Air India group starts mandatory substance screening for all pilots from today

NEW DELHI: Air India group has from Thursday started ‘mandatory substance screening’ for all pilots following the Phuket-Delhi flight serious incident. The move comes to “protect and sustain” the trust AI had earned over the decades that has been shaken by the pilot-in-command of the Phuket flight testing positive for marijuana. Aviation secretary Samir Sinha … Read more

SAD chief Sukhbir Badal attacked: Accused arrested; Maharashtra CM Fadnavis orders probe

SAD chief Badal taken to hospital after being attacked at Gurdwara. NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked on Thursday inside Nanded gurudwara in Mahrashtra by a Nihang. He was taken to a hospital as he sustained injuries on his hand.An official quoted by PTI confirmed the incident, with more details … Read more

Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked inside Gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded, rushed to hospital

Attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal in Nanded NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked inside a Gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday, according to news agency PTI.Badal was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to preliminary reports.In December 2024, the former Punjab deputy CM narrowly escaped an assassination attempt … Read more

INDIA bloc boycotts Lok Sabha Speaker’s tea party; DMK attends

File photo of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress and SP are the two largest parties in the opposition alliance NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc parties, including the three largest constituents of the opposition alliance — the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress — on Thursday boycotted the Lok Sabha Speaker’s customary … Read more

Students accuse Jharkhand govt of withholding Devendra Mahto’s health details

Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das on Thursday visited Mahto at the hospital. NEW DELHI: Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who is on an indefinite hunger strike over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations, remains hospitalised at Sadar Hospital in Ranchi, with protesting students alleging that the state government is withholding information about his health to … Read more

Parliament Monsoon Session ends amid disruptions; Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die

File photo: Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: The Monsoon Session of Parliament ended on Thursday with both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha being adjourned sine die amid repeated disruptions and political confrontations between the government and Opposition.The session, which began on July 20, … Read more

Kharge raises Haldwani ‘suddhikaran’ row in RS; BJP, Congress spar

Kharge loses cool in RS over Haldwani hawan; Nadda condemns ritual NEW DELHI: Congress president and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday raised the alleged “purification” of a Haldwani ground after his rally, questioning whether such an act was compatible with democracy and constitutional values.Kharge said a hawan was conducted … Read more

Govt notifies Rs 3,030-crore scheme for three mega chemical parks

The Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana Rasayan (BHAVYA Rasayan) scheme, announced in the Union Budget for 2026-27, was cleared by the Cabinet chaired by PM Modi. NEW DELHI: The Centre has formally notified the BHAVYA Rasayan scheme to establish three greenfield chemical parks across the country, paving the way for states to compete for projects aimed … Read more

Supreme Court pushes 19 states, union territories to notify cancer

Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to bring greater uniformity to cancer reporting NEW DELHI: With the National Cancer Registry Programme covering only a fraction of India’s population and rural cancer surveillance remaining particularly limited, the Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to bring greater uniformity to cancer reporting. The court on Tuesday asked the … Read more

A decade on, SC to hear athlete’s promotion plea junked by HC in 2016

Rajni Rani, a national-level sportswoman with multiple medals, was denied a promotion in 2013 despite a directive by the Central Administrative Tribunal in Sept 2012 to consider her case. NEW DELHI: A national-level sportswoman, employed as a safaiwala (group D employee) in railways since 2003, has been awaiting promotion to group C level for last … Read more