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NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Mahmood Madani on Saturday urged the Muslim community not to be a “murda qaum” (lifeless community) but to remain “zinda” (active) and confront challenges head-on.Speaking at a public rally in Bhopal, Madani said, “We are facing challenges and difficulties… a ‘murda qaum’ surrenders when confronted with hardships. If you are…

Airbus has issued an urgent global directive for A320-family operators to fix a software issue that could affect flight-control systems on thousands of aircraft, after a JetBlue A320 unexpectedly pitched downward on October 30. The problem, linked to intense solar radiation corrupting critical flight-control data, has prompted India to ground over 350 A320s for 2–3…

The 30th session of the UN climate change conference (COP30) concluded in Belem, Brazil on Nov 22, keeping alive the hope of multilateral processes to find answers to global problems. India was led by the country’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav during the crucial round of negotiations that finally ended with adopting the…

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set up a national coordination team to monitor the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and flag any “discrepancies,” along with issues faced by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) across the country. The seven-member committee will be headed by BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh. Its…

Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested wanted gangster Harsimran, a close aide of foreign-based gangster Goldy Dhillon, after he was deported from Bangkok for allegedly fleeing India on a fake passport, officials said on Saturday.Officials said that the accused left India in January using a forged passport issued in the name of…

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday urged countries — including India — to make fertility care safer, fairer and affordable, releasing its first-ever global guideline on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility.Infertility affects 1 in 6 adults of reproductive age, yet access to fertility services remains limited and costly. In many…

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (Photo credit: ANI) HARIDWAR: The Haridwar Ardh Kumbh Mela to be held in Uttarakhand in 2027 will be celebrated as “divinely and grandly” as the Purna Kumbh, and for the first time, sadhus and saints will take ‘Shahi Snan’ (royal bath) during the Ardh Kumbh, chief minister Pushkar Singh…

Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday wrote to the West Bengal DGP and Kolkata police commissioner directing them to protect the booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in special intensive revision in the state, “from unruly political party workers” who may be pressurising and threatening them to add…

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets his deputy DKS amid crisis rumours. NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday met chief minister Siddaramaiah at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru. With the leadership tussle in Karnataka seeing dramatic twists and turns by the hour, chief minister Siddaramaiah, following a nudge from the Congress high command, had…

India flies C-130 J plane carrying approx 12 tons of humanitarian aid to cylcone-hit Sri Lanka External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday announced that a C-130J aircraft carrying around 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid has landed in Colombo. The delivery is part of India’s Operation Sagar Bandhu, launched on Friday to assist Sri Lanka…