BLO deaths: EC moves fast after audio surfaces of official claiming stress; TMC sharpens attack | India News

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday took cognisance after an audio recording of a Booth Level Officer surfaced on social media, in which he expressed work-related stress amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Kerala.Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan Kelkar and District Collector Chethan Kumar Meena held a video conference…

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Delhi HC seeks Centre, CBI, ED’s response on Christian Michel’s plea challenging extradition provision | India News

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, CBI and ED on a plea by alleged middleman Christian Michel James, an accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case, challenging a provision of the India-UAE extradition treaty.A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain asked the home…

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Disaster averted: Ariana Afghan flight from Kabul lands on runway meant for departures at IGIA | India News

NEW DELHI: An Afghanistan Ariana flight from Kabul landed on a runway that is used for take offs at Delhi Airport on Sunday afternoon. Luckily there was no departing aircraft on that runway at that time and the Afghan Airbus A310’s “mistaken” landing did not have serious consequences. The pilot of the Afghan flight is…

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Aatmanirbhar Bharat boost: Navy commissions ‘silent hunter’ INS Mahe; all about the anti-submarine warfare vessel | India News

NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, the first vessel of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), marking a major milestone in India’s coastal defence and indigenous shipbuilding capability. The ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, who presided over the commissioning, said, “Bravo…

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‘For brothers who didn’t return’: Russian aerobatic team’s tribute to pilot killed in Tejas crash; watch video | India News

Video credits: @Sputnik_India NEW DELHI: Wing Commander Namansh Syal of the Indian Air Force was honoured with a ‘Missing Man’ manoeuvre by the Russian Knights aerobatics team after he was killed in a Tejas fighter jet crash at the Dubai Air Show on Friday.After the crash of the Indian Tejas fighter jet, the Russian Knights…

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French Navy rubbishes Pakistan’s Rafale claim | India News

Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: French navy has rubbished the claim in Pakistani media that one of its officers acknowledged the superiority of the Pakistani air force in Operation Sindo-or as “extensive misinformation and disinformation”.BJP cited the official reaction from the French navy on X to hit out at Pakistan. “When official institutions…

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Police outpost comes up at seat of Reds’ Jantana Sarkar | India News

The camp becomes the eighth police installation in Abujmarh since 2023 NAGPUR: Maharashtra forces on Sunday pushed deeper into Abujmarh than ever before, establishing a fortified police outpost in a lightning 24-hour operation at Phulnar — an isolated village in south Gadchiroli’s Bhamragarh division near the Chhattisgarh border — long regarded as the CPI (Maoist)…

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Garhwal villages ban costly gifts, fast food at weddings | India News

DEHRADUN: Nearly two dozen villages in Uttarakhand’s Chakrata region have collectively banned fast food, lavish gifts and high-cost customs at weddings to curb rising social pressure and restore traditional practices. The rules, agreed upon unanimously by village representatives in the Jaunsar Bawar area, aim to return wedding celebrations to their cultural roots and reduce financial…

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We cancelled performance, says US aviator after Tejas crash, slams Dubai show organisers

The TOI correspondent from Washington: Tragedy struck with brutal finality at the Dubai airshow when an Indian Air Force Tejas fighter jet crashed during a negative-G manoeuvre, killing Wing Commander Namansh Syal and plunging the biennial spectacle into grief. Hours later, a heartfelt Instagram post from US F-16 demonstration pilot Taylor “FEMA” Hiester cut through…

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