NEW DELHI — Over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes across India in 2021 — an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour — which is the highest death figures recorded in any calendar year so far, according to official data. Besides the deaths, 3.71 lakh people were also injured in […]
NEW DELHI — India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021 – an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 every hour, with the figures reaching highest for any calendar year so far, according to official data. Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reorient India to global benchmarks. Addressing the “Education […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who was arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame high-ranking officials, including then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2002 riots cases in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and justices S. Ravindra Bhat and […]
KOCHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, at the Cochin Shipyard Limited here. After the unveiling, the Prime Minister said India has now joined the select club of nations who have developed indigenous aircraft carriers. Addressing the commissioning ceremony, Modi said: “INS Vikrant is a […]
NEW DELHI — An Udaipur-bound IndiGo flight returned to the Delhi airport due to a technical snag, a DGCA official confirmed. The official said that the aircraft was grounded after it returned to Delhi on Thursday due to engine vibrations and a probe into is underway. ‘IndiGo Airbus flight 6E-6264 from Delhi to Udaipur had […]
NEW DELHI — A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday morning returned midway to the city due to an ‘autopilot’ snag, a DGCA official said. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, he said. SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363 (Delhi-Nashik) on Thursday […]
GUWAHATI — A madrassa in Assam’s Bongaigaon district was demolished by authorities on Wednesday for allegedly carrying out ‘jihadi’ activities on its premises, a police officer said. A teacher of the madrassa was arrested last week for his suspected links with militant outfits – Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent and Ansarul Bangla Team. Around a […]
NEW DELHI — The number of drones being sighted in Punjab, coming from Pakistan has seen a significant rise this year as compared to the Jammu sector. According to Border Security Force (BSF), till July this year total of 107 drones flying from across the border side were spotted inside Indian territory, as compared to […]
NEW DELHI — The Twitter user behind the arrest of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a 36-year-old Delhi-based real estate businessman who originally belongs to Ajmer in Rajasthan, police said on Wednesday. Police officials, who have been working to establish the identity of the Twitter handle @balajikijaiin operating under the name […]