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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday accused Boeing, GE and Air India of failing and gave a clean chit to the pilots, after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 260 people. ....it seems...
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Many would think of him as one of the luckiest persons alive in the world. But for Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the June 12 Air India plane crash, it has been a struggle to get over the monumental tragedy. He is now taking a psychiatrist's help to find a way of coping...
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Air India on Saturday said it will take on board its pilot community by holding dedicated sessions in the coming days to review the preliminary investigation report of the Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12. The 15-page preliminary report by Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau...
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Doctors in a government hospital have removed a mobile phone from a prisoner's stomach, which he had swallowed, police said on Saturday.After the recovery of the phone recently, officials have ordered an investigation into how the prohibited item entered the high-security facility.A criminal case...
19:59
The opposition must not support any move by the government to impeach Justice Yashwant Varma till an inquiry is set up under impeachment proceedings against Justice Shekhar Yadav for his communal remarks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said on Saturday. In an interview with PTI, Sibal contended...
19:36
Over 20,000 bars and permit rooms across Maharashtra will shut operations on July 14 to protest against the state government's draconian taxation, said the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) on Saturday.The bandh is to oppose the state government's tax hikes, including rise in VAT...
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The Air India aircraft, which crashed soon after takeoff in Ahmedabad last month, might have suffered mechanical or power supply issues that could have led to the change in the position of the switches that feed fuel into the plane, experts said on Saturday. They also opined that the reasons...
18:29
Tensions flared in Roing town in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley after a migrant youth from neighbouring Assam was lynched by a mob for allegedly molesting several girls, police said.The 19-year-old man was arrested on Thursday after it came to light that he had allegedly molested several...
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Union Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Saturday said that it is immature to jump to conclusions at the juncture over the recent Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad, as the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has only released the preliminary report.On June 12, a London-bound Air...
17:46
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to China to participate in the foreign ministers' meeting of the SCO bloc in the Chinese city of Tianjin next week, an official announcement here said on Saturday. The Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said around 94 per cent work of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is over and the target of September 30 has been set for the launch of commercial operations from the facility. This will be the most modern and...
17:17
Airline Pilots' Association of India on Saturday demanded a fair and fact-based probe into the Air India plane crash as it claimed that the tone and direction of the investigation into the Air India plane crash suggests a bias towards pilot error. The Aircraft Accident Investigation...
17:08
Exactly a month after Air India flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London crashed soon after taking off, killing 241 persons onboard and 19 on the ground, kin of several passengers on the route on Saturday said the one-month anniversary of the horrific aviation disaster had brought back fate-linked...
16:11
As many as 23 hardcore Naxalites, including three couples, carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 1.18 crore, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday, a senior police official said.The surrendered Naxalites include 11 senior cadres, most of them active in the Peoples' Liberation...
16:08
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will undergo a seven-day rehabilitation programme after his splashdown off the California coast on July 15 as he returns to the Earth from an 18-day sojourn at the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla and three other astronauts commander Peggy Whitson...
15:54
A spiritually inclined Russian woman and her two young children were rescued from a remote cave nestled in the serene yet treacherous Ramatirtha hills of Kumta taluk in Uttara Kannada district, a police officer said on Saturday. Police identified the woman as 40-year-old Nina Kutina alias...
15:38
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday booked police personnel in Tamil Nadu's Sivagangai district for murder in connection with the custodial death of temple guard Ajit Kumar and took over the probe, officials said. The investigation into the matter was transferred to...
15:29
A month after the Air India plane crashed on the bustling medical hostel complex near Ahmedabad airport, charred trees, soot-covered walls, and empty buildings now serve as grim reminders of the deadliest aviation accident in a decade. On that day, Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8...
15:04
The Indian legal system has been facing unique challenges and is badly in need of fixing, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said on Saturday.Delivering Convocation Address at Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad at Justice City near here, Justice Gavai advised students to go abroad for studies...
14:11
Union minister Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)'s report on the Ahmedabad plane crash was a preliminary one and conclusions cannot be drawn based on it as the conversation between the pilots was very brief. The Minister of State...
14:07
India pacer Mohamemd Siraj has said he felt really emotional on hearing the news about Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota's death in a car accident, and his gesture after taking the wicket of Jaime Smith on day 2 of the third Test against England here was a tribute to the Portuguese forward. ...
13:44
After the release of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary report on the Air India crash, Yashpal Singh Vansdiya, who lost his parents in the plane crash, raised certain questions including whether all preventive checks were done on the aircraft. I have certain...
13:03
An eight-year-old cheetah named Nabha, translocated to Kuno National Park (KNP) from Namibia, succumbed to injuries on Saturday, an official stated.Nabha was badly injured a week back, probably during a hunting attempt inside her soft release enclosure. She had fractures in both ulna and fibula...
12:59
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday launched a pilot project to remove the overhead power lines and shift them underground at BH Block, Janta Flats Colony, in her Shalimar Bagh constituency. The project, with an outlay of Rs 8 crore, is expected to be completed in three...
12:27
The Supreme Court will hear on July 14 a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the Election Commission to take effective steps to prevent any political party or religious group from using the national flag for partisan or religious purposes. The plea has also sought directions to the...
12:24
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' within seconds of each other after take-off. The 15-page report was published early Saturday by the Aircraft Accident...
12:07
Cyber police station in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar has registered a case against a social media handle for posting misleading information about the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, a police official said on Saturday. According to Superintendent of Police (City) Satyanarayan Prajapat, X handle...
12:02
A woman studying at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta was allegedly raped by a student inside a hostel of the business school, police said on Saturday. The accused has been arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur Police Station, they said.The alleged...
11:42
Eight people, including a one-year-old baby, were injured when a four-storey building collapsed in the Welcome area of northeast Delhi on Saturday morning, with a few still feared to be trapped under the rubble, an official said. People who are injured in the building collapse include 10...
11:15
In a shocking incident of domestic violence, a man allegedly bit off his wife's nose during a heated altercation over a loan repayment in Mantaraghatta village in Davanagere district, Karnataka, the police said.According to the police, the incident took place on July 8 when the victim,...
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Security forces demolished five bunkers of Maoists and recovered two improvised explosive devices planted by them in a forest area in West Singhbhum district, the police said. A joint team of security forces had launched a search operation following intelligence inputs that Maoists concealed...
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The number of fraud cases in the banking sector more than tripled to 23,953 in 2024-2025 (FY25) from 7,359 in FY21.Despite this increase, the amount involved declined by almost 74 percent to 36,014 crore, indicating a more frequent occurrence of low-value frauds. The amount involved in...
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Security forces arrested eight militants belonging to various proscribed outfits from three districts of Manipur, the police said on Saturday. An active cadre of the banned PREPAK (VC-Red Army) was apprehended from Maharabi in Imphal West district on Friday, while two members of SOREPA were...
10:11
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Fintech major PhonePe maintained its lead on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) leaderboard, processing over 8.54 billion transactions and capturing a 46.46 percent market share, according to data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Google Pay and Paytm processed more...
09:58
Social media platform X has slashed subscription fees for account holders in India by up to 48 percent, according to updates on its portal.The social media firm has slashed premium account subscription fee for mobile app by about 48 per cent to Rs 470 from Rs 900 it charged earlier on a monthly...
09:37
The Reserve Bank of India's seven-day variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction on Friday saw a tepid demand from banks as the auction amount exceeded the market expectation of 2 trillion.Thus, the bidding amount fell short of the notified amount. Additionally, banks preferred to retain...
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Enforcement officers of the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration department have suspended 133 drug licences and cancelled 20 drug licences in June for violations of the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, officials have said. The move was initiated after the officials...
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A four-storey building collapsed in Welcome area of northeast Delhi on Saturday morning and some people could be trapped under the rubble, police said. A rescue operation by multiple agencies is underway, they said. We have received a call regarding a building collapse at 7 am. Multiple...
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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Saturday said it continues to support the ongoing investigation into the Air India Flight AI171 crash, hours after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report on the incident that occurred in Ahmedabad. Our thoughts remain...
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Noida International Airport on Friday issued an advisory for the public, builders and local authorities to follow height limits within a 20 km radius of the airport.No construction, buildings, or tree planting is allowed within a 20 km radius of the airport's main point unless someone has a...
08:32
Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan received a death threat on social media, his party spokesperson Rajesh Bhatt said on Friday. Bhatt also filed a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in Patna in the...
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A police trainee allegedly died by suicide after hanging herself in the bathroom of the women's barracks at the district police lines in Kannauj, officials on Friday said.Ranu Jadaun (23), a resident of Etah district, joined the police force earlier this year and was undergoing training at the...
08:12
Air India on Saturday said it is working closely with regulators and other stakeholders, and will continue to cooperate with the authorities in the ongoing probe into the Ahmedabad plane crash after AAIB released its preliminary report. On June 12, the airline's Boeing 787-8 plane operating...
08:08
Both switches feeding fuel to the two engines of Air India flight 171 were cut off followed by pilot confusion before the plane crashed in Ahmedabad, seconds after taking off, the first investigation report into the crash has revealed. It said that one pilot asked why he had shut off the...
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A fishing buoy of a Pakistani boat was on Friday recovered on the Raigad coast of Maharashtra, the police said. The buoy was found near the Korlai fort during a search operation, said an official. The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday night had informed the police that Pakistani boat Muqadar...
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The Kerala high court on Friday granted 15 days' parole to a murder convict to get married in view of his fiancee's love and affection for him despite his conviction and life sentence. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan granted the relief to Prasanth on a plea moved on his behalf by his mother, so...
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A 42-year-old farmer who demanded refund of his daughter's fees was allegedly beaten to death by the head of the school administration in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, the police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday evening at Zero Phata area of Purna, an official said....
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