New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry Wednesday sought a report from Air India Express on cancellation of flights amid a section of cabin crew members reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the airline. Nearly 90 flights have been cancelled by Air India Express since Tuesday night due to cabin crew woes. An official on Wednesday...

Washington: The US paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the US, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and 1,700...

Hyderabad: Mounting an attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday demanded that the party should explain to people why it has stopped raising the 'Ambani-Adani' issue as its 'Shehzada' used to do for the past five years and asked if it has struck a 'deal'. Have "tempo loads of notes (money)" reached the Congress that...

Fact-Check The Verdict Misleading The video of Rahul Gandhi referring to the BJP’s remark on the Constitution is edited and shared out of context. Claim ID 9c4b3dae What’s being claimed? A video featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is circulating on social media. In the video, he can be heard saying in Hindi, "If our government comes to power, we will...

New Delhi: Total vehicle retail sales in India rose 27 per cent year-on-year to 22,06,070 units in April as all segments, including passenger vehicles and two-wheelers, witnessed growth, industry body FADA said Wednesday. The overall vehicle registrations stood at 17,40,649 units in April 2023. Passenger vehicle retail sales rose 16 per cent to 3,35,123 units last month...

Hyderabad: As many as seven persons, including a four-year-old child were killed when a retaining wall at an under-construction apartment came crashing down due to heavy rains in Bachupally area in Hyderabad, police said Wednesday. According to Bachupally police, the deceased were migrant workers who belonged to Odisha and Chhattisgarh and the incident happened Tuesday evening. Their...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide Kartik Pandian Wednesday alleged that the opposition BJP is not fighting elections in Odisha to win polls but to increase its seat number with an intention to break the Biju Janata Dal after elections. This was stated by the bureaucrat turned politician while meeting a group of...

New Delhi: UK-based pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca has started global withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, which was provided in India as 'Covishield' in partnership with Serum Institute of India, days after it admitted to rare side effects of blood clotting and low platelet counts. The withdrawal has been initiated due to a surplus of available updated vaccines since...

Jaipur: Repolling was underway at a booth in Rajasthan's Barmer Lok Sabha seat Wednesday on the instructions of the Election Commission due to a breach of confidentiality reported during polling April 26, said officials here. Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that re-polling was being held Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the booth located...

Bengaluru: Even as a special court is expected to give its verdict on the bail plea of JD(S) MLA HD Revanna Wednesday, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sex videos case is expecting the arrival of prime accused, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna had sought seven days’ time...