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- India
US flights grounded: Flight departures resume after overnight system outage
Delhi: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) removed its order to halt all domestic aircraft departures across the United States on Wednesday after restoring the system that provides pilots with pre-flight safety notices,…
- India
Server malfunction in SC disrupts computer applications, IT services
New Delhi: Several computer applications and IT services at the Supreme Court were either disrupted or unavailable on Wednesday due to a sudden malfunction of one of the servers at its data…
- India
Assam minority students body calls Lakhimpur eviction ‘inhumane’ as crops razed for day 2
North Lakhimpur: The drive to evict encroachers from forest land in Assam’s Lakhimpur district continued for the second day on Wednesday, with 299 families residing on a 250 hectare tract left in…
- World
Leicester violence: Cops release images of wanted men
London: The UK police have released ‘bodycam’ images of 10 men wanted in connection with the Leicester communal clashes, which erupted last autumn following a cricket match between India and Pakistan. In…
- India
SC Collegium recommends Malegaon blast accused’s advocate as Bombay HC judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium in a meeting has approved the proposal for elevation of advocate Neela Kedar Gokhale, as a judge in the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court…
- India
Assam illegal immigrants: SC to examine validity of Citizenship Act’s Section 6A
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would examine the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam and commence the hearing on…
- Delhi
Delhi-NCR turns into ‘Gas Chamber’
New Delhi: The Air Quality Index in Delhi and its surrounding areas remained in “severe” category on Tuesday with PM 2.5 levels at 421 in the capital and PM 2.5 at 529…
- India
Explain why over 600 giving up Indian citizenship daily, Congress asks govt
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that average number of Indians giving up their citizenship per day has grown 1.7 times in the last 8 years, while in the previous year,…
- India
TN: Tussle between ruling DMK, Guv heats up; ‘GetoutRavi’ trends on Twitter
Chennai: A day after the spat between the ruling DMK and Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on the floor of the state assembly, “#GetoutRavi” posters, prominently featuring Chief Minister M K…
- World
7.5-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami alert issued
Jakarta: A massive earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia’s Maluku province on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert. The quake occurred at 12.47 a.m. with its epicentre…
- India
Post Hijab ban, Udupi sees over 50% drop in Muslim admissions in govt PUCs
Last year the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions filed by six hijab-clad Muslim students from a Udupi PUC and upheld the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government’s order to ban hijabs in government…
- Delhi
Delhi: 7 months pregnant woman set on fire by in-laws, DCW steps in
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the Delhi Police seeking details of the FIR and the accused arrested after a woman who was in the…
- India
‘Government apathy to repeated warnings root cause of Joshimath crisis’
Gopeshwar: Geological factors apart, the failure of successive governments to act on the warnings by experts about possible hazards in Joshimath and adjoining areas has emerged as a major reason behind the…
- Kashmir
Clear stand on Article 370 before leading yatra into JK: BJP leader to Rahul
Jammu: With Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir in a fortnight, a senior BJP leader on Sunday asked the former Congress president to make his stand clear…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging validity of 1991 law on religious places
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law which prohibit filing of a lawsuit to…
