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As losses stink, Air India to stop laundry service for crew at hotels abroad from July

NEW DELHI: This cost cutting move could potentially stink all the way from ground to the sky. Loss-making Air India has informed its flight crew that “routine availability of laundry services during international layovers will be discontinued from July 1, 2026.” The same will, however, continue at domestic layovers.Pilots and cabin crew give their uniforms...

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Suvendu govt likely to introduce UCC bill in assembly on Monday

Suvendu govt likely to introduce UCC bill in assembly on Monday KOLKATA: The Bengal govt is likely to introduce a bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the Assembly on Monday. The Assembly’s Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Rathindra Bose, decided to email the draft UCC Bill to all MLAs and then table it...

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Gulmarg’s gondola ride resumes after a month

Gulmarg’s gondola ride resumes after a month SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Thursday re-opened Gulmarg’s popular gondola (cable car) ride that was closed on May 25 after a technical snag left more than 300 tourists stranded for nearly seven hours. Gulmarg’s gondola is among the world’s highest ropeways.Omar said operations were resumed after the manufacturer,...

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Commanding Officer, Major among 30 named in FIR over ‘assault, rioting’ by Army at J&K police station

Representative image SRINAGAR/JAMMU: The commanding officer of 17 Rashtriya Rifles and a Major were among 30-odd Army personnel named in an FIR Thursday, accusing them of storming a police station in J&K’s Kishtwar, assaulting policemen on duty and damaging govt property after a military vehicle was intercepted for allegedly obstructing the deputy commissioner’s convoy on...

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Cash, gold, diamonds and flats: Suspended Shamirpet tahsildar under ACB scanner over Rs 20cr assets

HYDERABAD: A fresh probe into the assets of a revenue official already under arrest in a bribery case has led Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials to uncover properties, cash, jewellery and other assets worth an estimated Rs 20 crore.ACB sleuths conducted searches at four locations, including the residence of T Sucharita, tahsildar and joint sub-registrar of...

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Lucknow building fire: Artist’s anniversary sketch for parents reaches them after his death

Nilesh was among the 15 people killed in the devastating Aliganj fire. In the days that followed, as Nilesh’s grief-stricken family gathered his belongings, they came across the carefully preserved sketch. LUCKNOW: For weeks, 24-year-old 3D artist Nilesh Kumar had quietly worked on a surprise he never got to deliver. Tucked away inside a notebook...

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Conor McGregor admits UFC fame cost him his sense of self

Conor McGregor (Image Via Getty) Conor McGregor is ready to return to the UFC, but before stepping back into the Octagon, he is opening up about the difficult years that kept him away. In a recent interview with Nate Burleson on CBS Mornings, shared by MMA Fighting, McGregor admitted that fame, money and his own...

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‘Pit bulls guarded us, we were beaten like dogs’: Rescued bonded labourers recall months of horror

‘Beaten with rods, pit bulls kept to scare us’, recall rescued labourers AGRA: Days after 12 bonded labourers were rescued from an alleged captivity racket inside a disposable bowls factory in Muzaffarnagar’s Mandi village, survivors told police and doctors that they were confined for months, beaten with iron rods and spear-like tools as ferocious pit...

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