Indian killed as copters collide during Everest rescue A 47-year-old tourist from Chennai was killed and two others – an Indian-origin New Zealand citizen and a pilot – were injured when two helicopters collided barely about 10 feet above a helipad near Mt Everest on Tuesday. The accident occurred around 8.11am at Pheriche, 12km south…
Indian seafarer Gandhar Nahim Ajij from Gujarat killed after a vessel was struck by an unidentified aerial object near Oman, taking the number of Indians killed in the West Asia conflict to 23 NEW DELHI: An Indian seafarer died in an attack on a commercial vessel near Oman, taking the toll of Indian nationals killed…
NMC gives in-principle approval to replace percentile-based NEET-PG and NEET-SS counselling with a rank-based system, under which only candidate ranks would be declared NEW DELHI: Medical postgraduate admissions could see a major change, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) giving in-principle approval to replace the existing percentile-based system with a rank-based system for NEET-PG and…
SC seeks Allahabad HC’s response to a rape complainant’s plea to suspend a UP judge who has been chargesheeted for rape and heads a POCSO court. NEW DELHI: Can a UP additional district judge, chargesheeted for rape by Delhi police for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman, head a Pocso court which decides criminal cases against…
BJP and its allies target AISA’s Neha Bora over remarks on the “Brahmanical system”, accusing Rahul Gandhi and Congress of promoting anti-Hindu views NEW DELHI: BJP and its allies Tuesday lashed out at Neha Bora, of AISA, for her comments targeting “Brahamanical and casteist system” and citing instances of priests allegedly raping women in temples,…
SC sets aside Rajasthan HC’s strictures against a trial judge over inadvertent errors in a judgment, ruling that the remarks were unwarranted as the errors did not affect the case outcome NEW DELHI: Some factual errors in a judgement delivered by her, allegedly due to a ‘cut, copy and paste’ job, had cost a trial…
Amit Shah dares Congress to debate SIR in Parliament as BJP claims public support for the exercise NEW DELHI: As the first phase of BJP’s ‘save democracy, remove anarchy’ campaign winds down, its functionaries are encouraged by what they believe to be substantial support to their defence of SIR and appeared to be moving to…
SC says no group or political outfit can occupy a protest site indefinitely, stresses need to balance the right to protest with traders’ and daily-wagers’ livelihoods NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday said no group, political party, NGO or civil society outfit could occupy a protest site indefinitely.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and…
Ladakh authorities ask Sonam Wangchuk-founded HIAL to halt school activities in Leh pending HC decision on land dispute SRINAGAR: Ladakh Union territory (UT) authorities have directed Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), founded by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, to refrain from starting classes and other activities at a school within the complex in Leh till a…
BENGALURU: An experimental inflatable structure designed as a precursor to future orbital factories and expandable space habitats has completed its first high-altitude flight test, taking Bengaluru-based Akashalabdhi Space a step closer to demonstrating technologies for building infrastructure in space.The company flew “a 250-litre rigidizable inflatable structure” aboard a high-altitude balloon to approximately 30km, in a…
