The Indian Air Force on Sunday said it airlifted two critically ill patients, one of them experiencing cardiac issues, from Leh to Chandigarh in an AN-32 aircraft. Quick planning and execution by the IAF and the local civil administration was instrumental in saving two lives, it said in a post on ‘X’. Responding to an…
Famed for its blue seas, breathtaking views and cove-studded coastline, the Mediterranean island of Capri has been a tourist haven since the early years of the Roman Empire. Unlike in the imperial heyday, when emperors made it their exclusive playground, Capri now attracts visitors from around the world, clogging its narrow alleys, packing the piazzas…
The redrawn electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag constituency has come as a hurdle to political parties of Kashmir Valley. The ongoing Lok Sabha election is the first major poll in Jammu and Kashmir since the scrapping of Article 370. The political parties busy grappling with the electoral map are now confronted with a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that some countries and institutions want India and its government to be weak to make profits easily. He alleged that Congress was also a beneficiary of “this corruption.” “When the country is moving fast, some countries and some institutions don’t like it. There are many people who don’t…
Hitting back at the Congress, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that it was the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who was involved in toppling the maximum number of state governments while adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not toppled any elected government. He also mentioned that the President’s rule was imposed 90 times in…
Two Israeli ministers publicly opposed a Gaza truce deal Sunday, saying Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had no right to exist if it failed to invade Rafah, Hamas’s last bastion in the Palestinian territory. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz called for Hamas to be destroyed, as planned by the government when…
The Hyderabad man who slashed his ex-grilfriend’s throat before stabbing her nine times at  London restaurant in 2022 searched for ways to “kill a human instantly with a knife”, his online search history shows. Sriram Ambarla, a 25-year-old from Hyderabad attacked his ex-girlfriend Sona Biju, 23, at the restaurant where she worked after threatening to…
The Congress on Sunday released the names of two Lok Sabha candidates and eight nominees for the Assembly elections in Odisha. According to the candidates list released by AICC’s Central Election Committee, the party changed the contestant for the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Former MP Nagendra Pradhan is made the new candidate in place of…
The White House insisted Sunday that pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US universities in recent weeks must remain peaceful, after police arrested around 275 people on four separate campuses over the weekend. “We certainly respect the right of peaceful protests,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC’s “This Week.” But, he added, “we absolutely…
Of late, there have been several reports of customers complaining about the services of cab aggregators like Ola and Uber. Recently, a doctor in New Delhi took to X to share a rather distressing episode she experienced while travelling in an Uber cab. Dentist, Dr Ruchika claimed that she met with an accident on Saturday during an…