AMRITSAR: Operation Sindoor put brakes on drone intrusions for a while but Pakistani smugglers have returned with upgraded tactics and are pushing drones deeper into Indian territory with alarming accuracy.“Post Op Sindoor, there was a temporary lull in cross-border drone intrusions. However, these activities have now resumed with greater precision as Pakistani smugglers are deploying…
Supreme Court (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who was, on the basis of “faulty investigation, shaky evidence and non-examination of material witnesses”, concurrently convicted and awarded death penalty by a Kerala trial court and HC for murdering a young couple in 2011, and said Parliament can take a…
YAMUNANAGAR: Tensions flared in the Durga Garden area of Jagadhri late last night as local residents staged a protest demanding the closure of a liquor vend they claim is fueling a rise in anti-social activities and threatening the safety of women and children in the neighborhood.Dozens of residents, including women, gathered outside the liquor vend…
NEW DELHI: Air India will from August 1 partially start resuming flights that were slashed after the June 12 Ahmedabad crash and full restoration of schedule is expected from October 1. Terming it the “safety pause,” AI Tuesday said the cuts enabled it to “perform additional precautionary checks on Boeing 787 aircraft as well as…
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has established a four-person fact-finding committee to investigate the self-immolation incident of a female student at a college in Balasore, Odisha, officials announced on Tuesday.The victim, a 20-year-old second-year B.Ed student at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, set herself ablaze on July 12 outside the college gate during…
NEW DELHI: In an important decision that would pave the way for the corporate sector to protect their interests under criminal law particularly relating to sale of counterfeit/fake products, Supreme Court has ruled that an aggrieved company is entitled to pursue criminal case against accused in such cases under Criminal Procedure Code to file appeal…
NEW DELHI: The Press Information Bureau (PIB), the government’s fact-checking wing, on Tuesday said that the Union health ministry did not advise vendors to carry warning labels on relished Indian snacks and desserts like samosas, jalebi, and laddoo.“The advisory of the Union Health Ministry does not carry any warning labels on food products sold by…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed Shubhanshu Shukla as the astronaut made splashdown early Tuesday at San Diego coast (local time).“I join the nation in welcoming Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as he returns to Earth from his historic mission to Space. As India’s first astronaut to have visited International Space Station, he…
NEW DELHI: Manipur police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on Tuesday recovered 86 weapons and 974 ammunition in the hill state, which has in the past couple of years witnessed deadly ethnic conflict. In the joint operations, the forces seized grenades, IEDs, AK series & INSAS rifles, pistols, anti-riot guns and SBBL, in…
US astronaut Nichole Ayers posted the photo of her giving Shux a haircut over the last weekend at the ISS Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), who, along with three other Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew members undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 4.45pm Monday, will return to Earth around 3pm Tuesday (July 15).“Ax-4 crew are…
