NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader from Fatehpur, Pappu Singh Chauhan, was expelled from the party on Tuesday for being involved in “anti-party” activities.This came a day after an FIR was lodged against Chauhan and several other individuals for attempting to vandalize a 200-year-old mausoleum in Fatehpur. Members of Hindu right-wing outfits created a ruckus at…
NEW DELHI: A cargo flight arriving from Kuala Lumpur experienced a technical issue in its fourth engine while landing at Chennai airport on Tuesday, official sources told PTI. Initially, PTI reported that a fire had broken out in the engine during landing. However, the Chennai airport authority later clarified in a statement: “There was no…
NEW DELHI: Five Congress MPs including party general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday wrote to civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, urging a “comprehensive and time-bound investigation” into what they described as “serious safety lapses” on an Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi on August 10.In his letter, co-signed by other MPs on board…
Representative image NEW DELHI: United States has officially designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its armed wing, the Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs), the State Department announced on Monday.“Today, the Department of State is designating The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its alias, The Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO),…
A gruesome murder in Tumakuru district was solved after police discovered a dismembered body scattered across multiple locations. The victim, Lakshmidevamma, was allegedly killed by her son-in-law, Dr. Ramachandraiah, who suspected her of interfering in his marriage and pressuring his daughter. BENGALURU: When police got a call on Aug 7 about a stray dog trotting…
NEW DELHI: Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Tuesday slammed Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her ‘cold-blooded murder’ and ‘heinous crime’ remarks over the Israeli strike killing Al Jazeera journalists. Reacting sharply to Vadra’s comment, the Israeli envoy wrote, “What is shameful is your deceit.” Taking a stand for his country, Azar said…
NEW DELHI: The Times of India, the world’s most-read English-language daily, has joined the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) — a cross-industry community of over 4,500 members including civil society, media, and technology companies, founded by Adobe in 2019. The CAI is focused on promoting media transparency through an open, extensible approach and free, open-source tools…
A 40-year-old woman in Vadodara has filed a police report alleging repeated rape by her father-in-law and sister-in-law’s husband, who purportedly aimed to impregnate her due to her husband’s low sperm count. VADODARA: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped repeatedly by her father-in-law and her sister-in-law’s husband, ostensibly to get her pregnant because her husband’s…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing multiple pleas against the Election Commission’s decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi heard senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing RJD leader Manoj Jha, who alleged discrepancies — including cases where people…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to immediately release prisoners who have completed their court-mandated sentences, provided they are not wanted in any other case. The order came as the court expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jails long after their terms had ended.A bench of…
