A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Thailand’s Phuket made an emergency landing on the Thai island shortly after take-off on Friday following a bomb threat, officials said. All 156 passengers on board flight AI 379 were safely deboarded, and a thorough security screening was carried out. The airport authorities activated the Airport Contingency Plan (ACP)….
At 19, Randip Singh stood in an Amtrak station in Albany, NY when a police officer approached him with an unusual request: “Can I see your passport?” He didn’t ask for a driver’s license, but a passport. The implication was clear.Years later, Singh would find himself 300 meters away from a 250kg Russian bomb that…
An aid boat carrying international activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and French Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Rima Hassan, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday after it attempted to breach the naval blockade of Gaza. The vessel, a British-flagged yacht named Madleen, was part of a mission…
NEW DELHI: Amid the fallout of Operation Sindoor, the defence ministry (MoD) has urged news outlets to respect the privacy of senior armed forces personnel and their families. In an advisory issued this week, the ministry laid out clear boundaries on what is acceptable coverage and what crosses into personal intrusion. The advisory follows reports…
Bhubaneswar: Security forces on Monday recovered another 2.5 tonnes of explosives, six days after Maoists looted a stone quarry truck in Sundargarh district. The joint operation led by Odisha police involved multiple agencies, including the special operations group (SOG), district voluntary force (DVF), India Reserve Battalion (IRB), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and Jharkhand’s Jaguars….
26 dead, 115 hurt as Israeli forces fire on Palestinians near Gaza aid centre: BBC Source link
IPL will thank the armed forces with a special closing ceremony on the day of the final. (PTI) Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will dedicate the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 closing ceremony at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 3 to India’s armed forces. The decision to…
Operation Sindoor has spotlighted India’s evolving military capabilities, revealing the emergence of a robust private defence sector central to the nation’s security.A decade ago, public sector undertakings and imported technology dominated India’s defence narrative. Today, the private sector drives innovation, not merely filling gaps. Companies such as Tata Advanced Systems (TAS), Alpha Design Technologies (ADTL),…
Cars are submerged in a parking lot of Westernport Elementary School as flooding forces the evacuation of the school, and downtown homes and businesses were inundated with rising floodwaters in rural Westernport (Image: AP) Flooding in rural western Maryland forced the evacuation of an elementary school Tuesday afternoon as water began to breach the second…
Pakistan’s armed forces were determined and “no hostile design” can weaken their resolve, Army chief General Asim Munir said on Monday. According to a statement by the Pakistan Army, General Munir made the remarks during a visit to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi to inquire about the well-being of soldiers and civilians wounded…