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NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort as a “terrorist incident”.“The country has witnessed a heinous terrorist incident perpetrated by anti-national forces through a car explosion near Red Fort on 10th November,” Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during a Cabinet briefing, which began shortly after…

Air India Express flight evacuated NEW DELHI: A bomb threat email received on IndiGo’s grievance portal on Wednesday triggered a high alert at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), before being declared a hoax by authorities. The message mentioned several airports – including those in Delhi, Chennai, and Goa – prompting precautionary checks across all…

NEW DELHI: Investigation into the Red Fort blast case has led to a range of clues, involving “white-collar terror module”, a missing “red Ford EcoSport car” and Faridabad’s Al Falah university.A powerful blast in an explosive-laden Hyundai i20 car on Monday evening near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station killed 12 people and injured several others….

Mohammad Shoaib (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Two days after the deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, new revelations from the family of arrested doctor Shaheen Sayeed have added a personal dimension to the ongoing terror investigation.Speaking to PTI in Lucknow, Mohammad Shoaib, Shaheen’s elder brother, has said the family is in “complete disbelief” over…

The study site at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh | Credit: IISc BENGALURU: Insect-eating birds that live close to the forest floor in the Eastern Himalayas are facing serious survival challenges due to human-driven changes to their habitats, a new study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has found.Researchers from IISc’s Centre for…

A mild earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Assam‘s Dima Hasao district on Wednesday, at 12:40 pm (IST). According to preliminary data, the quake occurred at a depth of 30 km, with the epicentre located at latitude 25.19°N and longitude 92.92°E. No immediate damage or injuries have been reported at the time of…

Blast near Red Fort in Delhi NEW DELHI: A Hyundai i20 exploded near the Red Fort around 6:52pm on Monday, killing at least 12 people. Investigators are treating the incident as a terrorist strike under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and tracing it to a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) network that allegedly involved radicalised young doctors and…

Jammu and Kashmir police, on Wednesday, carried out an extensive search operation in Kulgam, raiding more than 200 locations linked to the banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI). Similar operations were launched across the Valley and the national capital a day earlier, following a deadly explosion in Delhi. 12 Killed In Car Bomb Blast In Islamabad; PM…

The UK government has updated its travel advisory for British nationals following Monday’s deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort area, which claimed 12 lives and left several others injured.In its latest guidance, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advised British citizens in Delhi to remain cautious and follow instructions from local authorities.“There has…

Wreckage of AI-171 outside Ahmedabad airport AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad airport has undertaken a large-scale wildlife management operation to reduce the risk of bird and animal strikes around the airfield, five months after London-bound AI-171 crashed after take-off on June 12, killing all 241 people on board.In association with the forest department, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport…