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New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA Tuesday said safety lapses cannot be simply blamed on pilots as it announced a slew of strict safety measures for non-scheduled flight operators, including public disclosures of aircraft maintenance history and a safety ranking mechanism, in the wake of recent...

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): V K Sasikala, confidante of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa Tuesday announced the launch of a new political party, asserting that, "we are going to witness a new political chapter." Addressing an event to mark the birth anniversary of Jayalalithaa at Kamuthi...

Sri Vijaya Puram: A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying seven people, including two crew members, crashed into the sea just 300 metres away from its scheduled landing at Mayabunder helipad in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Tuesday, and all of them were rescued, officials said. The...

New Delhi: In a major step towards eliminating preventable cancers among women, the Union government will soon launch a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme targeting girls aged 14 years, official sources said Tuesday. According to sources, the programme will use a single-shot Gardasil, a...

Noida: A shocking video has stunned the internet. A man was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida Tuesday in an alleged case of old rivalry, police said. The victim, identified as Nitin, a resident of Luksar and son of Phire, was allegedly attacked by...

New Delhi: The government has given additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog to Nidhi Chhibber after the completion of BVR Subrahmanyam’s three-year term Tuesday. Chhibber is currently serving as Director General of the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) under NITI Aayog....

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal of the Kerala government to change the name of the state to Keralam, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at...

Meerut: Six people, including five children, were killed and a woman was injured after a massive fire broke out at a house in the Lisadi Gate area here, police said Tuesday. It is suspected that an electrical short circuit triggered the blaze, they said, adding...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday remanded Indian Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with the shirtless protest held during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam. Chib was produced before...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, Tuesday met an injured autorickshaw driver outside his residence while he was leaving for Bhopal. On seeing the injured autorickshaw driver on the way, the Congress MP stopped his convoy and came out...