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Phuket flight incident pushes DGCA to seekways to make dope rules more stringent NEW DELHI: Trouble mounted for the pilot-in-command (PIC) of last Tuesday’s badly rattled Phuket-Delhi Air India flight after it emerged that he had failed the confirmatory dope test and was found to have consumed marijuana. Besides, the cabin crew of the flight,…

The NMC has bought the pub with a 10% deposit and is now raising a further £800,000 (Photo credit: SWNS) LONDON: Anger has flared over plans to turn a Grade II-listed pub in Norwich into a mosque.The Norwich Muslim Centre (NMC) has lodged plans with City Hall to turn the Gatehouse on Dereham Road into…

Additional personnel from the Army, CRPF and police, along with reinforcements, were rushed to the area JAMMU: Security forces launched joint cordon-and-search operations in J&K’s Doda and Poonch districts on being alerted about the sighting of terror suspects, officials said Tuesday.Cordon-and-search operations were initiated in Doda’s upper reaches after some locals captured a video of…

IGP Kashmir VK Birdi said the police were probing the threat letter, believed to have been released on social media on Aug 7. SRINAGAR: J&K police have tightened security in areas of the Valley where Kashmiri Pandits live and allowed some employees to work from home temporarily after Panun Kashmir claimed a purported threat letter…

The petitioner said that post-May 15, there has been a quantum increase in clips of selectively edited judicial proceedings. NEW DELHI: Three months after CJI Surya Kant’s ‘cockroach’ remark sparked a storm and gave birth to Cockroach Janta Party that led a Gen Z protest against NEET-UG paper leak, Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from…

“Engagement of SPOs is not of a permanent nature but only to take care of a particular contingency,” the HC noted. Srinagar: Only God can save this country if a police officer, of whatever rank, gets frightened by terrorists’ threats and refuses duties, J&K high court has said while dismissing a cop’s petition for reinstatement.“The…

Horoscope Today: Read daily horoscope predictions for August 12, 2026. Know all about the astrological events and influences that will be affecting each of the 12 zodiac signs. Our astrologer has analyzed the movements of the planets and the alignment of the stars to bring you the most accurate and up-to-date horoscope predictions for the…

Echo 1 passes over NASA’s Goldstone Tracking Station on August 12, 1960, with the antenna and star trails visible. (Nasa photo) Exactly sixty-six years ago from today, on August 12, 1960, NASA launched Echo 1A, a 100-foot-diameter balloon that became the agency’s first successful communications satellite. Unlike modern communication satellites, Echo 1A did not actively…

For Europe, the eclipse will therefore be more than an astronomical spectacle, as it will test whether authorities facing extreme summer conditions can manage one of the largest movements of skywatchers (Photo: AP) (Representative image) Nasa is urging Americans to watch the August 12 total solar eclipse, even though most of the US will not…

Trump announced the release of marine veteran Robert Gilman from Russian custody, saying Russia freed him on humanitarian grounds with no exchange US President Donald Trump announced that American citizen and former marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody and is on his way back to the United States, saying Russia agreed to…