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MoD signs Rs 858 crore contract for inspection (depot level) of Tunguska Air Defense Missile System and P8I aircraft New Delhi: The defense ministry on Friday signed a contract to procure Tunguska air defense missile systems from Russia and another contract with Boeing India for maintenance of its P8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft fleet. The…

Residents look on as rescue workers search for bodies in the rubble of a residential building hit by an airstrike in Tehran. Nearly a month into the conflict in West Asia, people in Iran’s capital Tehran are beginning to fear the worst. And vague statements from Washington and threatening comments from Tel Aviv are adding…

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee will recommend to the government that it should explore introducing age-restrictions for social media platforms, a suggestion that would lead to a law seeking to limit children’s exposure at a time when countries around the world are warming to the idea. The committee’s push for the government to limit social…

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah A group of foreigners – including an American citizen and six Ukrainians – said Fridaynians — Recently arrested by the NIA from Kolkata, Lucknow and Delhi did not pose any threat to India, but were trying to use the country as a transit point to Myanmar for terrorist training.“They…

KOLKATA: West Bengal’s second supplementary electoral roll was released around 11 pm on Friday, though there was little clarity on how many of the 12 lakh names in it had passed judicial scrutiny.As it was when Election Commission After releasing the first supplementary rolls around midnight last Monday, CEO Manoj Agarwal had more questions than…

New Delhi: Pilots flying VVIPs including Z-plus category SPG protectors, Speaker of Lok Sabha, Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha, Cabinet Ministers, Chief Justice of India, Chief Ministers and Governors are now empowered to put down their legs and refuse to fly if it is not safe to do so for any reason.After the death of…

New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate The prosecution has filed a charge sheet against its close aide Punit Garg in a special court here. Anil AmbaniIn a money laundering investigation against Reliance Communications (Another).RCom, Ambani, his close aides and some family members are under investigation for the purchase and sale of an apartment worth over Rs 70…

New Delhi: Election Commission West Bengal has sought a report from the Chief Electoral Officer on the Chief Minister’s recent speech on Friday Mamata Banerjee At a public meeting in Naxalbari, Darjeeling, local women were allegedly instigated to stay at polling booths and use household kitchen items to meet “exigent circumstances”.Her statement is seen as…

Noida International Airport NOIDA: Delhi-NCR’s second international airport will be inaugurated on Saturday, adding Jewar to the country’s aviation map and creating both space and means for the national capital – already India’s largest aviation hub – to play a bigger role in connectivity to the world. A day before the inauguration, Prime Minister Modi…

New Delhi: Illegal encroachment and encroachment on government land and public premises will attract heavy fines in addition to jail – the second version of the Jan Biswas Bill has proposed to curb this menace by adding a fine to the value of the land in addition to a six-month jail term.The bill – tabled…