Rohit Pawar and Supriya Sule step up pressure on Centre for ‘transparent’ probe into Ajit plane crash | India News

[ad_1] Ajit Pawar killed in plane crash MUMBAI/PUNE: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday demanded that civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu step down from his post until the probe into the Baramati air crash that killed Ajit Pawar was completed. Baramati MP and Ajit’s cousin Supriya Sule also called for a “transparent” inquiry […]

‘Himanta is Assam’s Jinnah’: Congress plays down Bhupen Borah’s exit; alleges ‘confidential leaks’ | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Calling Himanta Biswa Sarma “Assam’s Jinnah”, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi played down the exit of former state Congress chief Bhupen Borah from the party ahead of the assembly polls.Speaking at a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday, Gogoi questioned Borah’s decision to quit the Congress and join the BJP on February 22. […]

Ajit Pawar plane’s black boxes damaged in fire: AAIB | India News

[ad_1] Plane crash on Jan 28 near Baramati airport. Mumbai: The two independent black boxes of the Learjet aircraft that crashed at Baramati airport, killing the then Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar, sustained fire damage, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said on Tuesday. The AAIB said specialised support from the manufacturer was sought to retrieve […]

Ajit Pawar plane crash: NCP seeks CBI probe into former deputy CM’s death, submits memorandum to Fadnavis | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash in Baramati last month.A delegation of senior party leaders, including his wife Sunetra Pawar, NCP National Working President and MP […]

‘Messy, risky, dangerous’: EAM Jaishankar says global order heading for ‘twilight zone’ | India News

[ad_1] External affairs minister S Jaishankar (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday expressed concern over the changing global order that he said appeared to be “headed for a long twilight zone,” which the minister predicted would be “messy, risky, unpredictable, and even dangerous”.Speaking during the FECC Three-Day Global Economic Cooperation […]

India must use AI to make governance efficient, citizen-centric: Anthropic CEO | India News

[ad_1] Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei BENGALURU: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said even as artificial intelligence technology produces great value, it will also bring big economic turmoil. So it is important, he said, to ensure everyone shares in the benefits, and urged India, as the world’s largest democracy, to use AI to make governance more efficient […]

PM Modi won’t go for Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in as it clashes with Macron meet in Mumbai | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected govt of Bangladesh led by Tarique Rahman, chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in Dhaka on Feb 17. Foreign secretary Vikram Misri will accompany him, according to official sources.BNP had invited PM Narendra Modi for the […]

Global apathy enables Pakistan’s proxy warfare against India: Report | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India must continue to expose Pakistan’s nexus with terrorist groups and its tendency to pursue a proxy war against neighbouring countries as Islamabad has long evaded accountability due to the apathy of the international community, a latest report in a US-based independent journal has said.“Simultaneously, India needs to enhance its anti-terrorism apparatus […]

2 journalist bodies condemn Rahul Gandhi talk on media impartiality | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Two journalist bodies on Saturday criticised Congress neta Rahul Gandhi for questioning the impartiality of mediapersons, saying political leaders must use respectful language while addressing the press, especially in public spaces like the Parliament.The reaction came after Gandhi, speaking to reporters outside the Parliament earlier in the week, asked journalists to be […]

Show respect to Jr Dagar Bandhu, SC tells A R Rahman | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday told music composer A R Rahman to show respect to and acknowledge Junior Dagar Bandhu’s contributions to the Dhrupad tradition of Indian classical music. Their heir has accu-sed Rahman of copyright infringement.Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar filed a suit seeking to bar Rahman from using ‘Shiva Stuti’, which he […]