Tweet about bomb forces emergency landing of Jet Airways plane
A Dubai-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai with 61 passengers and crew made an emergency landing at Muscat airport following a tweet about presence of a bomb onboard, but was cleared for onward travel after it turned out to be hoax, second such incident in last two days. Flight No 9W 536 landed... read more »
ISRO’s heaviest commercial launch today
Making the heaviest commercial launch, Indian space agency ISRO will on Friday launch five British satellites on board PSLV-C28 from the spaceport of Sriharikota. According to ISRO, the 62.5 hour countdown which began on July 8 at 07.28 AM will officially launch at 09.58 PM today. Indian Space... read more »
Former RAW chief expresses regret over failed talks with Geelani
Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat has expressed regret over failed talks between the Indian administration and Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In an interview with a Pakistani television network, Dulat said that Geelani was, for many years, the ‘only credible... read more »
Suresh Prabhu flags-off four new train services in J-K
Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off four new diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train services from Nowgan railway station in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh were also present on the occation along... read more »
Jan Dhan or hawala dhan? Modi should heed RBI’s warnings on his pet scheme
Several crores of bank accounts across the country that opened within days under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship financial inclusion programme Jan Dhan Yojana could act as... read more »
BJP-Shiv Sena conflict only for power and position, not for public welfare: Congress
Congress leader Anees Ahmed said here on Saturday that the seat sharing impasse between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena, which could end the 25-year-old alliance in... read more »
Akhilesh thanks people for bypoll wins, labour dept for welfare schemes
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav while expressing his gratitude to the people for winning bypolls launched a veiled attack on BJP leaders dressed in saffron robes. “Our leaders worked a lot... read more »
Sushma Swaraj meets Bangladeshi counterpart
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali here in New Delhi on Saturday. The Bangladesh Foreign Minister, who is in New... read more »
13 Get 20 Years in Prison for Ordering Gangrape of Tribal Girl in...
LABHPUR: A court in West Bengal has sentenced 13 people to 20 years in prison over the gang-rape of a tribal girl at Labhpur village in the state’s Birbhum district in January this year. The... read more »
