Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty will face the Enforcement Directorate again on Monday in money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. This comes after the ED grilled her brother Showik for nearly 18 hours on Saturday. As per reports, Showik’s questioning went on till around 6:30 am on […]
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World’s tallest prefab towers to come in Singapore but are being built in Malaysia
World tallest prefabricated skyscrapers are in the works and will come up in Singapore’s busy residential district of Bukit Merah district – the only catch is that they are being built in Malaysia! Prefabricated structures are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections, so that they can be easily […]
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‘Special day for Andaman and Nicobar Islands’, says PM Modi ahead of submarine OFC launch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday morning. Ahead of the launch, the PM said that it’s a very special day for the residents of the islands. “Today, 10th August is a special day for […]
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India’s trajectory a worry as world nears 20 million Covid-19 cases
India’s trajectory of daily cases of Covid-19 is now ahead of that of the United States’, making it the country with the highest number of daily infections, as total cases globally appear set to breach the 20 million-mark on Sunday night with the US, India and Brazil leading the surge in infections. […]
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Daughter steals Rs 19 lakh from father with help of boyfriend, both arrested
Police in Mumbai’s Oshiwara arrested a woman and her boyfriend on Saturday for planning and stealing cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 19 lakh from her home. The arrested woman and the man have been identified as Uzma Qureshi, 21, and Charandeepsingh Arora, 35. Police said Arora is a PT […]
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‘All we know is touchdown was late’: DGCA chief on Kerala plane crash
Directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar said the tabletop runway at Calicut Airport, where an Air India Express plane crashed killing 18 people including both pilots on Friday, was long enough for the aircraft, but a late touchdown may have caused the plane to overshoot the runway. […]
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9 Covid-19 patients killed as hotel turned care centre catches fire in Andhra Pradesh
A fire broke out at a hotel being used as a Covid-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada city early on Sunday, killing nine patients and trapping several others, police said. The hotel – Swarna Palace – was being used as a care centre for Covid-19 patients by Ramesh Hospitals, a popular private […]
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Rajnath Singh announces embargo on import of 101 defence items. Here’s the full list
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India is now ready for the big push to the atma nirbhar or self-dependent initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The defence ministry has decided to put 101 items put on embargo to boost indigenisation of defence production. Here is the list of […]
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Rajnath’s self-reliance push: Defence ministry to embargo 101 items
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India is now ready for the big push to the atma nirbhar or self-dependent initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to #AtmanirbharBharat initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 […]
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With nearly 3.5 lakh Covid-19 cases in a week, India’s tally surges over 2.15 million
India’s tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) jumped to more than 2.15 million on Sunday morning after 349,315 cases and 5,244 deaths were recorded in one week, according to the Union health ministry’s data. According to the health ministry’s dashboard, there are 2,153,010 infections after 64,399 Covid-19 cases and 861 […]
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BJP worker out on morning walk fired upon in Budgam, third attack in 5 days
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was attacked in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam. He has been shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital. The police said that Abdul Hamid Najar was on morning walk when unidentified gunmen fired at him near Ompora. Thirty eight-year-old Najar (who belongs to the […]
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Kozhikode plane crash: Flight was shaking, it was a nightmare, recount survivors
Survivors of the Air India Express plane crash recounted on Saturday the horror and ordeal that unfolded as the aircraft with 190 people on board skidded off the runaway at the Kozhikode airport and broke into two, killing at least 18 people. It all happened in a flash. Just when […]
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‘Kozhikode plane crash not an accident but murder’: Air safety expert
If appropriate steps are not taken, accident similar to Friday’s airplane crash in Kozhikode could occur next at Patna, Jammu airports, air safety expert Captain Mohan Ranganathan said in a conversation , During the interview, Ranganathan, who is a member of a safety advisory committee constituted by the civil aviation […]
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Mood of the Nation poll: Yogi Adityanath is best performing CM in India for third time in row
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Aditayanth has been ranked as the best performing chief minister in India in the latest India Today -Karvy Insights Mood of the Nation (MOTN) survey. Yogi Adityanath managed to secure 24 per cent of the total votes (6 percentage points up from the last survey), becoming […]
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20 dead, hundreds injured in AI Express plane crash: What we know so far
Investigating officers from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will on Saturday start their probe into the Air India Express flight crash at Kozhikode airport in Kerala. Twenty people, including the plane’s two pilots, were killed on Friday when the jet ripped in […]