Thiruvananthapuram, 15/5: A British F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at the International Airport here on Saturday night after running low on fuel, sources said here The jet, which is believed to have taken off from an aircraft carrier, landed safely at around 9.30 pm, they said on Sunday. Airport authorities declared an emergency…
Washington DC, 15/6: President Donald Trump said early on Sunday that if Iran attacks the United States in any way, it would face the might of the US military “at levels never seen before.” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that the US had nothing to do with an attack on…
Dehradun, 15/6: A helicopter crashed near the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand early Sunday, killing all seven on board. Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar told PTI that the accident took place above the forests of Gaurikund amid poor visibility due to bad weather. The dead included six pilgrims and the pilot.
Guwahati, 14/6: In a major success towards disarmament, security forces in strife-torn Manipur recovered 328 sophisticated weapons in five valley districts during operations on Friday and Saturday. The seized weapons included 151 SLR rifles, 65 INSAS rifles, six AK series rifles, 73 other rifles, one mortar and five carbines. Large quantities of ammunition and other…
Jerusalem, 14/6: The Israeli military on Saturday apologised for posting a map that incorrectly depicted Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan after objections from Indian social media users, clarifying that the image “fails to precisely depict borders”. The map was posted by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on their X handle on Friday to…
New Delhi, 14/6: Air India on Saturday said it has done one-time safety checks on nine of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners and is on track to complete the checks on the remaining 24 such planes as directed by aviation regulator DGCA. In the wake of the fatal crash of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 plane in…
Ahmedabad, 14/6: Apart from central and state government agencies, a team of the National Security Guard (NSG) has been deployed at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, where 265 people lost their lives. According to official sources, the NSG team is at the site to assist other agencies in relief operations,…
New Delhi, 14/6: A day after an ill-fated ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft crashed in Ahmedabad, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday ordered “enhanced safety inspection” of Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet with immediate effect in coordination with its local offices. Air India has 27 Boeing 787-8s and seven Boeing 787-9s in its fleet….
Dubai, 14/6: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement on Friday that Israel initiated a war and said it will not be allowed to do “hit and run” attacks without grave consequences. The Zionist regime (Israel) will not remain unscathed from the consequences of its crime. The Iranian nation must be guaranteed…
Dhaka, 13/6: At least five persons have been arrested in connection with the vandalisation of the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh, with the authorities saying that no relics associated with the poet were damaged. The Rabindra Kachharibari or Rabindra Memorial Museum, which was closed after the vandalism on Sunday, was reopened…
