Pune: Newly registered voters will receive their Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) within 15 days of their names being added to the electoral roll, under a new fast-track delivery system launched by Election Commission of India (ECI) on June 18, state election officials told TOI. The initiative also applies to voters seeking changes in their…
NEW DELHI: India’s oil supply chain remains stable as a result of diversification in the last few years, oil minister Hardeep Puri said on Sunday as Iran’s Parliament passed a motion calling for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the critical choke point accounting for a fifth of global seaborne oil and a third of LNG…
NEW DELHI: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Sunday dismissed social media rumours suggesting that the United States used Indian airspace to carry out airstrikes on Iran during “Operation Midnight Hammer.” The government agency categorically stated that these claims are false.“Several social media accounts have claimed that Indian Airspace was used by the United States…
A total of 251 of the 270 people who died in the June 12 plane crash in Ahmedabad have been identified with the help of DNA tests, officials confirmed on Sunday. Of these, 245 bodies have already been handed over to the bereaved families.The London-bound aircraft had taken off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday criticised the BJP-led central government for what he called a “confusing” foreign policy, questioning India’s stand as tensions between Iran and Israel continue to escalate.Speaking at a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav said, “Our foreign policy is confusing… The world looks at who you stand with in bad…
NEW DELHI: India on Sunday brought home 311 more citizens from the Iranian city of Mashhad amid intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel, taking the total number of evacuees to 1,428 under the ongoing Operation Sindhu. The latest batch of Indians arrived in Delhi at 4:30 pm on a special chartered flight. “Three-hundred eleven Indian…
NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday rejected any possibility of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar returning to the Opposition alliance, saying he would only be “extra baggage” at this point. “Never. Not a chance,” Tejashwi said when asked if Kumar could be brought back into the alliance, responding to ANI that Lalu Prasad…
NEW DELHI: Enroute airspace restrictions due to the Israel-Iran war forced Air India to cancel its Delhi-Frankfurt (AI 2029) and Delhi-Zurich (AI 151) flights on Sunday. This happened “due to extended flight times caused by airspace closures in the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region. These closures would have exceeded the mandatory flight…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Birmingham to Delhi received a bomb threat on Saturday following which, the plane was diverted to Riyadh, ANI reported citing a spokesperson from the airlines on Sunday.“Flight AI114 from Birmingham to Delhi on June 21 received a bomb threat and was consequently diverted to Riyadh, where it landed…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian following US strikes on the nation. PM Modi called for immediate “de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy” amid rising tensions in the Middle East as the Israel-Iran crisis entered the tenth day.“Spoke with President of Iran @drpezeshkian. We discussed in detail about the…
