New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has imposed a penalty of Rs 22.20 crore on airline IndiGo for large-scale flight disruptions witnessed in December 2025, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said Saturday. According to the regulator, IndiGo cancelled 2,507...
Kolkata: Ahead of the country's first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train's launch, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has written a letter to the Officer-in-Charge (IC) of Kaliachak Police Station in Malda, expressing apprehension about the possible attack on the train with stones. Friday afternoon, Prime Minister...
Mumbai: US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, Saturday said he met Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) governor Sanjay Malhotra, and discussed areas of increased cooperation. Gor also visited the US Consulate in Mumbai during his first trip to the financial capital. “Very much enjoyed meeting...
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s “double engine” Centre-state leadership seems to have laid the track for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance’s urban sweep in civic body polls, consolidating the bloc’s post‑Assembly election momentum. The civic elections indicate the state’s ruling alliance remains popular in most parts...
Washington: US President Donald Trump has described his meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as a 'great honour', saying she presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize during their closed-door talks at the White House. “It was my Great Honor to meet María...
Rourkela: Odisha's Sundargarh administration Thursday imposed prohibitory orders and suspended internet services for 24 hours in the town following a violent group clash in which at least 12 people, including some police personnel, were injured, officials said. The incident took place in the Regent Market...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday termed very serious the Enforcement Directorate's allegation that it faced obstruction from the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during their raids at the I-PAC office and the premises of its director in connection with an alleged...
Washington: A US funding bill for the fiscal year 2026 proposes to withhold a portion of American assistance to Pakistan, according to the text of legislation introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill says that of the funds made available for Pakistan, $33 million...
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Rakesh Aggarwal was Wednesday appointed as the director general of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Aggarwal, a 1994 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, is currently special director general in the anti-terror agency. He has also...
Singapore: Popular Indian singer-songwriter Zubeen Garg was severely intoxicated and had drowned off Lazarus Island after declining a life jacket last September, a coroner's court in Singapore was told Wednesday. Garg, 52, was at a yacht party September 19, 2025, when he died of drowning...
By Dilip Cherian Not long ago, a central deputation was the IPS equivalent of a promotion without paperwork. A stint...
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India is one of 60 countries the US has invited to join President Donald Trump’s controversial “Board of Peace” initiative...
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The world has been shocked by the way the medal of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize – one of the...
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The prospects of Turkey joining a Saudi Arabia–Pakistan security arrangement that mirrors NATO’s collective defence principle could be a cause...
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