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NEW DELHI: In another technical issue with one of its Dreamliners, an Air India Boeing 787 (VT-ANC) operating from Vienna to Delhi on Thursday night diverted to Dubai following a technical snag. The same aircraft subsequently took off for Delhi after its auto pilot as reset and landed at IGI Airport around noon on Friday….

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United)-led National Democratic Alliance have a 40 per cent chance of retaining power in the upcoming Bihar election, an opinion poll by C Voter predicted on Friday.According to the poll, Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan came a close second with 38.3 per cent chance of forming the government….

BENGALURU: TT Jagannathan, chairman emeritus of the TTK Group and the force behind the Prestige brand that transformed India’s kitchens, passed away in Bengaluru on October 9. He was 77.A mechanical engineer from IIT Madras and an MS graduate from Cornell University, Jagannathan joined the family business in the early 1970s after a brief stint…

Esha Singh with her World Cup gold (Special Arrangement) NEW DELHI: Last month, Esha Singh won her first senior World Cup gold medal in the 10-metre air pistol, edging out her competitor by just 0.1 point, the smallest possible winning margin in her sport. However, shooting wasn’t her first love. Young and curious, she tried…

Photo of Rajesh Khullar, IAS (Retd), Chief principal secretary to Haryana CM CHANDIGARH: Senior Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar — who allegedly died by suicide at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday had named 16 senior IAS and IPS officers in his note, alleging harassment and holding them directly responsible for his decision to take…

Supporters of Islamist party ‘Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’ take part in a rally to show their solidarity with Palestinian people, in Lahore (AP photo) Violent confrontations occurred between law enforcement and Islamist groups in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, as authorities attempted to prevent thousands of demonstrators from proceeding towards Islamabad for a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration near the…

Amir Khan Muttaqi (ANI photo) The Taliban government on Friday accused Pakistan of bombing a border town and violating Afghanistan’s sovereignty, following two late-night explosions in the capital Kabul. “Pakistan violated Afghanistan’s airspace, bombing a civilian market in the Marghi area of Paktika near the Durand Line and also violating Kabul’s sovereign territory,” the defence…

Yashasvi Jaiswal (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten at 173 as India reached 318-2 on day one of the second Test against West Indies at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.India chose to bat first, aiming to complete a clean sweep in the two-match series. ‘They pull our players away’: Brian Lara explains West Indies…

Another earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude hit southern Philippines on Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert hours after an earlier warning.According to authorities, the tremor struck at 7.12 pm, prompting the Philippine seismology office to warn of “life-threatening wave heights” and urge coastal residents to “immediately evacuate to higher grounds or move farther inland”. Philippines JOLTED…

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday listed Pakistan sponsored cross-border terrorism as a “shared threat” for both India and Afghanistan as he met his Afghanistani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi.In his opening remarks, Jaishankar termed cross-border terrorism as a “menace” and said that India and Afghanistan must coordinate efforts to combat….