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Air India operations shut down for 6 hours due to tech glitch, leaves passengers stranded

Air India's SITA software, which is responsible for check-ins, baggage & reservations, malfunctioned between 3 am and 9 am on Saturday.

Case filed against man who alleged Tripura CM Biplab Deb divorced his wife

Chief Minister Biplab Deb's wife Niti Deb posted a message on Facebook quashing rumours of the rumours.

Fund manager slips into Mumbai manhole and survives to tell tale

Fund manager Samir Arora tweeted about his escape saying quick reflexes and shape of manhole gave him a second life.

PepsiCo agrees to settle potato cultivation case with 4 farmers

PepsiCo offered to settle the dispute if farmers gave an undertaking to purchase this specific variety of seeds from it.

Asaram Bapu’s son Narayan Sai convicted for rape

Narayan Sai was arrested in 2013 in rape of a Surat-based woman, who was a disciple of his father.

Nobody told me which law I violated: IAS officer suspended for searching Modi’s chopper

Mohammad Mohsin, the IAS officer suspended for checking Modi’s helicopter, says the EC never sought his version of events before suspending him.

Kota was once a prosperous industrial hub. Now it has just 1 factory left — exam coaching

Jobs as an election issue has deep resonance in Kota, where serial industry closures over the past decades have spawned an army of jobless.

Air India now has 4 Boeing 777s grounded, because it doesn’t have money to maintain them

A Boeing 777-200LR caught fire Wednesday at Delhi airport while being prepared for a flight to San Francisco. Air India officials termed it a ‘minor accident’.

Civil aviation body initiates probe after Rahul Gandhi’s flight faces engine trouble

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday was on his way to Patna as a part of his campaign trail when the flight was rerouted to Delhi.

Dalit IAS officer used to think caste bias was a myth. Now he’s fighting it

Jagmohan Singh Raju, a Dalit IAS officer of the 1985 batch, claims his elevation as additional secretary was stalled over his caste.

On Camera

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

Complex network of India’s existing air defence capabilities & the way forward

Provocations among Israel & Iran have prompted discussion on the need for India to broaden its air defence apparatus, given tensions with adversarial neighbours.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.