NEW DELHI: The Air India pilot — whose rap song on the airline's pathetic condition has gone viral on YouTube — on Tuesday gave a written apology to the management over the allegedly 'sexist' lyrics. The airline says it will speak to the Dreamliner co-pilot and review his past conduct before taking a final decision on him.
NEW DELHI: The Air India pilot — whose rap song on the airline's pathetic condition has gone viral on YouTube — on Tuesday gave a written apology to the management over the allegedly 'sexist' lyrics. The airline says it will speak to the Dreamliner co-pilot and review his past conduct before taking a final decision on him.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday presented a Rs 23,913 crore deficit budget for the state for 2013-14 at Rs 2,21,201.19 crore. The 'populist' budget has been tabled keeping in mind 2014 Lok Sabha elections,which can also be held before schedule.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday presented a Rs 23,913 crore deficit budget for the state for 2013-14 at Rs 2,21,201.19 crore. The 'populist' budget has been tabled keeping in mind 2014 Lok Sabha elections,which can also be held before schedule.
NAGPUR: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati made her prime ministerial ambitions loud and clear while addressing a rally of over 50,000 state-level Bahujan Samaj Party workers at Kasturchand Park here on Sunday. The BSP supremo addressed the rally from a stage that was made as a replica of the historic Red Fort in Delhi. BSP workers in Nagpur had roped in local decorator Digambar Bagde to erect the monument's replica.
NAGPUR: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati made her prime ministerial ambitions loud and clear while addressing a rally of over 50,000 state-level Bahujan Samaj Party workers at Kasturchand Park here on Sunday. The BSP supremo addressed the rally from a stage that was made as a replica of the historic Red Fort in Delhi. BSP workers in Nagpur had roped in local decorator Digambar Bagde to erect the monument's replica.
ISLAMABAD: In a show of strength in the Pakistani capital, several banned anti-India militant groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, on Wednesday vowed to take "revenge" for the execution of Afzal Guru and step up their "jihad" in Jammu and Kashmir.
ISLAMABAD: In a show of strength in the Pakistani capital, several banned anti-India militant groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, on Wednesday vowed to take "revenge" for the execution of Afzal Guru and step up their "jihad" in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi, Feb 15: The alleged middleman in the deal for VVIP helicopters have claimed that the then Air Chief S P Tyagi used to brief them on the developments in the tender, according to Italian investigators.
Haschke and Gerosa have reportedly claimed that Tyagi would keep them updated on the tender for the 12 helicopters during their meetings, which are believed to have taken place six to seven times.
New Delhi, Feb 15: The alleged middleman in the deal for VVIP helicopters have claimed that the then Air Chief S P Tyagi used to brief them on the developments in the tender, according to Italian investigators.
Haschke and Gerosa have reportedly claimed that Tyagi would keep them updated on the tender for the 12 helicopters during their meetings, which are believed to have taken place six to seven times.
Jammu, Feb 15: Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Thursday, an army spokesperson said Friday.
"There has been a ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops on the LoC in the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch without any provocation from Indian side Thursday night," an army spokesperson said.
Jammu, Feb 15: Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Thursday, an army spokesperson said Friday.
"There has been a ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops on the LoC in the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch without any provocation from Indian side Thursday night," an army spokesperson said.
NEW DELHI: Indian intelligence agencies have rejected JKLF leader Yasin Malik's defence that his appearance in the same frame as 26/11 mastermind and Hafiz Saeed was incidental and believe that the Kashmiri leader deliberately shared the stage with the LeT chief to do a one-up on moderate Hurriyat leaders, who had secretly met Saeed last December.
NEW DELHI: Indian intelligence agencies have rejected JKLF leader Yasin Malik's defence that his appearance in the same frame as 26/11 mastermind and Hafiz Saeed was incidental and believe that the Kashmiri leader deliberately shared the stage with the LeT chief to do a one-up on moderate Hurriyat leaders, who had secretly met Saeed last December.
CHENNAI: President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the road to the gallows for four associates of slain forest brigand Veerappan by rejecting their mercy petitions. The four were sentenced to death for killing 22 people, including policemen, in a landmine blast in 1993. Union home ministry sources confirmed Belgaum jail, where the convicts are lodged, has been told.
CHENNAI: President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the road to the gallows for four associates of slain forest brigand Veerappan by rejecting their mercy petitions. The four were sentenced to death for killing 22 people, including policemen, in a landmine blast in 1993. Union home ministry sources confirmed Belgaum jail, where the convicts are lodged, has been told.
SHIMLA: Even as the state government has started a probe into alleged violations in leasing out 28 acre prime land in HP to PatanjaliYogapeeth by the previous BJP government, the Yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, is all set to inaugurate the first phase of the project on the land under question.
SHIMLA: Even as the state government has started a probe into alleged violations in leasing out 28 acre prime land in HP to PatanjaliYogapeeth by the previous BJP government, the Yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, is all set to inaugurate the first phase of the project on the land under question.
