NEW DELHI: Air India has reinstated its codeshare agreement with fellow Star Alliance carrier, Air Canada. The move would boost connectivity between India and Canada and offer more flight options for travellers. An official release said the agreement would come into effect from December 2. The agreement enables Air India to offer its customers convenient access to six points across Canada beyond its gateways at Vancouver and London (Heathrow), it said. This allows Air India to place its AI desig

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man at a village in this district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Friday night when the child was playing outside her house and her family members were busy for preparations of her aunt's wedding the next day, they said, adding the accused has been arrested. The accused, Shyam Pal, lured the girl on some pretext and took her away. He was later found with the child, who was in a serious condition with h

CHANDIGARH: The mortal remains of Wing Commander Namansh Syal, the Indian Air Force pilot who died in a Tejas fighter jet crash at the Dubai Air Show , were laid to rest with full military honours at his native village, Patialkhad near Yol in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. From the airport, his mortal remains were taken to Patialkhad, where villagers, family members and officials gathered to pay emotional tributes as the last rites were performed with full military honours. The atmosphere

With Washingtons deadline nearing for Kyiv to accept Donald Trumps contentious 28-point peace plan, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha briefed External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on efforts to end the nearly four-year conflict with Russia.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, Congress whip and member of the partys parliamentary strategy group Tamil Nadu MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday asserted that the INDIA alliance remains united and that the Congress is committed to taking other parties along. The session, comprising 15 sittings, is scheduled to begin on 1 December and conclude on 19 December. Speaking to TNIE , the Tamil Nadu MP said the Congress would work in tandem with its INDIA bloc partners and firm up effec

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday recalled a remark by former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, saying the borders are not permanent and that who knows, tomorrow Sindh may return to India again. Sindh region, known as the homeland of the Sindhi people, has been a significant part of India's civilisation and was also the centre of the Indus Valley Civilisation. The region became part of Pakistan with the partition in 1947. Addressing the Sindhi Samaj Sammelan Program in Delhi, Rajn

NEW DELHI: Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) have given standing instructions to ensure the welfare of government employees working under their administrative supervision, sources in the Election Commission of India (ECI) said. The clarification comes amid growing uproar over a number of deaths and suicides among Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in states where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is under way. They said that in line with the instructions issued to them, the CEOs are

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday chaired a high-level security review meeting in Jammu, directing officials to intensify intelligence-led operations against militants and maintain tighter surveillance on digital networks used for radicalisation and funding. The meeting was attended by J&K Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo; DGP Nalin Prabhat; Special Director General (Coordination), PHQ J&K, S. J. M. Gillani; Principal Secretary, Home, Chandraker Bharti; ADGP CID Nitish Kumar; Princi

CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress leader and Punjab Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa alleged that the BJP-led Union Government is using the proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill on Chandigarh as a deliberate tactic to provoke confrontation in Punjab and create conditions to impose Governors Rule in the state. Bajwa said the amendment, which seeks to place Chandigarh under Article 240, is not an administrative reform but a politically driven move to sever Chandigarh from Punjab perman

GUWAHATI: The BJP in Assam on Sunday claimed that significant progress had been made in securing the political and land rights of the states indigenous population under the leadership of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. To support this claim, the party stated that over 103 of the states 126 Assembly constituencies would now show a stronger indigenous presence, owing to the 2023 delimitation exercise. the recent delimitation exercise reportedly ensured that more than 103 Assembly constituencie

NEW DELHI: Amid Pakistans plans to augment its underwater combat capabilities, the Indian Navy is set to commission Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Monday. The ceremony will be presided over by General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff. In a statement, the Indian Navy said, The commissioning of Mahe will mark the arrival of a new generation of indigenous shallow-water combatants sleek, swift, and r

RANCHI: In a tragic accident, a female elephant died of electrocution after coming into contact with a high-tension wire while returning to the forest in Jharkhands Garhwa. According to villagers, as the herd of elephants started moving towards the forest, the female elephant leading the herd suddenly collided with an 11,000-volt tower, causing the elephant to come in contact with the live wire. Forest officials also confirmed that prima facie, it appears that the elephant died of elocution. How

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), at a joint meeting held recently, have decided to deploy anti-drone systems at all major and minor civil airports in view of a possible war-like situation emerging in future, officials said onSunday. Initially, it was decided to place the system at major airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Amritsar, Jammu and Srinagar, as the decision was made in view of the experience gathered during Operation Sindoor

GUWAHATI: The Paresh Baruah faction of the banned insurgent group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) suffered a setback on Sunday when one of its top leaders, Arunodoi Dohutia, also known as Arunodoi Asom, surrendered before security forces. Dohutia gave up arms along with his personal security officer, Francis Asom, near Pangsau Pass on the IndiaMyanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh. The two are likely to be brought to Guwahati. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the surrender of t

KOLKATA: Rebel Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir is all set to lay the foundation stone for a Babri Masjid in Beldanga, Murshidabad district, a political hotbed with around 70% minority vote share in West Bengal, on December 6, the 33rd anniversary of the demolition of the historic mosque in Ayodhya in 1992. The move has prompted the BJP to allege that it is a sinister move of the ruling party in the state for electoral benefit ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in AprilMay next year.

Reacting to the deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in several states, the Congress on Sunday alleged that the hasty implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise is similar to the chaos seen during demonetisation and the COVID-19 lockdown. He said that the mounting workload associated with the SIR exercise is driving BLOs and polling officers to suicide. Citing a media report that 16 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have died in just 19 days, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

DUMKA: A man, his wife and their two children were found dead at a house in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Sunday morning, police said. The incident occurred at Bardahi village in Hansdiha police station area. The deceased have been identified as Virendra Manjhi (30), his wife Aarti Kumari (26), their daughter Ruhi Kumari (4), and son Viraj Kumar (2). SP Pitambar Singh Kherwar told PTI that the investigation has pointed to a dispute between the man and his wife over certain issues. His wife had r

The Union Home Ministry on Sunday clarified that no final decision has been taken on a proposal concerning the process of making laws for the Union Territory of Chandigarh. MHA said that the proposal, currently under consideration, does not seek to alter Chandigarhs governance framework or its long-standing arrangements with Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh serves as the joint capital of both states. In an official statement, the Home Ministry said the proposal is aimed solely at simplifying the c

CHANDIGARH: The investigations into the Faridabad white collar terror module linked to the Delhi blast case have reportedly revealed that the network spent nearly two years procuring explosives and remote-triggering devices. Sources claimed that one of the accused, Dr Muzammil Ganaie, during questioning by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has reportedly admitted that 26 quintals of NPK fertilizer was procured from Gurugram and Nuh in Haryana. It was allegedly converted into explosive mat

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk's wife which termed the climate activist's detention under the stringent National Security Act as illegal and an arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights. The top court had on October 29 sought response of the Centre and the Ladakh administration on the amended plea of Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo. As per the apex court's cause list of November 24, the plea is slated to come up for hearing

NEW DELHI: Justice Surya Kant, who has been part of several landmark verdicts and orders on abrogation of Article 370 removing Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Bihar electoral rolls revision and Pegasus spyware case, will on Monday take oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India . He will succeed Justice B R Gavai, who demits office this evening. Justice Kant was appointed as the next CJI on October 30 and will remain in the post for nearly 15 months. He will demit office on February 9, 2027 on

Election strategist and Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor broke his silence on Sunday following his partys poor performance in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly elections, claiming that the polls appeared rigged, although he admitted he currently had no proof to substantiate the allegation, he was speaking in an interview with India Today TV . Kishor described the partys defeat as crushing but insisted that the Jan Suraaj campaign had generated significant traction on the ground. He argued

RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized cash and jewellery worth over Rs 14 crore during extensive raids carried out across Jharkhand and West Bengal on November 21, as part of a probe into an alleged illegal coal mining and smuggling network operating across the two states. According to an official statement, the searches were conducted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, and targeted individuals and entities suspected of participating in a longs

A delegation of BJP legislators late Saturday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, seeking a review of the first admission list of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Reasi district, after the 50-seat MBBS batch was found to comprise 42 students from the Muslim community. The delegation, led by Leader of Opposition in the J&K Assembly, Sunil Sharma, met Lieutenant Governor and submitted a memorandum, seeking 'corrective action' and a review of the admiss

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended 12 G20 summits since taking office in 2014, a record the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday described as a testament to his leadership and the vision that has shaped the groupings global agenda. The party said the Prime Ministers consistent participation reflects Indias growing influence in world affairs and highlights the countrys role in steering discussions on finance, security, sustainability, and technological advancement. Modi first repr

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of a new trilateral initiative, the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership, following a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. Had an excellent meeting with Anthony Albanese, PM of Australia, and Mark Carney, PM of Canada on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. We are delight

State leads in all-India Forest Sports Meet For the 13th consecutive year, the Chhattisgarh forest department maintained its supremacy at the All India Forest Sports Meet held in Dehradun. The forest department won the overall Championship trophy. The states indomitable 253-member team led by APCCF Shalini Raina with the sterling spirit secured exceptional results with 74 gold medals and 578 Championship points to stand at Number-1 position in India. Kerala (31 Gold, 357 points) and Karnataka (2

MUMBAI: Had India taken an Operation Sindoor -like action after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, no one would have dared to target the country again, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said. Speaking at an event at the Gateway of India on Saturday to mark the coming 17th anniversary of the 26/11 attack, Fadnavis said it was not merely an attack on the Taj and Trident hotels. Mumbai is the economic capital of India, and the attack on the city was an attack on the sovereignty

NEW DELHI: Terming the efforts to control pollution in the Yamuna a shocking state of affairs, the Delhi High Court on Saturday formed a three-member panel to expedite action on redevelopment plans for industrial areas. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet Pritam Singh formed the committee comprising officials of Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to look into whether

DEHRADUN: Officials affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have issued a stern warning regarding a noticeable decline in conversational etiquette and conduct among teenagers from affluent backgrounds attending affiliated schools, particularly in regions like Uttarakhand. The board is actively reaching out to parents, pressing them to closely monitor their childrens language use and the content they consume online. Dr Anupam Jagga, principal of a prominent institution in

NEW DELHI: A Bill seeking to open up the civil nuclear sector for private players and a proposed law on Higher Education are among the ten new proposed legislations listed by the government for introduction in the winter session of Parliament, beginning December 1. Besides the crucial The Atomic Energy Bill, 2025, which seeks to govern the use and regulation of atomic energy in India, the Higher Education Commission of India Bill is also on the agenda. For a long time, the government has been pl

NEW DELHI: A day after the Centre notified the four new Labour Codes, opposition parties tore into the government saying that the codes seek to dilute and abolish long-established existing rights and entitlements and shift the balance sharply in favour of employers. Targeting the government, Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the 29 existing labour-related laws have been re-packaged into the four Codes and are being marketed as some revolutionary reform when even the

In the long reach of the Bishnoi crime syndicate, Anmol Bishnoi, by 24, had grown into the quiet operator who, investigators say, had by degrees slipped into the role of the de facto runner of the gang of his elder brother, Lawrence. Born in 1999 in Dutarawali village in Fazilka district of Punjab, he learned early the workings of a criminal nexus that linked local violence to international networks. Now in the custody of the National Investigation Agency after being deported from the US, he fac

NEW DELHI: The Group of 20 leaders summit in South Africa on Saturday adopted a sweeping declaration that condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and advanced a strong Global South agenda, continuity from Indias 2023 G20 presidency. But the adoption came with high political drama, after the communique was drafted without US participation, prompting a White House official to call the move shameful. Despite Washington repeatedly resisting under the Trump administration, the declara

NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has revised GRAP III guidelines for the NCR and adjoining areas, borrowing two guidelines from the GRAP IV chapter, which recommends far stricter steps for pollution control. In the latest order, the CAQM allowed the Centre, Delhi and other state governments in NCR to decide about allowing work from home option to offices in their respective jurisdictions. Earlier, governments could invoke this provision only when the Graded Response Ac

NEW DELHI: The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is evolving organisational guidelines for scientists after a recent controversy over data related to genome-edited (GE) rice varieties. These guidelines restrict scientists from sharing their research findings with the media and journals, this newspaper has learnt. They also direct scientists to avoid publishing any research papers in international journals until they are fully confident about their findings. It all began after the g

NEW DELHI: Delhi Polices Crime Branch has busted an international arms trafficking module allegedly linked to ISI-backed arms network with the arrest of four people. They recovered high end Turkiye (PX-5.7) and China (PX-3) made weapons smuggled from Pakistan through drones. Ten foreign made semi-automatic pistols along with 92 live cartridges were also seized. The seized weapon PX-5.7 is only used by Special Forces. Police said they got a tip-off on November 19 on a cross-border arms traffickin

NEW DELHI: India has overtaken all countries in annual living donor liver transplant numbers, according to figures shared at the annual conference of the Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSICON 2025) in Delhi on Sunday. Experts at the meeting cited data from the Global Observatory on Organ Donation and Transplantation and the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization to underline the scale of Indias achievement. The conference, among the most significant global gatherings in the

BHOPAL: Once meant to bank the unbanked, zero balance bank accounts in Madhya Pradesh created under the PM Jan Dhan Scheme have now transformed into mule accounts for cyber fraudsters. Three individuals have been arrested so far. As many as seven bank accounts have been misused by fraudsters who have parked funds looted from crimes committed in other states. Five of these bank accounts are Jan Dhan accounts, including one account of a deceased person. How did the fraud surface? Recently, a daily

NAINITAL: Three persons were killed and one injured after a car plunged into a 60-feet-deep gorge near Kainchi Dham in Uttarakhand. The three deceased have been identified as school teachers from Almora, who are said to have been returning from a wedding party. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) received the distress call from the Khairna Police Post regarding the accident site near Ratiaghat, a treacherous stretch along the route from Almora to Haldwani. The SDRF team, led by Inspector Ra

PATNA: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that his party is ready to support the JD(U)-led NDA government in Bihar, provided that Seemanchal region is treated justly. Addressing a public meeting under Amour assembly constituency in Bihars Purnea district, Owaisi said that justice had not been done with Seemanchal region by previous governments. Accusing Nitish of focusing only on development of Patna and Rajgir (Nalanda), Owaisi said that the r

NEW DELHI: Flight delays on foggy days during the winter season are set to become a thing of the past at Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport as one of its runways will become CAT-III compliant on both its ends from November 27. This upgradation will ensure that flights can land and take-off even during near zero visibility conditions at the airport. Airport Director Vikram Singh told TNIE , We have installed CAT-III facility on both side of our primary runway. In this runway,

NEW DELHI: An 83-year-old flyer on board an Air India flight from Vancouver to Delhi via Kolkata developed a medical emergency on board on Friday night. The Punjab native, Balbir Singh, died in a local hospital later. The incident happened on board AI186. The Boeing 777-337 flight with 176 passengers had taken off from Vancouver airport at 5.12 pm on November 20. As it was heading towards Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on November 21 night, the octogenarian, travelling with his

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhands mountainous regions are currently gripped by a terrifying surge in bear attacks, escalating concerns for both the forest department and the state government. In recent months, the number of recorded attacks has risen sharply, prompting immediate action from the highest levels of administration. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held an urgent meeting with the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of Forests on Saturday. Directing swift measures, the CM declared, Providi

Leaders from across the political spectrum claim that the bill goes against the interests of Punjab and weakens the state's rights over its own capital.

MUMBAI: In an apparent dig at his ally BJP, over its attempts to poach the MLAs of Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said those coming after his party would face the same fate as that of Ravana. Calling for people to vote against Ravana's arrogance, Shinde said We have come together here against dictatorship and authoritarianism. Dy CM Shinde was in Dahanu to campaign for his party candidate Bharat Rajput for the Nagar Panchayat president post. Rajput is also

JAIPUR: US Presidents son and businessman Donald Trump Jr. attended a grand, multi-day royal wedding in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where celebrations for Netra Mantenadaughter of US-based billionaire Rama Raju Mantenaand Vamsi Gadiraju are being held from November 21 to 24. The guest list resembled a Hollywood red-carpet premiere, with international celebrities joining Indias top film stars. The presence of Donald Trump Jr., Justin Bieber, and Jennifer Lopez, along with several global personalities and

DEHRADUN: In a dramatic move to curb extravagance and preserve cultural heritage, 25 villages in the remote Jaunsar-Bawar tribal belt of Uttarakhand have collectively resolved to ban all forms of liquor and modern fast food from social functions, backing the decree with a stringent penalty of Rs 1 Lakh for non-compliance. The sweeping set of nine unanimous resolutions, finalised in a recent village council meeting, targets perceived social inequality and unnecessary expenditure associated with c

PUNE: The Pune police on Saturday busted a major inter-state illegal arms manufacturing and trafficking racket being operated from Umarti village in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, leading to the detention of 36 persons and seizure of a huge cache of illegal weapons, officials said. The operation was conducted after several pistols were seized in Pune city over the last three weeks with the supply links found in Madhya Pradesh, they said. During the operation, carried out jointly with the MP

NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) designate Surya Kant on Saturday said that his immediate focus after assuming office would be to clear the large pendency of cases in the Supreme Court, which has now crossed 90,000. Speaking during an informal interaction with the media at his official residence at 7, Krishna Menon Marg, Justice Kant said, The number of cases has crossed 90,000 in the Supreme Court at present. I must target reducing pendency by ensuring optimal utilisation of judges.