An Indonesian air force transport plane has crashed into a mountain, killing all 13 people onboard, during a training exercise in the remote region of Papua, a search and rescue agency official said on Sunday. The Hercules C130 plane had taken off from the city of Timika before crashing near its destination of Wamena at around 6.15 a.m. local time […]
» Read moreYou may soon not have to worry about carrying physical identity documents at metro airports as a plan for biometric authentication of flyers is all set to take off. After the successful pilot run for Aadhaar-based airport entry authentication for passengers at the Hyderabad airport, the Mumbai and Bengaluru airports are planning to take up similar pilot projects.
» Read moreA suicide bomber killed at least 30 Yemeni soldiers on Sunday when he detonated his explosives at a gathering in the southern city of Aden, military officials and medics said. Many others were wounded in the attack that targeted a crowd of soldiers gathered to collect their salaries at a base in northeastern Aden, the sources said. The attacker immersed […]
» Read moreA magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck 157 km (98 miles) east of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, prompting a warning about tsunami waves in the region. Widespread hazardous tsunami waves are possible, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said in a message following the quake, which struck the New Ireland region of Papua New Guinea […]
» Read moreRs. 30 lakh in cash and two and a half kilograms of gold were seized from the premises of a prominent tailor in Chandigarh by the Enforcement Directorate as part of its operation to unearth illegal cash. Out of the seized cash Rs. 18 lakh were in new Rs. 2,000 notes, the rest were in 100- and 50-rupee notes. Acting […]
» Read moreJharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain has been appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana will head external intelligence agency RAW. Both the officers will have a tenure of two years. Mr Jain, who is currently serving as the Special Director in the IB, will take over on January 1 after the incumbent Dineshwar Sharma […]
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