RUDRAPUR: A man from Udham Singh Nagar who had recently travelled to Russia for higher studies was allegedly coerced into joining the Russian army and sent to the war front in Ukraine, his family said, adding they have had no contact with him since early Sept and are now desperate for help. The family of…
VARANASI/NEW DELHI: A hijack scare gripped an Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Varanasi Monday after a man tried to unlock the cockpit door mid-air by entering random digits on its keypad, triggering a security buzzer inside the flight deck.Cabin crew confronted the passenger, identified as Mani R, who claimed he was a first-time…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail plea of student activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima and Shifa Ur Rehman in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, in which they face charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria sought…
NEW DELHI: Agreeing to hear a plea filed by the organisation ‘Foundation for Independent Journalism’ seeking to quash the summons issued to it in a criminal defamation case, Supreme Court on Monday said time has come to decriminalise the defamation law.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the remark while…
Image used for representative purposes AYODHYA: The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) rejected the layout plan for the Ayodhya mosque as mandatory no-objection certificates hadn’t been issued by various govt departments, a reply to an RTI query revealed, reports .Supreme Court, in its Ayodhya verdict on Nov 9, 2019, had mandated allocation of five acres of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court sought on Monday responses from DGCA, Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau and the Centre on steps taken to conduct an independent, impartial and expeditious probe into the crash of Air India’s June 12 London-bound flight.The court told PIL petitioner NGO ‘Safety Matters Foundation’ that its demand to make public details of the…
JAMMU: A magisterial court in Jammu’s Kathua district has directed the SSP to register an FIR in connection with the alleged custodial torture of two Punjab labourers at a police station in Basohli town.While disposing of an application filed by the aggrieved labourers, Sukar Deen and Fareed Mohammad, both residents of Chibber village in Pathankot…
A joint team of security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Malhar area of Kathua district on Monday after the alleged sighting of two terror suspects in the area. Later in the day, GOC White Knight Corps (also known as 16 Corps) Lt Gen P K Mishra, accompanied by GOC CIF-Delta Maj Gen A P…
New Delhi: The principal of Delhi University’s Ramanujan College has reportedly been suspended over a complaint of alleged harassment and hostility. He, however, has termed the complaint “false and fabricated”. In letters to the Prime Minister’s Office grievance cell and the vice-chancellor, principal Rasal Singh denied the allegations, calling these “an attempt to convert an…
Sector V firms focus on remote work to soften H-1B fee impact KOLKATA: Stung by the steep $100,000 H-1B visa fee, companies in the tech hub of Sector V, including multinational firms, are planning strategy tweaks to skirt or soften the blow by reducing short on-site visits to the USA and shifting more work to…
