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New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has ordered drug tests for pilots across all airlines and the exercise is to be completed by July 2027, according to sources. Separately, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu Thursday said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is expected...

New Delhi: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) Thursday announced a September 19-24 padyatra in Ladakh after their talks with the Union Home Ministry 'failed' to make progress, with LAB chairman Chering Dorjey Lakruk expressing anguish over the "differential treatment" meted...

Chandigarh: The convoy of Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon was allegedly attacked by workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday, but he and other senior party leaders escaped unhurt. The attack took place when Dhillon was on his way to...

Beijing: Twenty-five people were killed and five others injured when a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, state media reported Thursday. The fire broke out at around 11:15 a.m. when the ship was...

Beijing:  At least 20 people were killed when a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, state media reported Thursday. The blaze started at around 11.15 am at the state-owned Qingdao Beihai shipyard, state...

New Delhi: India’s Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Thursday held discussions with Russia's Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov on joint manufacturing of civil passenger aircraft to meet India’s demand for regional air connectivity. "With the immense potential of regional connectivity, there is a...

Kolkata: The West Bengal CID Thursday detained TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's personal assistant Sumit Roy, soon after the Supreme Court refused his anticipatory bail prayer in a land scam case, officials said. Roy was picked up by CID officers from Banerjee's Kalighat residence here in...

New Delhi: Following the tragic building collapse in south Delhi's Satya Niketan in which seven people lost their lives, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has formally initiated the process of setting up a dedicated State Disaster Emergency Relief Force (SDERF) for the national Capital to strengthen...

Kathmandu: The death toll due to the flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,377 Thursday as more bodies were recovered from the affected districts, while rescue and search operations continue for more than 5,000 missing people, authorities said. At least 364 bodies have been recovered...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 (Rs 4,75,000) payment to every adult American citizen if Republicans win control of both chambers of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections. The President announced what he called the "Trump dividend" during his address to...