N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, has been appointed as the chairman of Air India by the airline’s board, aviation industry sources said on Monday. Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group had on October 8 last year won the bid to acquire debt-laden state-run Air India by offering Rs 18,000 crore for it.Tata Sons is yet to […]
The Congress on Monday cited a media report, which claimed that a Reliance-funded firm boosted BJP’s campaigns on Facebook, to allege that “murder of democracy” was taking place with the ruling party being promoted through “divisive proxy ads” during elections. CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury described it as a “brazen destruction of the foundations of […]
Just about four days after the Aam Aadmi Party came to power in Punjab, the state government is believed to have cleared the name of senior advocate Amol Rattan Singh Sidhu for appointment as the Advocate-General for the State. Sidhu, when contacted, said he had so far not received official confirmation/communication in this regard
A 40-year-old international kabaddi player, Sandeep Singh Nangal Ambian, was shot dead by armed assailants at Mallian Khurd village in Nakodar on Monday. Sandeep was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. He was shot in the head by four armed assailants. The police said Sandeep was shot dead during an […]
Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka’s stubborn fightback on the third day before Ravichandran Ashwin ensured India’s big win in the Bengaluru Test. Ashwin picked up four in the second innings to help India record a 238-run win in the pink-ball game as Rohit Sharma started his journey as Test skipper with a […]
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) today issued an order allowing Sikh travelers to carry ‘kirpan’ of a specific length and specified measure of blade on flights and airports. The concession to Sikh passengers and Sikh employees of the aviation industry has been provided only in case of Indian aircrafts operating from domestic terminals. […]
Holding the Gandhis solely responsible for the complete rout of the Congress in all the recent Assembly polls, PLC chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday hit out at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) for trying to put the blame of their party’s dismal defeat in Punjab on him instead of gracefully admitting to their own […]
The Centre is likely to begin the Covid vaccination for children in the age group of 12 -14 this week, while the co-morbidity clause for administering precaution doses to senior citizens would be removed, official sources said on Monday. Biological E’s Corbevax will be administered to 12-14 age-group.The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) […]
More than 60 per cent of mid-sized Indian organisations fell victim to a cyberattack last year, a new report showed on Monday. Just under one fifth (19 per cent) of respondents surveyed said they discovered the attack within two weeks, but 22 per cent took three to four weeks to realise they had been targeted, […]
