NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on budget carrier IndiGo for denying boarding to a boy with special needs permission to fly. The DGCA in a statement said, “In the case involving a special child with reduced mobility, who along with the […]
How is the world responding to China’s newly unleashed Wolf Warrior diplomacy? To be honest, the West, which is just about waking up to this phenomenon now has so far been ‘shocked’ or ‘surprised’, but to the smaller and weaker neighbours of China, this nature of projection has resulted in a certain amount of stress […]
CHENNAI: During his Chennai visit to lay the foundation stone for development projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appeared going all-out to woo Tamils and assuage the perceived discontent among them against the BJP over the issues linked to their identity. In Chennai, PM Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation […]
NEW DELHI: Days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a state of emergency, ostensibly in response to the economic crisis owing to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Friday. “A real pleasure to welcome FM Péter Szijjártó of Hungary to […]
NEW DELHI: Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan, who was arrested on charges of “involvement in consumption, sale, and purchase of contraband”, has been given a clean chit in the high-profile cruise drugs case that hogged media headlines and brought Bollywood under close scrutiny in October last year. Aryan Khan was taken into custody by […]
NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval calls for an inclusive government in Afghanistan and to enhance the capability of the country to counter-terror and terror groups that pose a threat to regional peace and security. Doval was participating in a security dialogue on Afghanistan along with counterparts from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, […]
NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will lead a high-level delegation from India on a three-nation eight-day state visit to Gabon, Senegal and Qatar from Monday, May 30. A slew of bilateral issues will be discussed during the three-nation tour of the Indian delegation, officials from the Ministry of External Affairs stated. “This will […]
NEW DELHI: Germany has decided to recognize WHO-listed Covaxin for travelling to Germany from June 1, German Ambassador to India Walter J Linder said on Thursday. The German Embassy in New Delhi has been pushing for this decision to Berlin for a long time as thousands of Indian travellers, inoculated by Covaxin, waited for the […]
NEW DELHI: A day after skipping the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summons, Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti P Chidambaram on Thursday appeared before the agency for questioning in connection with an alleged visa for bribery case. Karti, who is the son of former Union finance and home minister P Chidambaram, arrived at CBI headquarters […]
MUMBAI: Multiple teams of India’s financial probe agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) swung into action on Thursday morning and carried out searches at seven locations in Maharashtra linked to state minister Anil Parab in a fresh money laundering probe. An ED official associated with the probe said that the agency is searching the premises […]