Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (Photo credit: ANI) HARIDWAR: The Haridwar Ardh Kumbh Mela to be held in Uttarakhand in 2027 will be celebrated as “divinely and grandly” as the Purna Kumbh, and for the first time, sadhus and saints will take ‘Shahi Snan’ (royal bath) during the Ardh Kumbh, chief minister Pushkar Singh…
Air India A320 neo (Source: Air India official website) NEW DELHI: The director general of civil aviation (DGCA) on Saturday issued a mandatory safety order for Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321 aircraft. This came after Airbus announced an urgent software repair for 6,000 A320-family jets, a large recall that affects more than half of…
Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday wrote to the West Bengal DGP and Kolkata police commissioner directing them to protect the booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in special intensive revision in the state, “from unruly political party workers” who may be pressurising and threatening them to add…
India flies C-130 J plane carrying approx 12 tons of humanitarian aid to cylcone-hit Sri Lanka External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday announced that a C-130J aircraft carrying around 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid has landed in Colombo. The delivery is part of India’s Operation Sagar Bandhu, launched on Friday to assist Sri Lanka…
Airbus A320 (Picture from Airbus official website) NEW DELHI: Air travel in India and around the world is expected to face major disruptions after Europe-based Airbus issued a technical directive ordering a software upgrade for its A320 family aircraft. In India, more than 350 IndiGo and Air India A320 planes will remain grounded for the…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday sealed a Rs 7,995 crore deal with the US as part of a “follow-on support” package for the Navy’s fleet of 24 Seahawk helicopters for five years. The signing of the contract comes amid a strain in ties after US President Donald Trump slapped 50% tariffs on Indian goods in…
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary committee scrutinising the constitutional amendment bill that proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections will seek an extension in its tenure from Parliament as it needs more time to gather views of different stakeholders, including national and regional political parties, the panel’s chairperson P P Chaudhary said on Friday.Its current tenure…
Modi and Vladimir Putin look to strengthen ties between the two traditional allies during the latter’s first visit to India since the Ukraine war NEW DELHI: In a development that’ll be closely watched by western capitals, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India next week — Dec 4-5 — for the 23rd India-Russia Annual…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov are likely to hold discussion on Dec 4 during the two-day annual India-Russia summit here, and on the table is future acquisition from Russia, which may include its next generation S-500 system.The two defence ministers will review the progress of ongoing defence cooperation…
NEW DELHI: The SC has cleared decks for the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) to go ahead with the election process for all municipal corporations, zila panchayats and panchayat samitis in the state, except where total reservation exceeded the 50% ceiling. The SEC informed the court that quota exceeds 50% in two of the 29…
