Two Air India pilots grounded for operating flights without mandatory licence requirements; DGCA probe on | India News

Two Air India pilots grounded for operating flights without mandatory licence requirements; DGCA probe on | India News

Scheduling and rostering lapses at Air India continue five months after being reprimanded by the regulator on this issue. In the latest instance, a co-pilot and a senior captain have been taken off flying duty after the airline found they operated a flight each last month with a lapsed English Language Proficiency (ELP) licence in…

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'Had they informed ...': CM Naidu blames organisers for temple stampede; cites coordination lapse | India News

‘Had they informed …’: CM Naidu blames organisers for temple stampede; cites coordination lapse | India News

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday vowed strict action against those responsible for the deadly stampede in Venkateswara Swami Temple in Kasibugga.While addressing a gathering in Sri Sathya Sai district, CM Naidu accused the organisers of not informing the police or local authorities about the event. Deadly…

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'Record-breaking milestone': India sets 3 Guinness World Records; JP Nadda shares details of health campaign | India News

‘Record-breaking milestone’: India sets 3 Guinness World Records; JP Nadda shares details of health campaign | India News

Union minister JP Nadda celebrates India’s three Guinness World Records titles NEW DELHI: India’s push toward women-led health empowerment has earned global recognition, with the Union health ministry bagging three Guinness World Records titles under the nationwide “Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan” (SNSPA) campaign.Union health minister, JP Nadda, hailed the significant achievement, saying that it…

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'Facts are facts': NSA Doval says terrorism in India has been countered; calls J&K 'theatre of proxy war' for Pak | India News

‘Facts are facts’: NSA Doval says terrorism in India has been countered; calls J&K ‘theatre of proxy war’ for Pak | India News

NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday said that terrorism has been controlled in India and that the last major terror incident in the country — outside Jammu and Kashmir — took place in 2013.Speaking at the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture on Governance, Doval said: “The facts are facts, and they cannot…

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China ships always on radar: Navy vice chief; US, Russia among 55 navies to take part in Feb drill | India News

China ships always on radar: Navy vice chief; US, Russia among 55 navies to take part in Feb drill | India News

NEW DELHI: India continues to keep close tabs on Chinese warships and spy vessels in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), even as it gears up to host the navies of both the US and Russia, among 55 countries, at the ‘Milan’ maritime exercise and International Fleet Review (IFR) at Visakhapatnam in Feb.“There is a continuous…

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'Love, not lust': Supreme Court lets off Pocso convict; law must yield to the cause of justice, says apex court | India News

‘Love, not lust’: Supreme Court lets off Pocso convict; law must yield to the cause of justice, says apex court | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, using special powers under Article 142 to achieve complete justice beyond letter of law, has again come to the rescue of a young couple who were in a romantic relationship, but which resulted in commission of an offence because the girl was a minor. It acquitted the accused who had…

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Mallikarjun Kharge, BJP slug it out after Congress chief calls for ban on RSS | India News

Mallikarjun Kharge, BJP slug it out after Congress chief calls for ban on RSS | India News

RSS volunteers (left); Mallikarjun Kharge (right) NEW DELHI: As Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for a ban on RSS citing the decision of the then home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, BJP hit back recalling comments of both Patel and Mahatma Gandhi praising RSS and accusing Kharge of using the language of fundamentalist Muslim organisations like…

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Assembly elections: Sops set to turn Bihar's weak fiscal situation precarious | India News

Assembly elections: Sops set to turn Bihar’s weak fiscal situation precarious | India News

NEW DELHI: With NDA and Mahagathbandhan engaged in a game of one-upmanship, Bihar’s weak fiscal situation is set to turn precarious no matter which alliance wins the assembly polls on November 14. Bihar is already in the category of worst-performing states, fiscally, along with Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Prohibition, in force for almost a…

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One crore govt jobs & more: NDA releases manifesto for Bihar polls; key promises in ‘Sankalp Patra’ | India News

One crore govt jobs & more: NDA releases manifesto for Bihar polls; key promises in ‘Sankalp Patra’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday released its manifesto for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, pledging to create one crore jobs, boost industrial growth, and expand infrastructure across the state. The document was unveiled in Patna by chief minister Nitish Kumar alongside BJP president JP Nadda, Union ministers Jitan Ram Manjhi and…

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'Some Indian companies': China OKs supply of rare earth magnets to India; what MEA said | India News

‘Some Indian companies’: China OKs supply of rare earth magnets to India; what MEA said | India News

NEW DELHI: Govt on Thursday announced “some Indian companies” have got approval from China to import rare earth magnets, to be used in automotive and electronics industries.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said licenses have been issued, which will enable access to the magnets whose procurement had been stopped after China put curbs on their sale earlier…

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