NEW DELHI: Congress leader K C Venugopal on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging his immediate intervention to save Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, who is scheduled to be executed in Yemen on July 16.In a letter, Venugopal appealed to the Prime Minister to take urgent diplomatic steps with Yemeni authorities…
Radhika Yadav, the 25-year-old former state-level tennis player who was allegedly shot dead by her father in Gurugram, did not run a formal academy, rather trained aspiring players by booking tennis courts across the city. However, her father had objected to this arrangement, Gurugram Police revealed on Saturday.“Radhika did not have her own academy. She…
CJI Gavai addresses flaws in Indian judicial system; pins hope on young graduates while speaking at NALSAR University Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Saturday said the Indian legal system is “badly in need of fixing” and is facing unique challenges, including trials that often stretch on for decades.Speaking at the convocation ceremony of…
Leela Sahu and others (@Leelasahu_mp) Eight pregnant women from Khaddi Khurd village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district in an appeal highlighting their plight and drawing attention to civic neglect have turned to online platforms, to demand a paved road for access to nearby hospitals, as their village continues to suffer from the lack of proper…
Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after yet another businessman, Vikram Jha, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Patna’s Ramkrishna Nagar locality on Friday evening. The incident, which came just days after the killing…
Air India plane crash probe: ‘Why did you cut off?’ pilot asked — Cockpit recording reveals final exchange The cockpit voice recorder from the London-bound Air India 787 that crashed in Ahmedabad has revealed the final conversation between the flight Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and first officer Clive Kunder.A 15-page preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident…
NEW DELHI: The crash of Air India flight AI 171 on June 12 has been traced back to a sudden and unexplained fuel cutoff to both engines just three seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has revealed in its preliminary report. The report, released Saturday, includes a detailed timeline of…
Axiom-4 crew (Image credits: ANI) BENGALURU: Weather permitting, the four-member Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) crew, including Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), is set to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) at around 4.35 pm IST on Monday (July 14). Hours after Steve Stitch, manager, Nasa commercial crew programme had confirmed the undocking date, Axiom Space…
NEW DELHI: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report into the Air India plane crash that claimed 260 lives in Ahmedabad.The report revealed that the deadly crash occurred after both engines’ fuel control switches turned from RUN to CUTOFF, leading to sudden loss of thrust. Here is sequence of events as detailed in…
NEW DELHI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIM) Saturday released its preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India 171 in Ahmedabad on June 12, which claimed 260 lives.The 15-page preliminary report, released a month after tragic crash, details the early findings and current status of the investigation into the crash of Air India…
