New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is prepared to fight the entire spectrum of warfare, be it an all-out war, a skirmish like the Kargil conflict or retaliation to a terrorist attack, Air Chief Marshal B.S.Dhanoa said on Tuesday. Speaking at a seminar to mark the 20th anniversary of Operation Safed Sagar, the air […]
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Try ‘BODMAS’ method to solve this viral math equation
New Delhi: If you are baffled by a viral mathematical equation that has taken the social media platforms by storm, you do not actually need to go too far but to check it with your Maths teacher at school. The debate started on Twitter after a science enthusiast KJ Cheetham posted a Maths equation — […]
Building collapses in Mumbai, two dead, many feared trapped
Mumbai: A multi-storey building collapsed in South Mumbai’s Dongri area on Tuesday morning. This caused loss of two precious lives. A minor was rescued and atleast 40-50 people were still feared trapped in the debris. News agency ANI quoted Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Management Cell that two people have died and five have been rescued so far. #UPDATE […]
SC asks Karnataka Speaker what stopped him from accepting MLAs’ resignations
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Karnataka Speaker what stopped him from deciding whether to accept or reject the resignations tendered by the MLAs of the JD-S-Congress coalition on July 6. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought a clear response from senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi representing Speaker K.R. Ramesh […]
Indian airlines resume flights operations over Pakistan
New Delhi: Indian airlines on Tuesday resumed flight operations on normal routes to Europe and other west-bound destinations over the Pakistan airspace, after Islamabad removed access restrictions. “After cancellation of NOTAMS by Pakistan and India in the early hours of Tuesday, there are no restrictions on airspaces of both countries, flights have started using the closed […]
Mumbai building collapses, atleast 50 feared trapped
Mumbai: A four-storey building collapsed in south Mumbai’s Dongri area on Tuesday, with at least 50 people feared trapped in the debris, a BMC Disaster Control official. The Kesarbai building collapsed at around 11.30 a.m. The Fire Brigade, police and disaster management teams have rushed to the site and launched rescue operations. IANS Published on: […]
PM Modi seeks list of Ministers absent from Parliament
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on his ministers who were absent from Parliament duty on Tuesday and asked the party leaders to prepare a list of absentees by the evening. Sources said that at BJP’s weekly parliamentary party meeting, Modi asked for a list of ministers who skipped their parliament duty despite […]
Kejriwal, Sisodia granted bail in defamation case
New Delhi: A Special Court in Delhi on Tuesday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in connection with a defamation case filed by BJP leader Vijender Gupta. Gupta had filed the case alleging Kejriwal of tweeting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to get him killed after he was […]
Delhi Police arrests JeM terrorist Basir Ahmad Ponnu from Srinagar
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist from Srinagar, it said on Tuesday. The terrorist has been identified as Basir Ahmad Ponnu, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh, said Sanjeev Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special cell. Ahmad along with three other JeM terrorists — Shahid Gafoor, Fayaz Ahmed Lone, […]
Fresh violence erupts in West Bengal, train services disrupted
Kolkata: After police recovered some crude bombs in West Bengal’s Kakinara of North 24 Parganas district on Monday, a fresh flare-up of violence prompted the administration to impose prohibitory orders in the affected areas. Locals later disrupted train services in the Barrackpore-Naihati division of Eastern Railway (ER) as a mark of protest against the disturbances, […]