BENGALURU: India forced Pakistan “to its knees within hours” during Operation Sindoor in early May, PM Narendra Modi said Sunday, while calling the military success a show of “the new face” of a nation powered by technology and home-grown defence manufacturing.His remarks reinforced the nation’s position that no external party, including the US, played a…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Sunday informed Supreme Court that there was no provision in the Representation of the People Act or relevant rules mandating sharing details of preparation, publication or names of people deleted from the draft electoral roll with anyone, including petitioners before SC, except political parties.“The statutory framework does not require EC…
NEW DELHI: After launching the world’s costliest earth observation mission NISAR in collaboration with the US on July 30, India is set to launch a US communication satellite —Block-2 BlueBird — weighing 6,500 kg in a couple of months, Isro chairman V Narayanan disclosed on Sunday.The Block 2 BlueBird satellite features large communication arrays, up…
NEW DELHI: Air India’s upgrade of its legacy widebody fleet has been delayed again. The airline now hopes to complete the task by October 2028, about a year longer than the five-year plan announced earlier. Supply chain constraints since Covid have delayed Tata’s $400 million fleet retrofit programme for “delivering a world class flying experience…
Kylie Kelce’s heartfelt sideline gesture (Image via Getty) Kylie Kelce isn’t settling for the sidelines. Married to Philadelphia Eagles legend Jason Kelce, she’s stepping into her own arena—where motherhood meets empowerment, sports meets self-worth, and authenticity meets action. Her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast and advocacy work signal a shift in how women in her position…
ROORKEE: In what is being alleged to be a significant data privacy lapse, personal information of more than 30,000 students and alumni of IIT-Roorkee has been exposed on a public website for years, prompting the institute to launch an internal inquiry. The data, believed to have been electronically siphoned from the institute’s academic affairs department…
KOCHI: Brother of the Yemeni man for whose murder Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has been sentenced to death has made a fresh plea for her execution.In a Facebook post on Saturday, victim Talal Abdo Mahdi’s sibling Abdul Fattah said he had met Yemen’s deputy attorney-general (AG) for the third time to demand immediate implementation of…
KOLKATA: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata’s dean of student affairs, Ayan Banerjee, resigned from his post on Sunday after students pointed out a ‘conflict of interest’.A source said the dean of administration is also likely to be replaced after students demanded his removal for alleged negligence.Banerjee, who quit as dean…
JAIPUR: A queen past her prime chuffed somewhere beyond the lantana. A young suitor followed. The scrub and dust of Ranthambore’s Zone 6 bore witness Saturday evening to a spectacle even veteran trackers blinked at – the national park’s oldest living tigress T-39, aka Noor, mating at an age when most big cats have long…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi was diverted to Chennai on Sunday after the crew detected a suspected technical fault amid adverse weather conditions en route. The airline confirmed that flight AI2455 landed safely in Chennai and that the aircraft would undergo necessary checks.“The flight crew of AI2455 operating from Thiruvananthapuram…
