NEW DELHI: India may soon rank flying training organisations (FTOs) here on various parameters like the average time taken by students there to get a commercial pilot licence (CPL) — which requires flying training aircraft for 200 hours and clearing several subject exams that are conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). As…
File Photo: An anti-Naxal operation in progress NEW DELHI: Two Special Task Force (STF) personnel were injured after Naxalites triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said. The explosion occurred amid ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the region.Bijapur SP Jitendra Yadav said that the explosion occurred in the Madded police station…
An encounter between security forces and suspected terrorists erupted in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday evening during a search operation launched by security personnel in Sanyal village, located near the International Border in the Hiranagar sector. The operation was initiated following credible intelligence regarding the presence of armed militants in the area.Officials reported…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday defended his party leader’s “Rana Sanga a traitor” remark, saying that referring to a page in “history should not be an issue”.A massive controversy erupted after SP Rajya Sabha MP Ramjilal Suman on March 21 called Rajput warrior…
NEW DELHI: Shahi Jama Masjid committee president Zafar Ali was arrested on Sunday in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on November 24 last year over a court-ordered survey of the mosque. Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar Bishnoi confirmed to PTI that Ali had been arrested but did not elaborate…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted four terror operatives of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist organisation in the 2024 Chandigarh grenade attack case, officials said on Sunday.As per a release by the NIA, the chargesheet filed before the Special NIA Court in Chandigarh includes Pakistan-based designated individual terrorist Harwinder Singh Sandhu…
A day after the Supreme Court made the unprecedented move of publically releasing a comprehensive report detailing allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court, following a fire incident at his residence on March 14 that resulted in the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash, videos are surfacing online of burnt currency notes that…
Rupjyoti Kurmi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI:Assam BJP has directed its MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi to apologise to the public after he was seen lunging at opposition members and hurling abuses in the state assembly on Friday. Party president Dilip Saikia called his actions undemocratic and against party values. Kurmi, a former Congress leader, has already apologised…
Kapil Sibal (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on Sunday urged the opposition INDIA bloc to present itself as a united front rather than appearing disjointed to the public. In an interview with news agency PTI, Sibal highlighted the importance of establishing a formal framework with designated spokespersons,…
File Photo: An anti-Naxal operation in progress NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh cabinet has approved a new ‘Chhattisgarh Naxal Surrender/Victim Relief and Rehabilitation Policy-2025’ for Maoist violence victims and to facilitate reintegration into the society of surrendered Maoists, according to an official.The policy extends rehabilitation and legal assistance to surrendered Maoists to begin afresh, the official…
