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“Lots of flights were cancelled and it is going to take some days to get people back to where they should be,” he told the BBC on Tuesday.Data from an aviation analytics company showed that more than 1,500 flights, equivalent to over a quarter of all flights, in and out of the UK were cancelled on Monday after the ATC system was forced to revert to a manual backup system, Xinhua news agency reported.As of Tuesday, 5 per cent of the planned flights departing and arriving at airports in the UK have been cancelled by 9:00 a.m. local time.There will…

The new prices of the LPG cylinders, which would come into effect from Wednesday, will be around Rs 903 in the state.As the announcement came on the eve of the Rakshabandhan, the ruling BJP hailed the decision terming it as a “gift for sisters”, while the Opposition Congress is calling it a decision to influence voters in view of the Assembly elections in five states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram.In Madhya Pradesh, the Congress in its five-point ‘Vachan Patra’ or poll promises document has committed to provide the cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500.The announcement was made…

Cabinet Spokesman and Media Minister Bandula Gunawardena announced on Tuesday that the cabinet approved the proposal forwarded by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to procure 92.1 million eggs for a period of 3 months.Minister Gunawardena said that the quotations have been called from 3 Indian companies recommended by the Department of Animal Products and Health to import eggs through the government-run State Trading Corporation.”The decision was taken to stabilize the prices of eggs and to help the consumers until the local poultry industry recovers from the crisis,” the Minister…

The 2022 runner-up, who turned 29 on Monday, defied breathing difficulties to edge Colombian youngster Camila Osorio just about put the icing on the cake for a belated birthday celebration with a gutsy performance inside Louis Armstrong Stadium.Jabeur sprinkled in her trademark drop shots and looping lobs, changing the direction at will, to race 4-1 ahead.The Tunisian will next play Czech Republic teenager Linda Noskova, who is a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Madison Brengle, on Thursday.Ekaterina Alexandrova got the better of Leylah Fernandez, the 2021 US Open women’s singles runner-up from Canada, in a first-round match in the women’s singles…

Meadows himself took the stand at the court in a roughly three and half hour deposition on Monday and argued that as Trump’s right-hand man at the White House, his various attempts to block Trump’s 2020 election loss to Joe Biden were part of his official government duties, media reports said.Meadows actually rolled the dice to get the case moving from a state court to a federal court on grounds that his alleged actions to keep Trump in power actually came under the purview of a federal court rather than a state court.If the judge is convinced by Meadows’ argument,…

Soon after the arrest, the ED produced Chakraborty before a special PMLA court, which remanded him to ED custody till September 8 after a brief hearing.As per the charges framed by the ED, the accused collected deposits amounting to Rs 59.15 crore in the name of multi-level marketing schemes promising lucrative returns. However, even after the lapse of a reasonable time, the Ponzi entity did not return money to the investors, mainly belonging to the financially marginalised sections of the society.On Tuesday, the ED counsel informed the special court that the accused adopted several measures to divert the deposits collected…

The constable climbed on the iron grilles and rescued the feline stranded for three days. The pillar is being constructed as part of a flyover near KV School on Uppal Ring Road. After reaching the top, constable Pandu walked carefully on the horizontal bars to reach the kitten. He then held the little feline with his hand and put it in a bag he carried with him. After getting down, the constable released the kitten in a corner. Pandu’s gesture has won many hearts. As the video of his exemplary display of passion went viral on social media, netizens hailed…

Reaching Mumbai with his father and RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav to take part in the third meeting of INDIA, he tweeted: “INDIA is a pride of people, INDIA is a life of people.”The Narendra Modi government which has been looting the country for the last 9 years are scared due to the popularity of INDIA and issues of public interest and hence it has slightly reduced the price of LPG cylinder. Just wait and watch, we will force them to reduce the prices of fuel and commodities as well. We will not allow this government to sell the country…

This was the third-seed Russian player’s 50th tour-level win of the season. He now holds a 24-5 record at the US Open, earning more wins at the hard-court event than the three other majors (Australian Open 21, Wimbledon 13, Roland Garros 7).He will next take on the winner of an Australian match between Max Purcell and Christopher O’Connell.Medvedev, who is chasing his second Slam crown this fortnight, has lifted four tour-level trophies on hard courts this year.In other action, Alexander Zverev of Germany cruised past Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to enter the second round. He will next meet Daniel…

NFR’s chief PRO Sabyasachi De said that a joint team of RPF and Government Railway Police (GRP), during routine checking, detected suspicious activity of a group of people at the Dharmanagar railway station on Monday night.During verification, the security personnel could not find any valid documents from the suspected persons, and arrested five women and a male after checking.De said that on interrogation, they revealed that they had entered Tripura through a clandestine route from Bangladesh, where were staying in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.The male detainee said that they were going to Delhi by train via Guwahati.Since January this…