Captain Smit Machchhar with his wife Sonal Long before he was the captain who held a cockpit together despite stab wounds, Capt Smit Machchhar was the pilot who interacted with loaders, engineers, ground staff, catering people, all with equal respect.“Smit is the most calm, composed and down-to-earth person you could ever meet,” said Capt Dharav…
The DMK chief criticised the TVK government’s functioning. CHENNAI: DMK president M K Stalin on Friday issued a strong warning to the C Joseph Vijay-led TVK govt, accusing it of surrendering TN’s interests by attempting to impose Hindi in the state.In a social media post, Stalin said TN had traditionally fought against Hindi imposition by…
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches multiple Indian payloads into orbit (representational image) BENGALURU: Multiple Indian payloads, representing four space startups, reached orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off at 12:02 am IST on Friday (October 2) as part of the Transporter-18 rideshare mission.The mission carried satellites developed by Dhruva Space and TakeMe2Space, along with…
The five-member collegium on Sept 28 recommended the repatriation of Justice T Vinod Kumar from Madras HC to his parent HC in Telangana ‘in view of his ensuing retirement on Nov 16’ NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium’s decisions to transfer judges from one HC to another are explained as being meant “for the better…
Government officials are “public servants, not masters”, Bombay HC has observed, questioning a “casual approach” by a senior bureaucrat for not complying with its order to inquire into a petitioner’s alleged unresolved employment conditions.Justices Anil Pansare and Nivedita Mehta of the high court’s Nagpur bench on Tuesday asked the rural development & panchayat raj department’s…
With Rahul running a campaign against the government over SIR after targeting it over paper leaks, BJP fielded Rajeev Chandrasekar to flay him. NEW DELHI: With the Karnataka government moving the Supreme Court against the high court’s order for a court-monitored probe by SIT into tainted recruitment tests by KPSC, BJP said this exposed Rahul…
The knife attack on Smit by the co-pilot inside the cockpit had forced the flight carrying 174 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel, to make an emergency landing in Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Smit, 39, is recovering in Abu Dhabi. Just another pilot until a day ago, flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar…
The bill, which proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in Dec 2024 and was sent to the committee. Opposition parties are critical of the bill, alleging that it is unconstitutional and violates federal rights. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has declined to meet the parliamentary committee, which is…
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, A G Masih and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Gujarat government on Bawa’s plea against the Gujarat high court verdict, which upheld his death sentence awarded by the trial court. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of the death penalty of Ahmed Bawa alias…
