NEW DELHI — The suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India has been extended till January 31, 2022, the Director-General of Civil Aviation announced on December 9. The ban on scheduled international flights will be in place till 11:59 pm on January 31. This suspension will not be applicable to any […]
NEW DELHI — The government is set to begin the process soon to appoint the next Chief of Defence Staff with Army Chief Gen MM Naravane emerging as the front-runner for the top post that fell vacant following the demise of Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash. The move by the government comes even […]
CHENNAI — One of the ambulances and a police van, part of the convoy carrying the bodies of the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crash victims, met with an accident while on the way from Wellington to Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Thirteen people, including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat […]
NEW DELHI — The farmers’ organisations have ended their over year-long agitation after the Centre on Thursday handed over a revised proposal as demanded. This was announced by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha at Singhu border on Thursday. The farmers have said, they will vacate the Delhi borders on Saturday and will meet on January 15. […]
NEW DELHI — Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had an hour-long meeting with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday to explore the option of an electoral alliance in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Goa. The meeting comes a day after Raut’s talks with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The Shiv Sena leader told reporters […]
NEW DELHI — The Mi-17V5 helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu that killed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 others brought back memories of a 1963 chopper accident in which six officers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. The crash in Poonch is considered as one […]
ISLAMABAD — The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa have expressed condolences over the death of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. […]
SRINAGAR — The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Manoj Sinha on Wednesday expressed deep shock over the demise of (CDS) Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. In a tweet LG Manoj Sinha said, “Deeply shocked at tragic demise of […]
NEW DELHI — Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat and his wife, Madhulika Rawat, died on Wednesday, along with 11 other persons, after an Army chopper carrying them crashed in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu. Confirming the news, the Indian Air Force tweeted, “With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen […]
NEW DELHI — The world’s biggest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday said it will reduce the production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine — marketed as Covishield in India — by at least 50 per cent from next week as government orders have dried up. Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of SII, told […]