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NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi was diverted to Chennai on Sunday after the crew detected a suspected technical fault amid adverse weather conditions en route. The airline confirmed that flight AI2455 landed safely in Chennai and that the aircraft would undergo necessary checks.“The flight crew of AI2455 operating from Thiruvananthapuram…

JAMMU: A gunfight broke out Sunday between terrorists and security forces during a cordon-and-search operation in a remote area of J&K’s Kishtwar.Officials said the operation in the Dul area of the hilly district in Jammu zone followed specific inputs and was still on. It came a day after two army personnel died in an ongoing…

NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has made frequent inspection of highway stretches mandatory for engineers and officers to ensure there is no encroachment of these corridors. Moreover, videography using drones has also been made compulsory for collecting regular updates.Encroachers will have to pay for the expenditure incurred in removal of unauthorised occupations as well…

vijay sinha voter card issue PATNA: The Election Commission on Sunday issued a notice to senior BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha for allegedly possessing two voter cards and being registered as an elector at two places, officials said.Earlier in the day, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the deputy CM…

Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) DHARAMSHALA: The Government of India has raised serious concerns over China’s reported construction of a mega dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, a development that could have significant implications for South Asia’s ecology, water security, and geopolitics, according to Phayul.The ministry of external affairs…

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon come up with a community radio station exclusively for its students, teachers and other stakeholders, according to officials.The proposal was approved in the recent Governing Body meeting of the board, where it was decided that the application for procuring a license be moved.“The proposal…

Representational Image (AI-generated) A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao has alleged that a piece of meat was found in a vegetarian meal ordered online from a local restaurant, during the Hindu holy month of Shravan, police said on Sunday.Dheeraj Singh, a resident of Magarwara and sevadar at a local temple, said he had placed an…

MANGALURU: A retired woman in Mangaluru lost Rs 3.09 crore to cybercriminals in a “digital arrest” scam. The victim, Leni Prabhu, complained to the Cyber Economic and Narcotics police that on January 15, she received a missed call from an unknown number. When she called back, a woman claiming to be from the General Post…