Bangalore, 18/1: In an action that could have severely compromised the safety of passengers, Bangalore South MP and BJP Yuva Morcha chief, Tejasvi Surya, is said to have opened the emergency exit of the Chennai-Tiruchirapalli passenger flight operated by budget airline IndiGo on December 10 as the aircraft was being readied for take-off. Surya,…
Washington DC, 17/1: Apple Inc on Tuesday unveiled new MacBooks powered with the latest M2 Pro and M2 Max chips made in-house, in a surprise announcement ahead of its traditional launch event. The Mac mini starts at $599, cheaper than the latest iPhone 14 series, and is available beginning Jan 24. Apple however did not…
Islamabad, ,17/1: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought “serious” and “sincere” talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the resolution of the “burning” issues, including on Kashmir, and said the UAE could play an important role in facilitating the resumption of dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Prime Minister Sharif made these…
New Delhi, 16/1: BJP president J P Nadda on Monday underlined the importance of the nine state assembly polls to be held this year in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and asked the party’s national executive to ensure it does not lose in any state. Briefing reporters on Nadda’s…
Two huts burnt to ashes in Banpur Chilika A major fire broke out in Dolagobinda Nuasahi under Niladri Prasad Panchayat of Banpur block late on Sunday night and two huts were burnt to ashes. As per the information, Sania Pradhan of the said village was sleeping last night when a short circuit occurred around 3…
New Delhi, 16/1: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government’s demand for inclusion of its representatives and that of states in collegiums of the Supreme Court and high courts was the “precise follow-up action” suggested by the apex court while striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act. Rijiju made the…
Thiruvananthapuram, 15/1: Virat Kohli lit up the dead rubber with an epic 166 not out, his third century in four innings, as India annihilated a clueless Sri Lanka with a record 317-run win in the third ODI to sweep the series here on Sunday. Skipper Rohit Sharma (42 off 49) and Shubman Gill (116 off…
UP, 15/1: Attempts to forge an alliance of the opposition parties to take on the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly polls in many states, including Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana as well as in the next year’s Lok Sabha polls, suffered a setback after BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday declared that her party…
New Delhi, ,15/1: Ahead of the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but also recalled that the present government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them. Sitharaman will present Union Budget for 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha on…
Kyiv, 14/1: A Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and other officials said. Reuters journalists heard a series of explosions in Kyiv before an air raid siren sounded in Kyiv. Officials told…
