Month: May 2025

[ad_1] New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport NEW DELHI: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) confirmed on Sunday that operations at the airport are running normally however, there may be adjustments to flight schedules and longer wait times at security checkpoints amid the heightened security tension between India and Pakistan. The airport issued a travel advisory stating, "Delhi Airport operations continue to run smoothly.However, In light of evolving airspace dynamics and heightened security protocols mandated by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, there may be adjustments to flight schedules and longer wait times at security checkpoints."The advisoryStay updated through their respective airline's communication channels. Adhere to prescribed guidelines for cabin and check-in baggage. Arrive well in advance to accommodate possible security delays. Extend full cooperation to airline and security personnel for efficient facilitation. Verify flight status via the airline or the […]

[ad_1] image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Amid the current heightened threat perception, government has asked Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to oversee screening of cargo and check-in baggage of passengers for the time being. So far, airport operators and airlines had been taking care of check-in baggage and cargo screening. While CISF does pre-boarding frisking of passengers apart from checking their cabin bags, airport operators and airlines took care of check-in baggage and cargo screening. "In a significant decision to boost security across Indian civil airports, DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has (on) May 9, 2025, temporarily extended the role of CISF to provide additional security cover to cargo operations and the in-line hold baggage screening system (ILHBSS). This arrangement, effective from May 9 to May 18, 2025.The enhancement of CISF's mandate is essential to […]

[ad_1] MUMBAI: Bombay HC has sought that the railway minister reconsider his decision not to pay a final claim settlement of Rs 5 crore to a 25-year-old woman who has been in a persistent vegetative state since her accident at Marine Drive on May 28, 2017. Nidhi Jethmalani, who was 17 at the time, was on her way to college when she was knocked down by a car owned by Western Railway (WR), reports Rosy Sequeira."It cannot be said that minister is powerless to consider an extraordinary situation of human suffering. Let a reconsideration of the decision take place in light of our observations," directed Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna on Wednesday after perusing the file containing the decision. HC is hearing appeals against the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's Feb 2021 order that awarded Nidhi nearly Rs 70 lakh […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Barely hours into announcement of the ceasefire pact between India and Pakistan, there were multiple and sustained incidents of firing by the Pakistan forces along the international border/LoC, including in Rajouri, Akhnoor, R S Pora, Udhampur and Jammu; besides drone attacks and “explosions” in Srinagar.Drone activity was also reported in Poonch, Udhampur and other parts of south Kashmir including Anantnag; Jaisalmer and Barmer in Rajasthan; and Kutch in Gujarat.The continous ceasefire violations prompted the announcement of blackouts across several border districts of J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.Sources said nearly 50 drones were shot down in Srinagar by the Indian air defence systems and the firing, effectively retaliated, across all sectors. “What the hell just happened to the ceasefire. Explosions heard across Srinagar!” J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said while posting a video of the drone sightings on […]

[ad_1] Gangster Chhota Rajan (File photo) MUMBAI: With a key witness admitting that he was uncertain about the identity of the person who made calls about threats, a special CBI court this week acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan in a 21-year-old case where he is accused of ordering the violent closure of a construction site after a builder did not pay his dues to certain other businessman.It was alleged that the builder's accountant escaped with injuries after the goons hired at Rajan's behest opened fire. Judge AM Patil said, "In the present case in hand, it was the duty of the prosecution to establish how the present accused is connected with the other accused and when he entered into such conspiracy. But, they failed to prove the same. It can be said that the prosecution has failed to prove the guilt […]

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed restarting direct peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15 “without preconditions,” hours after European leaders demanded a full 30-day ceasefire beginning Monday. The offer comes as Kyiv and its allies intensify diplomatic efforts to halt the three-year war and pressure Moscow into halting hostilities.“We propose to the Kyiv authorities to resume the talks that they broke off in 2022, and, I emphasise, without any preconditions,” Putin said in a statement delivered just after 1 am (local time), as reported by AFP. Congratulations!You have successfully cast your voteLogin to view resultHe added, “We are committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine,” and said the Kremlin doesn’t rule out agreeing to a ceasefire during the course of the talks.The proposal follows a strong show of unity in Kyiv on Saturday by the leaders […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Liver and kidney problems induced by alcohol consumption went up manifold in Andhra Pradesh between 2019 and 2024, a study by the state's health department has found, with the period under question coinciding with the YSRCP regime that is also facing charges of a massive "liquor scam".Studying the admissions under the Arogyasri scheme for free treatment to patients between 2014 and 2024, a three-doctor team set up by the health department found that alcohol-associated liver patients went up from 14,026 in 2014-19 to 29,369 in 2019-24.The worst affected were people in the 35-44 years age group - the number of patients in this category shot up from 4,419 to 9,362 during the two five-year periods, a startling 100% increase.Similarly, alcohol-related neurological patients shot up from 1,276 to 12,663 between 2014-19 and 2019-24, with the younger segment (35-44 […]

[ad_1] Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif (File photo) called National Command Authority meeting; however, Pakistan's defence minister later said that no such meeting was held NEW DELHI: Government on Saturday mocked Pakistan for calling a meeting of its National Command Authority, the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal, only to cancel it shortly afterwards."This thing that you have spoken about (nuclear option) is present, but let's not talk about it - we should treat it as a very distant possibility, we shouldn't even discuss it in the immediate context," news agencies quoted Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif as telling a TV channel."Before we get to that point, I think temperatures will come down. No meeting has happened of the National Command Authority, nor is any such meeting scheduled," he added.While media speculated that US secretary of state […]