no one can say ‘no’. “This is a very difficult period. And more important, who do you trust? Who do you want to see in charge of this country? Who do you think will take this country through this challenge? And you asked about Security Council...

PM Modi to file nomination papersfrom Varanasi LS seat on May 14

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will be filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on May 14, BJP’s city president Vidyasagar Rai said on Sunday. On May 13, Modi will hold a roadshow in the constituency, and preparations for it are underway, he added “The route for the roadshow has been finalised...

IAF convoy attack: Several quizzed,search on for terrorists in J&K

SEVERAL people were detained for questioning on Sunday as a massive search operation for terrorists behind the Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district entered the second day, officials said. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Anand Jain and senior officers of the Army and intelligence agencies visited the ambush spot in the Surankote area. The Army also conducted aerial surveillance using a helicopter, they said. Five IAF personnel were injured in the ..

India sees incorporation of1.85 lakh companies in 2023-24

MORE than 1.85 lakh companies were registered in the country last fiscal, higher than the count recorded in the year-ago period, and nearly 16,600 companies were set up in March this year, according to official data. As per the data, 1,59,524 companies were registered with a collective paid up capital of Rs 18,132.16 crore in 2022-23. At the end of March 2024, the country had a total number of 26,63,016 companies and out of them, 16,91,495 companies or 64 per cent were active...

Corrupt will face legal action in next 5 yrs: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the NDA Government has “unmasked” corrupt forces, and all those who indulged in corruption would face action under law in the next five years. Hitting out at jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren without taking his name, Modi said leaders of the Congress and the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc take out rallies in support of the corrupt. “The former Jharkhand CM is behind bars for corruption; Modi is committed to wipe out the menace. In the next ..