New Delhi, March 26 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed Air India to take corrective measures after the airline deployed an incorrect aircraft for a Vancouver-bound flight last week, officials said on Thursday. The aviation regulator has also initiated action against an airline official in connection with the incident. The issue came […]
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New Delhi, March 26 A parliamentary panel has recommended priority funding for India’s atomic minerals exploration agency to accelerate uranium and rare metal prospecting, warning that underinvestment could create long-term risks for the country’s nuclear energy plans. In a report tabled in both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science […]
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Nirmal Kumar The North News Barnala, March 25 A salon owner was seriously injured after a group of armed men stormed a shop near the bus stand in Barnala in broad daylight, police said. The attackers, reportedly carrying sharp-edged weapons including kirpans and swords, vandalised the salon and assaulted the owner before fleeing. The injured […]
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New Delhi, March 26 The Railways has terminated the contract of a vendor after a passenger found worms in a packaged curd served to him on the Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express and imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the company. The Railway Ministry has also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on […]
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New Delhi, March 26 India has about 60 days of fuel stock cover, the government said on Thursday, adding that there is no shortage of petrol, diesel, or LPG as it dismissed reports of shortages as a “deliberate misinformation campaign” aimed at triggering panic buying. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said all petrol […]
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New Delhi, March 26 Air India’s A350 aircraft enroute to London Heathrow returned to the national capital due to a technical issue on Thursday afternoon after being airborne for nearly seven hours. The same A350-900 aircraft VT-JRF had faced a technical issue on March 15, following which the plane operating the flight from New York […]
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New Delhi, March 26 Stepping up the attack on Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Thursday shared a video titled “Dhurandhar 3” showing the lavish “sheesh mahal” built by the former chief minister, who he described as “Delhi’s Rehman Dakait”. Rehman Dakait is a Pakistani gangster in the blockbuster film “Dhurandhar”. In […]
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Dubai, March 26 Iran and the United States hardened their positions as diplomacy aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the war in the Middle East appeared to be faltering on Thursday. Tehran moved to formalise its control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz while Washington prepared for the arrival of US combat forces in the […]
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Gangtok, March 26 A scientific study conducted by the Sikkim University recorded 11 new species of dragonflies and damselflies for the first time in the Himalayas in the state. The research, published recently in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences’, was conducted by Neera Rawat, a PhD […]
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Jammu, March 26 Chaitra Navratri has drawn a huge rush of pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, with over 2.69 lakh devotees offering prayers at the cave shrine during the ongoing festival. “The yatra is going on smoothly. There is a huge rush. As many as 2,69,716 pilgrims […]
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