Phuket flight incident pushes DGCA to seekways to make dope rules more stringent NEW DELHI: Trouble mounted for the pilot-in-command (PIC) of last Tuesday’s badly rattled Phuket-Delhi Air India flight after it emerged that he had failed the confirmatory dope test and was found to have consumed marijuana. Besides, the cabin crew of the flight,…
During his visa interview on Aug 7, he allegedly admitted to US embassy officials that he had never attended classes at the university NEW DELHI: An FIR was filed against a 25-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh by Delhi Police after the US Embassy complained he allegedly submitted forged documents while applying for a non-immigrant visa.The…
“The process cannot be so slow that the next assembly elections would be due by the time the appeals are decided,” said CJI Surya Kant. NEW DELHI: With nearly 34 lakh appeals pending adjudication before SIR appellate tribunals against deletion of voters’ names in West Bengal, Supreme Court Tuesday decided to take stock of their…
Scared tourists (Instagram) This is one cable ride experience that tourists won’t forget. A routine cable-car ride in western Colombia turned into a nightmare when a powerful earthquake struck on August 10. The terrified passengers were left suspended mid-air as their cabin rocked violently. Footage circulating on Instagram and other social-media platforms shows tourists inside…
Quote of the day by Peter Thiel. PayPal founder Peter Thiel contradicted the well-known business lesson that being the first mover in a sector has its own advantage and suggested that it is highly overrated and a trap. Because first-movers can become unseated by a new entrant and he supported his theory by citing how…
Additional personnel from the Army, CRPF and police, along with reinforcements, were rushed to the area JAMMU: Security forces launched joint cordon-and-search operations in J&K’s Doda and Poonch districts on being alerted about the sighting of terror suspects, officials said Tuesday.Cordon-and-search operations were initiated in Doda’s upper reaches after some locals captured a video of…
Most people look at a bare rooftop and see wasted space, maybe a spot for drying clothes, or storing things nobody wants downstairs. Haroon Rashid looked at his and saw a farm.Today, the terrace of his second-floor home in Vehil village, south Kashmir’s Shopian district, is bursting with nearly 100 varieties of herbs, vegetables and…
The petitioner said that post-May 15, there has been a quantum increase in clips of selectively edited judicial proceedings. NEW DELHI: Three months after CJI Surya Kant’s ‘cockroach’ remark sparked a storm and gave birth to Cockroach Janta Party that led a Gen Z protest against NEET-UG paper leak, Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from…
IGP Kashmir VK Birdi said the police were probing the threat letter, believed to have been released on social media on Aug 7. SRINAGAR: J&K police have tightened security in areas of the Valley where Kashmiri Pandits live and allowed some employees to work from home temporarily after Panun Kashmir claimed a purported threat letter…
The NMC has bought the pub with a 10% deposit and is now raising a further £800,000 (Photo credit: SWNS) LONDON: Anger has flared over plans to turn a Grade II-listed pub in Norwich into a mosque.The Norwich Muslim Centre (NMC) has lodged plans with City Hall to turn the Gatehouse on Dereham Road into…