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Dehradun, October 18 A helicopter carrying pilgrims from Guptkashi to Kedarnath crashed on Tuesday amid poor visibility and seven people on board are feared dead. The chopper burst into flames near Jungle Chatti en route to the shrine. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said his ministry is constantly monitoring the…

Dehradun, October 18 A helicopter carrying pilgrims from Guptkashi to Kedarnath crashed on Tuesday amid poor visibility, killing all seven on board. Locals at the site. PTI The chopper burst into flames close to Garud Chatti and Jungle Chatti, Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh said….

Jalandhar, October 18 A man allegedly killed five persons, including his wife, two children, father-in-law and mother-in-law, by setting them afire in the wee hours on Tuesday. He allegedly poured petrol in the room where all of then were asleep, set it on fire and locked the door from outside,…

ANI Uttarakhand, October 18 Two pilots and four civilians were killed as a helicopter carrying Kedarnath pilgrims from Phata crashed on Tuesday. Abhinav Kumar, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, said this. The administration team left for the spot for relief and rescue work. Further details are awaited. …

Chennai, October 18 The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday tabled in Assembly the reports of separate Commissions of Inquiry that looked into the circumstances surrounding the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and the 2018 police firing at Thoothukudi in the state. The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry…

New Delhi, October 18 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out raids in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in connection with a case registered to probe the “emerging nexus” between terrorists, gangsters and drug smugglers. The raids were carried out at 50 places which covered residences of noted…

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, October 18 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams conducted raids at various locations in Bathinda on Tuesday. The raids were held in connection with the alleged links of these persons with the gangsters. A team conducted a raid at the house of Jagga Jandian at Jandian village….

New Delhi, October 18 Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday refuted the claims by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia that he was asked to quit the Aam Aadmi Party during his nine-hour questioning by the agency. The CBI said that the examination was carried out in a “professional and…

London, October 18Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been named the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’, described by judges as a whodunnit and a race against time, full of ghosts, gags and deep humanity.Karunatilaka, 47, became only the second…

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, October 18 Two non-local labourers were killed in a grenade attack in Harmen area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Tuesday. Police said a “hybrid militant” lobbed a grenade into a pre-fabricated shelter by the labourers. The two labourers Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar, both…

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, October 18 Two non-local labourers were killed in a grenade attack in Harmen area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Tuesday. Police said a “hybrid militant” lobbed a grenade into a pre-fabricated shelter by the labourers. The two labourers Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar, both…

New Delhi, October 17In what appears to be a new normal, Pakistani officials as well as their Chinese counterparts have been frequently visiting the country as part of deliberations among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).Editorial: Belligerent as everPakistani and Chinese officials were here last week as part of…

New Delhi, October 17 In what appears to be a new normal, Pakistani officials as well as their Chinese counterparts have been frequently visiting the country as part of deliberations among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Editorial: Belligerent as ever Pakistani and Chinese officials were here…

Mumbai, October 17 Flight operations at Mumbai airport will remain suspended for six hours on Tuesday for runway maintenance work, which is likely to hit passengers significantly, the private airport operator said on Mondau. In a tweet, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport said it has “planned a runway closure on…

Ambika SharmaSolan, October 17Four samples of Propofol injections manufactured by Kala Amb-based Nixi Laboratories, including two drawn from the contentious batch which caused five deaths at PGIMER Chandigarh, were declared substandard by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) in the monthly alert issued on Monday.These samples were drawn by…