A source in the security establishment suggested that the attacks could be the outcome of the civil war in Myanmar. GUWAHATI: Paresh Baruah-led Ulfa-I, the banned anti-talks faction of the original militant outfit of the same name that he co-founded in 1979, claimed Sunday that three of its senior members were killed in targeted pre-dawn…
File photo: Dr Abhijat Sheth (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The government has appointed Dr Abhijat Sheth as the new chairperson of the National Medical Commission (NMC), the apex body for regulating medical education in the country.He will be replacing Dr B N Gangadhar who offered to relinquish the post several months ago owing to…
Horrific tales of the next of kin who were given jobs emerged, ironically, on a date opposition parties in the UT want designated ‘Martyrs’ Day’ (Picture credit: ANI) BARAMULLA: As the J&K government dismantles the terror ecosystem by going after terrorists and overground workers (OGWs), it has embarked on a parallel journey to honour, compensate…
Representative image (AP) NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A day after Airline Pilots’ Association of India said Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on the Air India 171 crash led to the promoting of a “presumption of pilot guilt” even before the probe was complete, Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA), one of the Air India pilots’ unions,…
Several people, including a state trooper, were injured in a shooting incident that began in Fayette County and ended at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday, according to authorities.As per news agency AP, the shooting spree started at 11:36 am (local time) when a state trooper was shot in Fayette County. The suspect then…
Air India crash (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: Relatives of flyers who died in the June 12 Air India crash have slammed the preliminary probe as a “cover-up” to protect the Tatas-owned airline, Boeing and the Indian government.“This report is wrong. We don’t accept it,” said Ameen Siddiqui, whose British brother-in-law and Gloucestershire resident Akeel Nanabawa,…
KL Rahul plays a shot at Lord’s. (BCCI X/ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s chase of 193 for victory took a dramatic turn late on Day 4 at Lord’s as England captain Ben Stokes dismissed nightwatchman Akash Deep off the final ball of the day, leaving the visitors wobbling at 58/4 – still needing 135 runs…
NEW DELHI: A lawyer was fatally shot by unknown attackers in Patna’s Sultanganj area on Sunday, in a distressing incident underscoring Bihar’s declining security situation.The victim, Jitendra Mahato, approximately 58 years old, died while receiving treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).The incident follows the recent killings of BJP leader Gopal Khemka, a prominent…
A crowdfunding campaign that promised $40 million for the assassination of US President Donald Trump was linked to a former employee of Iran’s main state-run propaganda outlet.The campaign was reportedly organised by a group called “Blood Covenant,” which pledged to bring “justice” for actions committed by “militants.” According to the US-based think tank Middle East…
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla at International Space Station NEW DELHI: “India still looks saare jahan se achcha from space,” astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla said, echoing Rakesh Sharma’s iconic 1984 remark, as he prepared to wrap up his historic mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Shukla, trained by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), became the first Indian…