NEW DELHI: After giving back-to-back extension to two water disputes tribunals, Centre has extended the tenure of a third one, the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal, as well for a period of one year with effect from Aug 16.Constituted in Nov 2010 for adjudicating the dispute over river water sharing among Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka, the…
KOLKATA: Police in Kolkata have opened a suo motu probe into allegations that the RG Kar medical college rape-murder victim’s mother was wounded during Saturday’s march to Bengal secretariat Nabanna, setting off a political slugfest between TMC and BJP over who was to blame.The parents have not filed a formal complaint, but BJP said the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated Namma Metro’s long-awaited Yellow Line, marking the completion of an Rs 7,610-crore project that had been in the works for eight years.PM Modi travelled by Metro from Ragigudda station to Infosys Foundation–Konappana Agrahara station, interacting with dignitaries and officials onboard. Modi was joined by Karnataka chief…
JAIPUR: A queen past her prime chuffed somewhere beyond the lantana. A young suitor followed. The scrub and dust of Ranthambore’s Zone 6 bore witness Saturday evening to a spectacle even veteran trackers blinked at – the national park’s oldest living tigress T-39, aka Noor, mating at an age when most big cats have long…
NEW DELHI: IAF has strongly pitched for a government-to-government deal with France to procure more Rafale fighters under its long-pending project to acquire 114 multi-role fighter aircraft (MRFA), in which the bulk of the jets are supposed to be manufactured domestically with foreign collaboration.IAF will move the MRFA case for initial acceptance of necessity (AoN),…
UK F-35 jet makes emergency landing in Japan (Picture credit: X) A British F-35B stealth fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday at Kagoshima Airport in south-western Japan due to a malfunction, airport officials told Kyodo News. As per news agency ANI, the incident occurred at around 11:30 am (local time),…
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…
United Airlines pilot refuses to fly after a passenger was found smoking weed inside the toilet. (Representative image) A United Airlines pilot refused to fly from San Francisco to Cancun, Mexico, after a passenger smoked weed in the front bathroom. The incident led to a four-hour delay, according to a viral Reddit post that triggered…
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…
A recent announcement from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will have far-reaching consequences for immigrants — including those on H-1B visas — who are waiting for green cards. The agency has narrowed the criteria used to determine whether a child can continue to qualify for a derivative green card under their parent’s application….
