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 […]
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The PLA Aggressors: China’s eight top commanders who led Ladakh adventure
An Arabic speaking General with over 20 years of enforcing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) diktat in Tibet, four Lieutenant Generals and three divisions commanders are currently overseeing the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aggression on the 1597-km long Line of Actual Control bisecting Ladakh in India and occupied Aksai Chin in China. […]
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‘Soaked in blood of injured’: Locals rush in to save Air India Express passengers
Dozens of local residents rushed to the airport in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday as they heard a “terrible thud” after the Air India Express plane overshot the tabletop runway at the airport and fell into a valley 35 feet below. Twenty people were killed and more than hundred injured when […]
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He saved our lives: Air India Express plane crash survivors laud brave pilot
Survivors of Friday’s plane crash in Kerala’s Kozhikode said the aircraft’s captain, who was killed, helped save their lives as he used his presence of mind and averted a fire after the accident. At least 20 people were killed, including the two pilots, and more than 100 injured when the Air […]
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ED questions Rhea Chakraborty for 9 hours in Sushant Singh Rajput death case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned actor Rhea Chakraborty for over eight hours on Friday in a money-laundering case it has registered in connection with Bollywood celebrity Sushant Singh Raput’s suspected suicide on June 14. The 28-year-old Chakraborty, Rajput’s girlfriend at the time of his death, arrived at the agency’s office […]
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90% of recovered Covid-19 patients in Wuhan have damaged lungs, some have to rely on oxygen machines
A team of doctors in China has claimed that lungs of 90 per cent of Covid-19 patients who recovered in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak of the disease was first reported, are still damaged. The team is led by Peng Zhiyong, the director of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University. […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput probe was quarantined, I wasn’t: Bihar IPS officer
Bihar-cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vinay Tiwari, who was in Mumbai to investigate Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, returned to Patna on Friday after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) exempted him from the mandatory quarantine. Tiwari had reached Mumbai to probe Rajput’s death on August 2 and was […]
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Delhi CM launches electric vehicle policy, calls it ‘most progressive’
The Delhi government aims to boost the economy and reduce pollution level in the national capital, recognised as one of the world’s most polluted cities, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday as he rolled out his government’s electric vehicle policy. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said his government […]
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In latest attack on Congress, BJP chief Nadda highlights pact with China
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagat Prakash Nadda launched another scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. He cited a petition filed against the Congress party over the issue in the Supreme Court. “Even the SC is surprised at the MoU signed by the Congress party […]
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12 killed, 60 feared trapped in Kerala landslide; locals say toll may go up
Twelve people have been killed and 60 others are feared trapped in a mound of slush and rock debris after a massive landslide razed a tea plantation workers’ settlement in Rajakkad in Idukki district of Kerala in the early hours of Friday. At least 10 people were rescued and rushed […]
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Donald Trump cites India to ban ‘national security risk’ Chinese TikTok
US President Donald Trump’s order to ban US transactions with Chinese owners of short video-sharing app TikTok and messenger app WeChat cited India’s decision to purge the two applications earlier in June. The US restriction on the transactions will kick in after 45 days, mid-September. “The risks are real,” the presidential directive […]
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‘Fully committed’: PM Modi assures complete implementation of NEP 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he is “fully committed” to the National Education Policy (NEP), which was launched last month, as he assured it will be implemented fully. PM Modi said while addressing the conclave on ‘Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NEP’ that the education policy was approved after […]