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Flight AI 470 was delayed by at least an hour and later took off for Delhi after the whole flight was thoroughly checked, said the official. “There was nothing wrong and the flight had landed safely at Delhi airport,” the official added. However, while the exact sequence of the development is yet to be ascertained, reports claimed that there was an issue with a power bank of a passenger while charging it inside the flight. –IANS ssh/vd

Fukuoka (Japan), July 17 (IANS) Spain’s Fernando Diaz Del Rio Soto made history on Monday as he became the first male solo event world champion in artistic swimming at the World Aquatics Championships here on Monday.The 20-year-old Soto, the World Cup winner this year at men’s solo technical and mixed duet free events, scored 224.555 points to win the debutante solo technical event.Male swimmers have competed in the mixed events for years but it is the first time for swimming’s world governing body FINA to introduce men’s solo events and mixed team event, the acrobatic, to the World Championships in…

This forthcoming industrial area will be one of the largest in Delhi, contributing to the economic growth of the city and creating employment opportunities for a substantial number of individuals, he said, stressing the government’s commitment to providing modern and essential amenities in Delhi’s industrial areas.”In pursuit of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s vision of establishing the capital as an industrial hub, the Delhi government has authorised the issuance of a notification designating Kanjhawala Industrial Estate for development as an industrial area. This development will stimulate economic activities in Delhi and offer countless employment prospects for the youth. Spanning approximately 920…

According to the police, a PCR call was received at the Civil Lines police station regarding an accident near the gurdwara in Majnu Ka Tila, following which a team was dispatched to the spot.“The police found that eight persons, including four children, residing in the Pakistani Hindu Camp, had gone to collect food from the Magazine Road School (flood relief centre). At 1:45 p.m., they were returning to their camp and were crossing the road in front of the school when the DJB vehicle hit them,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), Sagar Singh Kalsi. The police personnel on patrol…

In its draft order issued on June 20, the Election Commission proposed readjusting the extent of 126 Assembly and 14 Lok Sabha Constituencies in Assam.The delimitation proposal has sparked protests from nearly all of the opposition parties in the state.The petition, filed through advocate Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi questions, the methodology adopted by the EC by taking different “average assembly size” for different districts, contending that population density has no role to play in the process of delimitation.The petition also challenged Section 8A of the Representation of People Act, 1950 on the grounds that the same is arbitrary, opaque and discriminatory…

In the mega drug destruction programme, organised by Tripura Police at Radha Kishore Nagar in west Tripura, 5,473 kgs of ganja (cannabis), 5,138 bottles of codine-based cough syrup, 19,313 Yaba tablets, and 6,381 grams of heroin were destroyed.As the Union Home Minister chaired the Regional Conference on ‘Drugs Smuggling and National Security’ in New Delhi on Monday, officials said that over 1,44,000 kg of various drugs worth Rs 2,416 crore were destroyed in various parts of the country by the Narcotics Control Bureau in coordination with the Anti- Narcotics Task Force of various states.–IANSsc/vd

Though mediapersons were waiting outside the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport hoping to get her reaction, she refused to talk to the press and went straight into the airport. She was accompanied by her nephew and Trinamool Congress’ national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.Political observers feel that had she interacted with mediapersons, she would have had to confront the obvious question as to what would be her reaction if any Congress or Left leader in the Opposition meeting raises questions over the violence and bloodbath witnessed during the recently-concluded panchayat polls. Probably, she wanted to avoid any such question and…

The accused, Arif Abubakar Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijaan, was earlier arrested in the case registered by the NIA on February 3, 2022.“Arif’s house in the Gaurav Green Row House Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd., Cluster-II, Mangal Nagar, Mira Road East, Thane, has now been attached as ‘proceeds of terrorism’ under section 25 (1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,” said the official.The NIA has already filed a chargesheet against three arrested accused Arif Abubakar Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijan, Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit and two wanted Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Shakeel Babu Mohiddin Shaikh alias Chota…

The sixth meeting of the coordination committee on India’s G20 presidency was held at the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), Pragati Maidan. The focus of the meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary P.K. Mishra, was to review the preparatory aspects relating to the G20 Summit to be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena and Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, along with other officials were present in the meeting.The committee took stalk of the arrangements at the summit venue as well as all aspects relating to protocol, security,…

The Central Bureau of Investigation, which had arrested Garg on July 11, moved an application before Special Judge Sunena Sharma seeking his judicial custody.The court had earlier granted the agency Gargs’s custody to interrogate him in the matter.Application seeking Garg’s judicial custody saying that he might tamper with the evidence and influence the witnesses, and might also abscond and evade the due process of law if released.Earlier, a senior CBI officer had said that the case against Garg and Tirupati Infraprojects was lodged on allegations of causing loss to the tune of Rs 289.15 crore to a consortium of banks…