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New Delhi Airport Tragedy: One Dead, Six Injured in Terminal 1 Roof Collapse

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Fatal Incident: One Dead, Six Injured in Terminal 1 Roof Collapse

Four vehicles, including cabs, were damaged after a portion of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 roof collapsed on cars amid heavy rain. New Delhi: At least one person was killed and six others injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 (T1) collapsed on cars amid heavy rain this morning. All departures from Terminal 1, which has only domestic flight operations, have been temporarily suspended, the civil aviation ministry said. “Heavy rain in early morning today has resulted in the collapse of the canopy of Delhi airport…

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Owaisi’s ‘Jai Palestine’ Chant Causes Stir in Indian Politics

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Owaisi’s ‘Jai Palestine’ Chant Causes Stir in Indian Politics

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi stoked a major controversy in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during his swearing-in as the Member of Parliament (MP) by raising a slogan in favour of Palestine. The Hyderabad lawmaker soon after taking oath as MP in the 18th Lok Sabha, chanted ‘Jai Palestine’ in the House, thereby inviting quick backlash from the treasury benches and also leading to chaos in the House. BJP members created an uproar over Owaisi chanting ‘Jai Palestine’ slogans and demanded that it be expunged from the…

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Rahul Gandhi Highlights 10 Key Issues in NDA’s First 15 Days

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Rahul Gandhi Highlights 10 Key Issues in NDA’s First 15 Days

The tragic train accident in West Bengal and a slew of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir were among the 10 issues Rahul Gandhi highlighted. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday lambasted the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over its performance during its first15 days. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi listed a series of incidents and issues, including a tragic train accident in West Bengal and terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, to assert that the prime minister is “busy saving…

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Signal Failure, Speeding Train: Deadly Mix Causes West Bengal Train Crash!

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Signal Failure, Speeding Train: Deadly Mix Causes West Bengal Train Crash!

At 8.55am, the goods train rammed into the back of the Kanchanjunga Express just before Rangapani town and around 10km away from New Jalpaiguri station. A combination of a signalling fault on the tracks before the New Jalpaiguri station and human error by the driver of the freight train are likely to have led to a deadly collision in West Bengal that killed nine people and injured dozens, said railway officials, adding that the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) has launched a probe into the accident. “The actual cause of the…

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BJP Appoints Election In-Charges for Four States Ahead of Assembly Polls; Maharashtra, Haryana, J&K, and Jharkhand are the focus

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BJP Appoints Election In-Charges for Four States Ahead of Assembly Polls; Maharashtra, Haryana, J&K, and Jharkhand are the focus

The BJP has appointed Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav, Dharmendra Pradhan, G Kishen Reddy and Shivraj Singh Chouhan as election in-charges for Maharashtra, Haryana, Jammu & Khashmir and Jharkhand, respectively The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed election in-charges for four states where assembly polls are scheduled for later this year. On Monday, the party appointed Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Ashwani Vaishnaw as in charge and co-in-charge for Maharashtra, while Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and lawmaker from Tripura, Biplab Deb have been appointed as in-charge and co-incharge for Haryana. In…

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Opposition and BJP Clash Over Delhi L-G’s Action Against Arundhati Roy

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Opposition and BJP Clash Over Delhi L-G's Action Against Arundhati Roy

The FIR against Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of a Delhi court, Raj Niwas officials said. The Opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party have engaged in a war of words after Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena gave his nod to prosecute author Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, a former professor in Kashmir, under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in New Delhi in 2010. The FIR against Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered…

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Press Club of India Fights Back! Resolution Passed to Protect Free Speech

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Press Club of India Fights Back! Resolution Passed to Protect Free Speech

New Delhi: The Press Club of India (PCI) has passed a resolution aimed at safeguarding the fundamental principles of freedom of expression and access to information. The PCI convened on May 28 to address mounting concerns regarding legislative measures that threaten press freedom and digital rights. The meeting was attended by representatives from various media and digital rights organizations. In a statement it said the PCI meeting held on May 28 “resolved to intensify the demands of media and digital rights organisations and urges the government to withdraw laws that…

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Arrogance Check: Lord Ram’s Numerical Message for BJP

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Arrogance Check: Lord Ram’s Numerical Message for BJP

The remark came days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that a true ‘sevak’ does not have arrogance and serves the people by maintaining ‘dignity’. Jaipur: In hard-hitting remarks on the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls, RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Thursday slammed the ruling BJP for “arrogance” and the opposition INDIA bloc for being “anti-Ram”. Speaking at the ‘Ramrath Ayodhya Yatra Darshan Poojan Samaroh’ at Kanota near Jaipur, the RSS national executive member did not mention the rivals by name but suggested that the poll outcome reflected their…

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Love, Greed, and Murder: Daughter-in-Law Orchestrates Hit-and-Run for ₹300 Crore Property

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Love, Greed, and Murder: Daughter-in-Law Orchestrates Hit-and-Run for ₹300 Crore Property

The victim, identified as Purushottam Puttewar – a Nagpur-based businessman, was hit by a speeding car on May 22 at Balaji Nagari in Nagpur. The Nagpur Police has uncovered a gruesome murder during an investigation into the death of an 82-year-old man in a “hit-and-run” case in the city. According to the police, the victim’s daughter-in-law, identified as Archana Puttewar, hired contract killers for his murder over a property dispute worth ₹300 crore. The man, identified as Purushottam Puttewar – a Nagpur-based businessman, was hit by a speeding car on…

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PM Modi’s Dos and Don’ts: Speak Sparingly, Act Timely

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PM Modi’s Dos and Don’ts: Speak Sparingly, Act Timely

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told his newly inducted Cabinet ministers “to speak only when necessary… and not to make unnecessary statements.” The Prime Minister listed out dos and don’ts for the members of his new Cabinet at the first council of ministers meet at his residence in the evening of June 10 after which the portfolio allocated to ministers was announced. ‘Avoid giving Pravachans’ “Do not make unnecessary statements, speak only when necessary on issues related to your ministry,” sources to News18 quoted the prime minister as saying.…

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