- Middle East
Evacuation flight with 160 Indians diverted to Kuwait after Iranian strikes shut airspace
Jerusalem: An evacuation flight carrying 160 Indians who had crossed into Jordan from Israel on Sunday and departed from Amman on Monday afternoon was diverted to Kuwait after Iranian strikes on US…
- Technology
Passengers, crew on Air India’s London-Mumbai flight fall sick
Mumbai: As many as five passengers and two crew members onboard an Air India flight from London fell sick on Monday when the aircraft was on its way to Mumbai, the Tata…
- India
Remains found in Canadian landfill belong to Indian-origin woman, confirms police
Ottawa: The remains found in a Canadian landfill in May belong to an Indian-origin woman who went missing last year, and her partner has been charged with second-degree murder, police said on…
- India
Uttarakhand landslide traps 2 pilgrims; 1 rescued, injured
Uttarkashi: Two pilgrims are feared trapped in the debris of a landslide that occurred on Monday near 9 Kainchi Bhairav Mandir on the trek route to the Yamunotri temple in Uttarakhand. One…
- Chennai
SC lauds Tamil Nadu’s preventive detention against cyber offenders
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lauded Tamil Nadu for taking action against cybercrime offenders under the preventive detention law. “This is a good trend that preventive detention laws are being…
- Business
Rupee sinks 23 paise to close at 86.78 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee plunged 23 paise to close at a five-month low of 86.78 against the US dollar on Monday amid a strengthening greenback and volatile crude oil prices following the US…
- India
Honeymoon murder case: Flat owner held for aiding Sonam Raghuvanshi
Shillong: The Meghalaya Police on Monday arrested the owner of a flat where Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused in the murder of her husband during their honeymoon, stayed in Indore after fleeing the northeastern…
- Middle East
UK govt says will ban pro-Palestinian group after activists broke into military base
London: Britain’s government said Monday it will ban the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws after the group’s members broke into a military base and vandalised two planes last week.…
- Middle East
Concerned at possible escalation in Israel-Iran conflict, Pak supports Tehran’s right of defence
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top security body on Monday raised concerns at the possibility of further escalation in Israel-Iran conflict after US strikes in Iran and expressed regret that these attacks coincided with a…
- India
IndiGo employee accuses seniors of casteist slurs; FIR lodged
Gurugram: An employee of budget carrier IndiGo has lodged a police complaint against three of his seniors, alleging that they used casteist slurs against him during a company meeting, officials said. IndiGo,…
- India
Uttarakhand HC stays panchayat elections over reservation dispute
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday stayed the upcoming panchayat elections in the state over disputes in reservation. Acting on petitions against the reservation rotation process for the three-tier panchayat polls…
- India
RJD chief Lalu Prasad seeks re-election, files nomination papers
Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Monday filed his nomination papers to seek re-election to the top post in the party he has been heading since its inception nearly three decades ago.…
- India
Man beats daughter to death for scoring low marks in test; held
Sangli: A 16-year-old girl was bludgeoned to death by her father, a school teacher, for scoring low marks in a test in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, police said on Monday. The incident occurred…
- India
Technical glitch grounds Indore-Bhubaneswar IndiGo flight for one hour
Indore: A “minor technical snag” was detected in an IndiGo flight from Indore to Bhubaneswar carrying 140 persons, due to which it took off about an hour late from its scheduled time…
- India
Anti-naxal operations must be transparent, not politicised: Sachin Pilot
Raipur: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday said the anti-Naxal operations should be carried out effectively in a transparent manner and the exercise should not be politicised. The Congress in-charge for…
