NEW DELHI: The Delhi-Indore Air India flight that returned to the national capital shortly after take-off over a fire indication on Sunday had initially issued a Mayday distress call, only to later downgraded it to PAN-PAN, signaling urgency without declaring a full emergency, Air India spokesperson said.Air India spokesperson, however, clarified that the flight did…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday expressed confidence in resolving trade frictions with India claiming that the “two great countries will get this solved”. Bessent, however, down played the significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit where Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.When asked about…
CM Mann asks Centre to release Rs 60,000 cr pending funds, says ‘demanding rights, not begging’ Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday renewed his demand for the release of the state’s pending funds worth Rs 60,000 crore from the Centre, in the wake of the crisis in flood-struck Punjab.Mann said that he was asking…
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said relations between India and China are slowly moving towards normalcy with easing border tensions, and noted that trade and investment cooperation between the two Asian economies could expand further.Speaking about the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday said that “it is a shame” Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the stage with the “two biggest authoritarian dictators” in the world during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in China.While talking to reporters, Navarro said that PM Modi needs to step up and…
Ativist Manoj Jarange Patil during his indefinite hunger strike demanding Maratha reservation, at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Scenes of celebration were seen at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Tuesday after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange announced victory for the agitation. This came after the Maharashtra government’s cabinet sub-committee on Maratha quota, headed…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav was seen showing some moves in a dance reel he shared on Tuesday. The video showed him sharing light-hearted fun moments with Bihar youth after the end of 16-day Voter Adhikaar Yatra.“Hum Modi ji ko nachate hain, (We make Modi ji dance to our tunes),” he was…
Mogambo’s tailor, netas’ favourite: Meet the dressmaker of icons – Madhav Agasti Madhav Agasti’s mobile rings as we step into his tailoring shop in Bandra. “Farooq Abdullah,” Agasti tells his son, Shantanu, before answering. The first time he had met Abdullah, then the chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, was in 1984. Agasti was at…
CHANDIGARH: The Indian Army and IAF are spearheading large-scale humanitarian missions in flood-hit border districts of Punjab and parts of Jammu and Himachal Pradesh, opening crucial communication channels with Pakistani counterparts that were severed after the recent hostilities. Despite tense relations and a recent flare-up of missile fire and airstrikes during Operation Sindoor following the…
Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra PATIALA: AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra has allegedly escaped police custody while being taken to a local police station after his arrest. According to Punjab Police sources, Pathanmajra and his accomplices fired at police officers during the escape and even ran over one personnel, leaving him injured. According to…
