Chaos gripped Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) after authorities announced sudden suspension of flight operations at 9 a.m. on Friday leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. The airport will resume operations at 3 p.m. on Sunday. CIAL Director A.C.K.Nair said the decision to close the airport was taken after flood water reached the taxiway. “We first […]
After five days, prohibitory orders in Jammu and Kashmir were eased on Friday, with schools reopening and people coming on to the roads in some areas. The restrictions are being eased to allow people to offer Friday prayers in local mosques but not at the historic Jama Masjid that has in the past seen separatists […]
In a mega-campaign of Rs 200-250 crore, India’s leading digital payment platform Paytm will now allow scanning of any QR code, be it BHIM UPI, Google Pay, from its app to make an insta-payment at offline retail stores. The move is expected to benefit the small kirana stores which have become well-versed with the digital […]
A woman here in Uttar Pradesh has alleged her nose was chopped off by her in-laws after she refused to withdraw a case of triple talaq. The woman’s husband had gave her triple talaq over the phone after which her mother filed a complaint against him, a police official said. “Both the families were called […]
Indefinite prohibitory orders were imposed on Thursday in Kargil, Drass and Sankoo areas of Jammu and Kashmir to maintain peace and tranquillity, the district administration said. The Kargil District Administration also directed that schools and colleges in the area shall remain closed till further orders. District Magistrate Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary directed that Section 144 […]
The demise of former External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is not only being mourned by political leaders in India but also by the diplomats of other countries. Several envoys visited her residence today to pay her their tributes. Russian envoy Nikolay Kudashev, who visited Swaraj’s residence to pay his last respect, said: “Sushma Swaraj was […]
Weak domestic and demand conditions led the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday to cut its economic forecast to 6.9 per cent for 2019-20. The RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) in its third policy review of the current fiscal reduced the growth rate to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent in FY2019-20. In the […]
In a shocking incident, four minors have been booked by the police in Meerut for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl with impaired hearing. Among the accused in the incident here on Sunday is the 12-year-old brother of the victim. Inspector A.P. Misra of the Kanker Khera police station told reporters on Tuesday that the brother’s […]
It is a strange anomaly of history, both true and unjust. I was born in Srinagar, as were both my parents. My sister though was born in Delhi and went on to marry a Bengali settled in the capital, so struck down by a double whammy. Yes she is not a state subject and could […]
In September 2012, Dr Pranab Mukherjee, peoples President of India, invited me to join him on a trip to Srinagar. He was to address the Kashmir University convocation. With great trepidation I said ‘yes’. There was a part of me which was unsure and another part hugely excited because it meant revisiting my “madre vatan” […]