A major aviation crash was avoided on Wednesday as an alert woman pilot saved the lives of 300 passengers when one Vistara flight entered an active runway just as another Vistara Airlines plane was taking off at the Delhi airport.
Johannesburg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday suggested creating a BRICS Space Exploration Consortium to work in areas like space research, and weather monitoring while addressing the 15th BRICS Summit in South Africa’s biggest city Johannesburg.
Johannesburg: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently attending the 15th BRICS summit in South Africa’s Johannesburg, congratulated the nation on the successful soft landing of Vikram Lander, the member countries of the grouping praised India’s moon mission Chandrayaan-3.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha recently launched the international buyer-seller meet at the University of Kashmir here.
Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V. Muraleedharan will participate in high-level discussions with Kuwaiti Ministers and dignitaries during his visit to the country on Wednesday.
Ludhiana: During the renovation of a Government Senior Secondary School in Badhowal region of Punjab, the roof of the building collapsed, leaving four teachers trapped under the debris.
The Indian diaspora members in Johannesburg feel that the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to South Africa will be highly beneficial for the Indian community.
US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will travel to New Delhi from Sept 7-10 to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit, the White House has confirmed.
Indian PM Narendra Modi, who is currently in Johannesburg to attend 15th BRICS Summit, on Wednesday, met the country's president Cyril Ramaphosa who expressed full support for India’s G20 Presidency.
Aizawl: At least 17 people are feared dead and several others injured after an under-construction bridge over the Kurung River, connecting Bairabi and Sairang, collapsed in Mizoram's Sairang area on Wednesday.
Kolkata/UNI: Lauding ISRO team of Scientists as the Chandrayaan-3 inching closer to land on the Moon's South Pole, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, "We must all stand together and cheer for its successful soft landing".
New Delhi/UNI: Supreme Court, in its order on Wednesday, granted bail to former Mumbai Police officer and former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, who was arrested in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case and the killing of businessman Mansukh Hiran.
The foundation stone of the new religion, based on equality and ‘seva’ was laid down by Guru Nanak, whilst it was consolidated by his three successors. Nonetheless, Guru Arjan took up the task of putting it on a solid footing by setting out to build Haminder Sahib at the very spot where his father had constructed the clay tank of ‘Amrit’ and also set up the town Amritsar around it.
New Delhi/IBNS: Inviting investment in India in one of his first addresses in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the country's dreaded red tape has now been converted into a "red carpet".
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day official visit to South Africa for the BRICS Summit, will virtually join the landing programme of Chandrayaan-3 on the uncharted south pole of Moon on Wednesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: All government, municipal corporation, and private offices and schools in Delhi will remain shut from Sept 8-10 in view of the G20 Summit, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.
Kolkata/IBNS: British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata, Nicholas Low, extended his country's willingness to provide support and collaboration for the advancement of various sectors in Meghalaya.
Guwahati/IBNS: The government introduced the 'Digi Yatra' initiative at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Sunday, enabling contactless and seamless passenger movement through the utilization of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) at airport checkpoints.
Seventeen Indian nationals, who were stuck in Libya under the captivity of a mafia for the last 6 months, returned to India on Sunday.
With organised Islamist groups pushing it, violence against religious minorities in Pakistan is increasingly moving beyond the local and spontaneous anger of the Muslims, media reports and probes by human rights bodies indicate.
Johannesburg/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a grand welcome from the Indian community in Johannesburg with Rakhi thalis and Indian flags as he arrived in South Africa for the first in-person BRICS summit since 2019.
Bengaluru/IBNS: An FIR has been lodged against Prakash Raj by Hindu organisation leaders accusing the actor of "mocking" India's ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission, police said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The teen girl raped multiple times by suspended senior Delhi government official Premoday Khakha was drugged before each act of sexual abuse, media reports said Tuesday.
Johannesburg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who landed in South Africa’s Johannesburg on Tuesday to attend a BRICS meeting, may meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Pakistani-origin sister Qamar Mohsin Sheikh is all set to visit New Delhi to tie a ‘rakhi’ on his wrist and celebrate the festival together on August 30, media reports said.
Nagpur: A Mumbai-Ranchi IndiGo flight had to make an unscheduled landing at Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur on Monday evening after an elderly passenger suffered a medical emergency, an official said on Tuesday.
Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has said New Delhi has a positive intent for the expansion of BRICS.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived here on Tuesday as part of a day’s maiden visit to Madhya Pradesh after assuming the mantle of party chief.
Gorakhpur/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed the officials to deal with public issues with utmost seriousness and sensitivity, as well as to take strict legal action against those who illegally encroach on people's properties, or try to bully and harm the weak.
New Delhi/UNI: A day after the arrest of a Delhi government official of the Women and Child Development Department and his wife for allegedly raping a minor girl and giving medicines to the girl to terminate her pregnancy, the accused official will be produced before the court on Tuesday.
