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BENGALURU: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv–New Generation (NG) completed its maiden flight in Bengaluru on Tuesday, marking a step forward in the company’s effort to reposition the Dhruv platform for the civil and export markets.Designed and manufactured by HAL, the Dhruv NG is a 5.5-tonne, light, twin-engine, multi-role helicopter upgraded to meet…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of civil aviation on Tuesday instructed airlines to comply with passenger facilitation norms amid the prevailing fog and low-visibility, impacting flight operations across north India.The ministry also urged passengers to check flight status and allow extra travel time.“Amid prevailing fog and low-visibility conditions impacting flights in parts of Northern India, passengers…

NEW DELHI: The NHRC has sent a notice to the Dehradun district magistrate and the SSP over the allegedly racially charged killing of a student from Tripura in the Uttarakhand capital. The national human rights commission has directed the Dehradun authorities to investigate the allegations and has sought an action taken report within seven days….

NEW DELHI: Seeking to end alleged malpractices in high-value arbitration cases, including concerns over undue influence to obtain favourable rulings, the road transport ministry will do away with the provision of arbitration for disputes in the highway sector which are over Rs 10 crore.As per the finalised changes in contract norms, disputes valuing more than…

PUNE: After several flip flops and a series of meetings with different parties, both NCP groups finally on Monday announced their tie-up for Pune municipal corporation and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation polls scheduled for Jan 15. However, candidates will contest on their respective party symbols.An undivided NCP held office in PMC from 2007 to 2017,…

KANPUR: Nine bank managers, three crop insurance staffers, and 32 farmers – 14 of them landless – have been booked after Rs 68 lakh was fraudulently transferred to 35 “landless” farmers as compensation for crop losses in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district in violation of Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme (PMCIS) rules.Deputy director (agriculture) filed two…

JAIPUR: The Rs 450-crore ethanol project being developed by a private company in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district is likely to wind up operations in the state once procedural formalities for relocating the project to Madhya Pradesh are completed.Work on the project was halted weeks after violent protests by farmers over fear of the plant damaging soil…

NEW DELHI: From French and Israeli-origin missiles to ‘Make in India’ kamikaze drones and counter-drone systems as well as range extension of existing missiles and artillery rockets, the defence ministry on Monday gave the preliminary nod to a slew of military modernisation projects worth Rs 79,000 crore. The biggest project to get acceptance of necessity,…

Lucknow, Dec 19 (IANS) A cleric in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district was arrested by the police for sexually assaulting a madrassa student and threatening her with life if she approached cops or disclosed it to anyone. Lucknow: A family phone call regarding his son’s wedding led to the arrest of history-sheeter Sandeep Mishra, who had…

Mumbai: After a week of hard negotiations, BJP-Shiv Sena finalised a 137-90 seat-sharing formula. Till late Monday, Sena functionaries said there was a dispute over 14 seats and said they had put the onus on BJP as the big party in the alliance to take ‘everyone’ along.Political observers said after a week of parlays, deputy…