NEW DELHI: Air India’s upgrade of its legacy widebody fleet has been delayed again. The airline now hopes to complete the task by October 2028, about a year longer than the five-year plan announced earlier. Supply chain constraints since Covid have delayed Tata’s $400 million fleet retrofit programme for “delivering a world class flying experience…
VIJAYAWADA: A first-year intermediate student staying in the BC hostel at Dachepalli in Palnadu district was beaten by senior students in a hostel room on Thursday night.The attack was recorded by the miscreants, and parts of the footage circulated widely on social media, prompting renewed police action on Saturday after the clip went viral.According to…
BENGALURU: India forced Pakistan “to its knees within hours” during Operation Sindoor in early May, PM Narendra Modi said Sunday, while calling the military success a show of “the new face” of a nation powered by technology and home-grown defence manufacturing.His remarks reinforced the nation’s position that no external party, including the US, played a…
Parliament monsoon session NEW DELHI: Nearly 20% of food samples, including chocolates, were found to be non-conforming (to the desired standards) in surveys carried out by the food regulator in 2024-25, government told Lok Sabha.Junior minister for health Prataprao Jadhav said Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) – India’s apex food regulator –…
RAIPUR: Virat Kohli fan Manish Bisi, 21, is no stranger to life’s swings but there was one that left the Chhattisgarh youth stumped when he heard the unforgettable words – “Hello, main Virat bol raha hoon…”. The dramatic turn came when a technical glitch led to Manish, of Madagaon in Gariaband being allotted a number…
Kolkata: Football fans continued to turn stadiums into spaces of protest, using giant tifos to voice political and social anguish. Mohun Bagan supporters displayed a banner during their Saturday match at Salt Lake stadium, protesting against insults to the Bengali language and people. The banner appeared two days after East Bengal fans made a similar…
KOLKATA: “Atrocities” against Bengalis in several states is set to be one of the major Durga Puja themes across Kolkata this year. Highlighting how alleged persecution of Bengali-speaking Indians and attempts to brand them “Bangladeshis” undermine the community’s contributions to Indian society, several puja committees have decided to go big on themes underlining the heritage…
In a time when people often share their frustrations online, one post by a woman from Delhi led to quick action in Gurugram. Frustrated by garbage piling up on the roadside, she posted about it on social media. Within hours, the local authorities cleaned the area. This fast response has started new conversations about how…
NEW DELHI: After launching the world’s costliest earth observation mission NISAR in collaboration with the US on July 30, India is set to launch a US communication satellite —Block-2 BlueBird — weighing 6,500 kg in a couple of months, Isro chairman V Narayanan disclosed on Sunday.The Block 2 BlueBird satellite features large communication arrays, up…
NEW DELHI: In a ranking that it can do without, Calcutta high court (HC) has topped the list of HCs having huge backlogs of cases pending for disposal for over five decades. The HC, one of the three first set up by the British, has 2,185 such cases yet to be disposed of, which is…
