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Delhi Police on high alert for Holi; 134 intersections under strict watch

New Delhi: The Delhi Police is on high alert on Holi, deploying over 15,000 personnel to enforce strict law and order in the city. A senior police officer said teams have been…
Four booked under MCOCA for assaulting man, cop in Thane

Thane: Police in Maharashtra’s Thane have invoked anti-organised crime law MCOCA in a case against four persons who allegedly attacked a man and injured a cop, an official said on Wednesday, March…

Jairam Ramesh compares Parliament to North Korea’s Assembly

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader and senior parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh has criticised BJP MPs for “excessively” praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament, saying their actions sometimes give him the feeling that he…
Saw missiles in sky: Hyderabad’s Gulf passengers return amid US-Israel-Iran war

Hyderabad: For most passengers who landed in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening, March 3, the relief of touching Indian soil only came after days of uncertainty. They watched a conflict spiral around them, scrambled…
Women who painted ‘Muslims not allowed’ on road become Hindutva icons

Meerut: Shradha Rajput and Sandhya Rajput, the women who had painted anti-Muslim graffiti on a crash barrier along the Uttarakhand-Delhi highway, have since become local Hindutva icons. On the night of February…
Rapido driver a class topper: A school reunion nobody saw coming

Umar was just trying to get home quickly. What he got instead was a front-row seat to one of life’s more unexpected plot twists. When his Rapido booking came through, Umar glanced…
Returnees recount fear, soaring costs amid Middle East conflict

New Delhi: “I didn’t feel any relief, not even during the flight, until I finally landed in Delhi,” said Sunil Gupta, one of the several passengers who returned home shaken, as the…

AAI seeks fuel stocks details from airport operators amid Iran crisis

New Delhi/ Mumbai: State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked all international airport operators in the country to provide details about available fuel stocks as well as estimated requirements for the…
IndiGo operates 4 repatriation flights to Jeddah, Muscat next on list

New Delhi: IndiGo on Tuesday, March 3, operated four repatriation flights to Jeddah and plans to have another flight to Muscat later in the day to bring back passengers stranded due to…
Over 250 flights cancelled at four airports amid escalating conflict in Gulf

Mumbai: More than 250 flights were cancelled at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Chennai airports on Tuesday, March 3, due to the Middle East conflict, officials said. For the fourth day, flight operations…
Kolhapur tourists land safely in India after being stranded in Dubai

Pune: A drone attack near their hotel in Dubai and a sense of insecurity kept 23 tourists from Kolhapur district on tenterhooks, but thanks to Indian and UAE authorities, the group on…
India as Israel’s weapons factory? Anchor’s remark sparks furore

An Israeli television anchor has claimed on a live broadcast that Israel has taken “all of India” and its 1.4 billion people to manufacture weapons for the country, the remarks which have…
PV Sindhu pulls out of All England Championships, returns home safely

Bengaluru: Two-time Olympic medal-winning Indian badminton star P V Sindhu, who was stranded in Dubai due to closure of airspace in the Gulf region, has returned to the country after pulling out…
BJP chief Nitin Nabin to contest Rajya Sabha polls from Bihar

New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin was on Tuesday, March 3, nominated as the party’s candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has…
BJP accuses Gandhi family of Rs 7 Cr ‘ticket extortion’ in Haryana Assembly polls

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday, February 3, cited a claim of a former Haryana Congress leader’s husband to allege that the Gandhi family tried to “extort” Rs 7 crore from the…