Category: India News

Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash – report

MUMBAI, Sept 12 – Pilot error and a failure to follow safety guidelines probably caused the Air India Express crash that killed 21 people last year, the country’s worst aviation accident in a decade, investigators said in a report on Saturday. The Boeing 737, repatriating Indians stranded in […]

Christopher Nolan working on movie about World War II scientist J Robert Oppenheimer

Los Angeles, Sep 10: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has a new movie on the anvil, focusing on American theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer who helped develop the atomic bomb during World War II. According to The Hollywood Reporter, major Hollywood studios are vying for Nolan’s new movie, which isn’t […]

Anuanl Patt Mela begins in J-K’s Bhadarwah

Bhadarwah (J&K), Sep 11:  The annual Patt Mela, devoted to Lord Vasuki Nag, commenced here on Saturday amid tight security and strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines, officials said. Patt Mela is a symbol of the Nag culture and is celebrated every year on Nag Panchami with hundreds of […]

Haryana govt orders judicial probe into Aug 28 incident, farmers call off Karnal sit-in

Chandigarh, Sep 11: The Haryana government on Saturday ordered a judicial probe into last month’s clash between farmers and police and sent the IAS officer who is at the centre of a row over his remarks on leave. Following this, farmers called off their sit-in outside the Karnal […]

Explainer: How Indian farmers’ protest turned into a country-wide movement

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 – A group of influential farmer leaders ratcheted up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to roll back three new farm laws by organising a mammoth rally in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh last week. After the successful mass meeting – the […]

1,000 mm and counting – delayed monsoon yields highest rainfall in Delhi in 11 years

New Delhi, Sep 10: The southwest monsoon in Delhi may have been erratic and one of the most delayed this season, but it has given the highest rainfall to the national capital in 11 years — 1,005.3 mm so far. This is the first time since 2010 that […]

Farmers benefit from rental scheme of TAFE

Chennai, Sep 9 : Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) on Thursday said it has offered 19,000 tractors to farmers under the free rental scheme of the company. The Massey Ferguson and Eicher tractors are the ones TAFE gave the farming community. TAFE, in a statement, claimed that within […]

Mumbai gets ready to celebrate its biggest festival amid surging coronavirus cases

MUMBAI, Sept 9 – As India’s financial capital, Mumbai, gets ready for its biggest festival of the year, daily coronavirus cases have surged, rising more than two-fold in less than a month, even as authorities imposed curbs to prevent a further spike. Markets were bustling and streets were […]

Boat carrying dozens sinks in India’s northeast, one dead

GUWAHATI, India, Sept 8 – A boat carrying dozens of passengers sank in India’s northeastern state of Assam after a collision with another vessel, and at least one person died, witnesses and officials said on Wednesday. “I am pained at the tragic boat accident near Nimati Ghat, Jorhat. […]

Pegasus snooping row: SC grants more time to Centre, to hear pleas seeking probe on Sep 13

New Delhi, Sep 7: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted more time to the Centre to decide on filing a further response to a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged snooping of certain people in India through the use of Israeli spyware Pegasus and slated the […]

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