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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

I-T dept raids Chinese individuals, Indian contacts in Rs 1,000-crore money laundering case

11:49 pm August 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has conducted raids against some Chinese individuals and their local associates for allegedly running an estimated Rs 1,000 crore worth money laundering racket using shell or dubious firms, the CBDT said Tuesday. The department raided at least two dozen premises in Delhi, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad as part of the action under which it covered the […]

US skeptical of Russia’s virus vaccine safety

8:33 pm August 11, 2020

Taipei: US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says it’s more important to have a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus than to be the first to produce a vaccine. Azar, on a visit to Taiwan, was asked by ABCUS skeptical of Russia’s virus vaccine safety on Tuesday what he thought of Russia’s announcement that it […]

COVID-19: Indian Army gifts 10 ventilators to Nepali Army

8:28 pm August 9, 2020

Kathmandu: The Indian Army on Sunday gifted 10 ventilators to the Nepali Army to support its efforts to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed 75 lives in the Himalayan nation. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra handed over the ventilators to Nepal Army chief Purna Chnadra Thapa during a ceremony at Nepali Army Headquarters on Sunday, the Indian mission said in a statement. The ventilators are […]

Kozhikode- CISF played vital role in rescue ops after Air India flight made crash landing

Kozhikode: CISF played vital role in rescue ops after flight made crash landing

12:14 am August 9, 2020

New Delhi: On Friday evening when an Air India Express flight IX-1344 from Dubai to Calicut carrying 184 passengers and 06 crew members, made crash landing at Calicut International Airport (Kozhikode) and went off the runway CISF personnel acted as the first responder and later played key role in rescue operations. 18 deaths have been […]

Puducherry, Karnataka CMs express shock over plane crash

At least 3 killed after Air India plane skids during landing at Kozhikode airport

9:41 pm August 7, 2020

Kozhikode: An Air India Express plane carrying 184 passengers including 10 infants, which was coming from Dubai, skidded while landing at Karipur Airport in Kozhikode on Friday evening. Kondotty Police said that the Dubai-Kozhokode flight X1344, a Boeing 737, skidded during landing at Karipur airport at around 7.45 pm today. New Agency Reuters cited a […]