NEW DELHI — The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has set up a control room to assist those affected by the escalating crisis in West Asia. The MEA has said almost one crore Indian citizens live in West Asia and their safety and well-being is of “utmost priority” for New Delhi. As the Iran-US conflict […]
LUDHIANA — Vice-Chancellor of CT University, Nitin Tandon, was removed on Tuesday following allegations of misbehaviour with a group of Kashmiri students, Chancellor Charanjit Singh Channi said. The private university has also initiated an internal inquiry into the incident, while local authorities are monitoring the situation. According to the students, the incident occurred on Monday […]
RANCHI — All seven persons on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, and their bodies have been brought to a hospital for post-mortem examination, officials said on Tuesday. The Beechcraft C90 air ambulance, operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, was en route to Delhi from […]
NEW DELHI — A Leh-bound SpiceJet aircraft returned to Delhi on Tuesday morning due to an engine issue, sources said. The Boeing 737 aircraft, operating flight SG121, had around 150 people on board. When contacted, a SpiceJet spokesperson said the Delhi–Leh flight returned to Delhi due to a technical issue. “The aircraft landed safely in […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Friday granted 45 more days to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to conclude its probe in connection with a blast near the Red Fort here on November 10, 2025. Principal District and Sessions Judge Pitamber Dutt of the Patiala House Courts granted the additional time on the NIA’s […]
CHANDIGARH — Punjab Aam Aadmi Party leader Lucky Oberoi was shot dead on Friday outside a gurdwara in Jalandhar’s Model Town by unidentified assailants, police said. The incident took place in the morning, a senior police official from Jalandhar said over the phone, adding that he was rushed to a hospital in an unconscious state […]
NEW DELHI — A delegation of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) said it visited “victims of hate crime” in Uttarakhand’s capital Dehradun, and have also written to President Droupadi Murmu drawing her attention to what it said was a rising trend of attacks and violence across the country against religious minorities. In a statement […]
PUNE — Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Pune district on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident occurred when the plane carrying Pawar (66) and others landed near Baramati, they said. According to Flight Radar, the flight took off from Mumbai at […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till January 16 the NIA custody of five accused in the Red Fort blast case including three doctors and a maulvi. Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna allowed the agency’s plea to extend the custodial interrogation of Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Shaheen Saeed, Dr […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday asked all its nationals currently residing in Iran to leave by available means as the security situation in the country deteriorated further in view of massive anti-government protests and a crackdown on the demonstrators. New Delhi has also strongly advised its nationals to avoid travelling to Iran. The protests […]