MUMBAI: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is developing a reactor that will help more than double the endurance levels of Indian Navy‘s next-generation submarines.Confirming the development, a Barc scientist said on condition of anonymity – as the project is top secret – that the new reactor is “being developed for the S-5 class nuclear-powered ballistic missile…
Kolkata: Metro work at Chingrighata crossing for the Orange Line construction could now be executed smoothly, Calcutta High Court (HC) said on Thursday. This was observed while a division bench of justices, Sujoy Paul and Smita Das De, was hearing a PIL that sought “urgent judicial intervention in the inordinate delay in the completion” of…
The UK has carried out its first deportation under a new returns treaty with France, with home secretary Shabana Mehmood calling it an “important first step” in efforts to curb illegal English Channel crossings. “This is an important first step to securing our borders. It sends a message to people crossing in small boats: if…
SRINAGAR: Former J&K CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote to home minister Amit Shah on Friday, taking up cudgels on behalf of jailed separatist Yasin Malik and seeking “a compassionate and urgent review” of the terror funding case against him on grounds of what she described as “his long-standing commitment to non-violence”.“Over the years,…
US President Donald Trump’s helicopter was forced into an unscheduled landing on Thursday after a hydraulic fault grounded Marine One during his return to Stansted Airport at the end of his state visit to Britain.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the incident was caused by a “minor hydraulic issue.” She said: “Out of an…
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh faced more rain-related damage on Friday after fresh landslides were reported across the state, already battered by heavy rains this monsoon. In Shimla, a landslide near St Edwards School in the Himland area forced the administration to shut the school for two days. The slide also blocked the city’s Circular Road,…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that Singapore authorities are questioning those who were accompanying singer Zubeen Garg before his death. An autopsy is expected to be conducted on Saturday.The 52-year-old singer, best known for his hit song Ya Ali, died while scuba diving in Singapore on Friday. “If an…
‘My restaurant made only Rs 50’: MP Kangana Ranaut to flood-hit victims KULLU: Visiting flood-hit areas in Kullu-Manali more than three weeks after disaster struck the valley, Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut was greeted with black flags and shouts of ‘go back’. The actor-turned-politician sought to explain that she too had suffered losses but ended up…
AAP politician Saurabh Bharadwaj NEW DELHI: The AAP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission did not furnish information on its complaints of deletion of large number of votes of party supporters in Delhi Assembly polls held earlier this year, a charge rubbished by the polls panel.Multiple letters written by former Delhi chief ministers Arvind…
NEW DELHI: An encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday evening, the Indian Army said.“In an intelligence-based operation in the general area of Kishtwar, alert troops of White Knight Corps established contact with terrorists at around 8 pm on 19 Sep 25. Exchange of fire took…
