NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Monday extended the NIA custody of three doctors and a preacher, who were arrested in connection with the November 10 Red Fort blast case, by four days. All four accused — Dr Muzammil Ganai, Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Shaheena Saeed and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay — were produced […]
PANAJI — At least 25 persons were killed and six others suffered injuries in a massive fire that erupted at a nightclub in North Goa after midnight on Sunday, police said. While the police earlier said 23 persons died in the fire, they later confirmed two more deaths. The fire at Birch by Romeo Lane […]
MUMBAI — Domestic carrier IndiGo has said it cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, much lower than Friday’s number of more than 1,000, and it is addressing all customer refund issues on “priority”. The airline, which has been granted major relaxations by the DGCA in the second phase of the new flight duty and rest […]
NEW DELHI — IndiGo cancelled more than 400 flights, and a large number of flights were delayed at various airports on Friday, according to sources. Hundreds of passengers faced hardships at the airports as flights were delayed for long periods. The sources told PTI that over 220 flights, including departures and arrivals, were cancelled at […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Saturday sent three doctors and a preacher, who were arrested in connection with the Red Fort blast, to 10 days’ judicial custody. All four accused, Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Rather and Shaheena Saeed as well as Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay, were produced before Principal and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency has arrested a Faridabad resident for allegedly harbouring Dr Umar-un Nabi, the man who drove the explosive-laden car that blasted outside the Red Fort in Delhi on November 10, killing 15 people. An official spokesperson for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said the agency arrested Soyab, a resident […]
NEW DELHI — Justice Surya Kant was sworn in on Monday as the 53rd Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai, who demitted office on November 23. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to Justice Kant at a brief ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice Surya Kant has been part of several landmark verdicts […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday issued an advisory to all private television channels against telecasting visuals that could aid, abet or promote unlawful activities. The advisory comes in the wake of certain television channels carrying content on making explosives in the aftermath of the recent blast near the Red […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Al Falah University of Faridabad, the varsity central to the Red Fort area car blast case, officials said. Multiple teams of the federal probe agency raided at least 25 premises of the Al Falah trust and […]
NEW DELHI — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday alleged that Kashmiri students across several northern states are facing profiling, eviction and intimidation in the aftermath of the Red Fort blast in Delhi, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly intervene to “call off the vilification” of the community. Addressing a […]