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The unusual situation occurred when the pilot of the aircraft refused to fly stating he had "exceeded" his duty hours, as per Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) norms, leaving the passengers in a state of anxiety. M ORE THAN 100 passengers including three BJP MPs were stranded at the Rajkot airport in Gujarat About 100 people, including three BJP MPs, were left stranded at the Rajkot airport in Gujarat on Sunday night (July 23) due to an unforeseen delay to an Air India flight headed for Delhi. The unique circumstance arose when the aircraft's pilot refused to take off, claiming that he had "exceeded" his duty hours in accordance with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) standards, putting the passengers in a state of fear. After passengers boarded the Air India flight, which was scheduled to take off at 8.30 p.m. on July 23, the event occurred. Three politicians were aboard: Rajkot MP Mohan Kundariya, Jamnagar MP Poonam Maadam, and freshly ele...

Holding 'INDIA for Manipur' placards, opposition MPs were seen holding a silent protest at 11 pm     Opposition MPs sit on a night protest outside parliament New Delhi:  To show their objection to the monsoon session being interrupted for a third day, a group of opposition MPs have gathered in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Parliament House.  The recently formed opposition coalition "INDIA" has been pressuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi to issue a thorough statement regarding the ethnic unrest that has been raging in Manipur for more than two months. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress MPs were seen staging a quiet protest at 11 o'clock, holding signs reading "INDIA for Manipur." There, they'll stay the night. The Congress claimed earlier today that the government's "continued refusal" to accept INDIA's demand for PM Modi to make a "comprehensive statement" in both chambers of parliament over the Manipur crisis w...

With Russia getting bogged down in Ukraine war, India has no options but to build strong indigenous defence supply chains                File photo of now Prime Minister Narendra Modi with then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee India will commemorate the 24th anniversary of its military triumph in the Kargil War of 1999 tomorrow. By planning army incursions north of Zoji La and south of Chorbat La, south of southern glacier, a blind Pakistan Army Chief forced the war onto India with the aim of capturing the Kashmir Valley and Saltoro Ridge on the Saichen Glacier.  The Indian Army took more than two months to drive the invaders out but lost 527 braves in the process because they were initially shocked by the audacity of the plan.  The war demonstrated that the Indian Army could defeat the enemy against all difficulties, and each soldier knew how to slay an opponent regardless of whether he belonged to a martial race.  The Indian mi...

Anju, a resident of Rajasthan, has flown to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area of Pakistan to visit her buddy, whom she met and fell in love with through Facebook.     Anju travelled to Pakistan to meet her friend whom she befriended and fell in love with on Facebook According to a senior Pakistani police officer speaking to Geo News, the Indian woman, Anju, who traveled to a Pakistani town to visit a Facebook acquaintance had a one-month visa and will return home on August 21. According to Upper Dir District Police Officer (DPO) Mushtaq Khan, Anju moved to Pakistan from India for the "sake of love" and was "living happily" there. According to DPO Khan, Anju arrived in Pakistan from New Delhi out of pure love and is now content to live here. Anju, who was born in Uttar Pradesh but resided in the Rajasthani region of Alwar, traveled to Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to meet Nasrullah, with whom she had become friends on Facebook and fallen in love, according to ...

The contentious judicial reform plan of the Netanyahu administration, which wants to limit the Supreme Court's ability to overturn executive orders, has received approval from Israeli lawmakers in a key provision. Photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu According to AFP, Israeli lawmakers on Monday gave their approval to a controversial plan for judicial reform that intends to limit the ability of the country's Supreme Court to overturn executive orders.  Massive demonstrations against divisive judicial reform proposals supported by the far-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have rocked the nation at the time of this.  The measures sparked months of protests and have drawn criticism from Israel's closest friends, including the US.   The two proposals in dispute aim to restrict Supreme Court decisions while enabling political appointees to fill the majority of the court's justice positions.  As a result, the Supreme Court's autho...

Home Minister Amit Shah asked the opposition on Monday to allow a debate on the Manipur issue to begin in Parliament even as the deadlock persisted.                Union Minister Smriti Irani addresses a press conference, at BJP HQ in New Delhi, Monday.(PTI) The BJP said on Monday that the opposition is avoiding a debate in Parliament about the violence in Manipur because it does not want certain facts to surface. Union Minister Smriti Irani stated that Home Minister Amit Shah urged to all members of the opposition to start a discussion or debate on the issues affecting Manipur during her remarks to a press conference at the BJP headquarters here. Shah would like to bring 'certain facts to light' Irani reported that Shah frequently stated in Parliament that he wanted to "bring certain facts to light" as the minister in charge of home affairs. The opposition parties' steadfast refusal to let the truth be known, she claimed, is disturbing . She clai...

NSA Ajit Doval highlighted the need for collective efforts to deal with challenges emerging from cybersecurity.                 The NSA level meeting is in the run-up to the summit on August 22-24 Ajit Doval, the national security adviser (NSA), was present at the 'Friends of BRICS' gathering on Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa. The topic of cybersecurity was extensively covered throughout the meeting. Along with the BRICS, the following Friends of BRICS nations also took part in the discussions: Belarus, Burundi, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Cuba. Doval emphasized the necessity for group efforts to address the problems arising from cybersecurity. "It is especially important for the Global South to overcome resource constraints. India will continue to lead the way and collaborate closely with the Global South in this area, he added. Doval emphasized the fact that disruptive technologies like artificial i...

Chief Minister N Biren Singh was present at Khongsang railway station in the state's Tamenglong district to welcome the train, marking his first visit to a tribal-dominated district since ethnic violence flared up in the state on May 3.    The train was carrying foodgrain and other essentials that are in short supply in the state. Imphal:  Today, the first freight train from Guwahati chugged into the state of Manipur, which has been plagued by unrest for nearly two months. Food grains and other necessities that are in low supply in the state were being transported by the train.  For the first time since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, Chief Minister N Biren Singh was present at Khongsang Railway Station in the state's Tamenglong district to greet the train. On May 5, train services were terminated.  "It was an honor to be present for the historic arrival of the first goods train at Khongsang Railway Station today. For the people of Manipur, this...

The former BJP legislator was arrested and was facing charges under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in July 2013 for sodomising a youth.                  Former MP finance minister Raghavji (PTI Photo) The first information report (FIR) submitted against Raghavji, the former finance minister, was dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday. In July 2013, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was detained and charged with sodomizing a minor in violation of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). After receiving a complaint from his housekeeper claiming to have been sexually assaulted by the then-finance minister Raghavji and having produced a CD, Raghavji was detained in July 2013. The father of the complainant's statement has been included as important evidence in the petition that Raghavji filed. The complainant's father said that his son was not "mentally stable," a chronic drunkard, and had a "habit of ma...