NEW DELHI: An Airbus A321 operated by Air India with about 190 people aboard suffered a tail strike while going around — aborting landing and taking off again — at Bengaluru airport on Thursday. A Boeing 747 jumbo jet had taken off before this flight from Delhi was to land. The enormous wake turbulence —...
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Muslim side in SC, challenges high court’s Bhojshala order
NEW DELHI: The Muslim side Thursday moved SC challenging a Madhya Pradesh HC order which said the disputed Bhojshala complex was a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. The Hindu community considers Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Saraswati, while the Muslim side calls the 11th-century monument the Kamal Maula Mosque. The disputed complex is protected by...
Metamorphosis: ‘Cockroach’ grows into giant on social media
NEW DELHI: The X account of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party was withheld in India on Thursday even as its Instagram following crossed 18 million — more than that of BJP or Congress — by Thursday evening, within days of its launch. CJP’s X page had amassed over 200,000 followers before being withheld due to...
Vijay expands TN cabinet with 7 Dalit mins; Congress back in govt after 59 years
CHENNAI: Congress made a comeback into govt in Tamil Nadu ending its 59-year exile, with two of its legislators among 23 new ministers sworn in, as CM C Joseph Vijay Thursday expanded his cabinet in an exercise that rewarded loyalists, accommodated allies and signalled attempt at rewriting social engineering in state politics. With 21 TVK...
NEET paper leak row: CBI grills doctor, teacher, parlour owner
Educational consultancy operator Shubham Khairnar, suspended junior college teacher Manisha Mandhare, beauty parlour owner Manisha Waghmare and a Latur-based paediatrician moved centre stage Thursday as CBI widened its NEET-UG 2026 paper leak probe, chasing money trails, digital footprints and a growing list of suspected beneficiaries. CBI brought Khairnar to Pune for questioning while Mandhare and...
Even PMLA accused has a right to be heard: SC
NEW DELHI: Holding that provisions of CrPC or BNSS meant to ensure the right of an accused to a fair trial cannot be dispensed with even in case of trial under a special law like PMLA, Supreme Court has held that an accused had to be heard before a court can take cognisance of any...
CBDT detects very rich ‘farmers’ without land
Officials said there were instances where land sold to developers was used to show capital gains as agricultural income. In some cases, authorities used satellite maps to detect misuse of the tax provision NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come across many cases where individuals have claimed income tax exemption on...
Venezuela acting president to visit India next week for oil discussions: Rubio
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez will travel to India next week for talks on oil sales, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Thursday, as Washington pushes to deepen energy ties with New Delhi.Rubio made the announcement before departing for Sweden and India, where he is scheduled to arrive...
Lights, camera, absconder: Gujarat murder convict’s Bollywood life exposed
Crime Branch officers said that after jumping parole in 2014, Hemant Nagindas Modi (L) first resurfaced in north Gujarat’s theatre circuit, particularly in Patan, where he quietly rebuilt his life through stage performances. (Poster from “Thugs of Hindostan” starring Aamir Khan) AHMEDABAD: Long before police tracked him down as a parole jumper, Hemant Nagindas Modi,...
Cow slaughter not part of Eid or Islam: Calcutta HC
KOLKATA: Cow sacrifice is neither a part of Eid-uz-Zuha nor a religious requirement under Islam, Calcutta HC said on Thursday while refusing to quash the Bengal govt’s order regulating cattle slaughter ahead of the festival or grant interim relief based on a batch of PILs challenging the administration’s directive.The division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy...
