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Air India flight (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Air India’s Delhi-London flight AI 2017 Thursday had to return to the terminal after taxiing out as the pilots suspected a snag in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner (VT-TSN). The airline then arranged another Dreamliner (VT-TSP) which took off around 6pm. Both these B787s are ex-Vistara. In the past…
NEW DELHI: The Punjab government will observe the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur with a large-scale event in Sri Anandpur Sahib, expected to draw millions of devotees from across the country and abroad.Officials said the three-day commemoration beginning November 23 may see a turnout of over 10 million people, including thousands of non-resident…
Uma Bharti (left), Sadvi Pragya Thakur (ANI, PTI) Senior BJP leader and former union minister Uma Bharti on Thursday hailed the court’s verdict on 2008 Malegaon blast in which all seven accused have been acquitted, including former BJP MP Pragya Thakur, emphasising that terror has no colour. She added that Congress and especially former Madhya…
NEW DELHI: In a series of coordinated statements, BJP leaders tore into the Congress and its allies, claiming that the 17-year-old case was driven by political vendetta aimed at defaming Hindu saints and nationalists.Seventeen years after a bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded in Malegaon, killing six people and injuring over 100, a special NIA…
Chhattisgarh alleged human trafficking incident NEW DELHI: A victim of an alleged human trafficking and forceful conversion, in which three, including two nuns from Kerala, have been arrested in Chhattisgarh, has alleged she was “coerced and assaulted” by Bajrang Dal activists to give a false statement, a charge denied by the right-wing outfit.The woman, 21,…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff announcement has ignited a political storm, with opposition leaders lashing out at the Centre and questioning its silence.Several opposition leaders questioned about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over Trump’s tariff and some of them are as follows. Rahul Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday said terrorism should not be associated with any religion, hours after a special NIA court acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, citing lack of “cogent and reliable” evidence.Among those acquitted were Lt Col Prasad Purohit and BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur….
NEW DELHI: A special NIA court on Thursday acquitted former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, lieutenant colonel Prasad Purohit, and five others in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.The court cited lack of evidence and procedural lapses in invoking the UAPA, the Arms Act, and other charges in the 17-year-old blast case, which had…
Pragya Singh Thakur NEW DELHI: Ex-BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday said her acquittal by court not just a win for her but for every ‘Bhagwa’.“I have been saying this from the very beginning that those who are called for investigation there should be a basis behind that. I was called by them for…
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the US announcing a 25% tariff on India, Congress on Wednesday said PM Narendra Modi tolerated US President Donald Trump’s “repeated insults” to India in the hope of a special treatment for the country, and should now stand up to the US like Indira Gandhi did.Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh…
