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The defence ministry on Tuesday approved military procurement worth Rs 8,722 crore including 106 basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force, officials said.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is no longer confined to the launching of satellites under the Modi government and has been constantly expanding its role in development activities as well, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.

BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has called officials of BSNL "traitors" who were "not ready to work" as he slammed "poor" network of the state-owned telecom operator in parts of Karnataka.

A gust of wind, wrong decision by the pilots, the condition of the air strip and even faulty indication by the instrument landing system could be possible reasons for the crash of the Air India Express on Friday in Kerala's Kozhikode, according to aviation experts.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over alleged lack of security for women in the state and asserted that there should be zero tolerance to crimes against women.

The COVID-19 case count in West Bengal breached the one lakh-mark today to reach 1,01,390 after 2,931 new infections were reported, the state health department said.

Aviation regulator DGCA has suspended two senior executives of AirAsia India for a period of three months over "safety violations", said a senior official today.

The bitter feud between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa made headlines, yet again, on Tuesday, with Mr Singh tearing into his party colleague over a "shameful" letter to Dinkar Gupta, the Punjab DGP

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday allowed self-styled godman Asaram Bapu to have food from outside the Jodhpur Central Jail once a day.

Two leading pilot unions of Air India on Tuesday said DGCA chief Arun Kumar must be immediately replaced with a suitable candidate with substantial knowledge of the aviation sector and operational experience as his comments on news channels reveal a total lack of technical know-how and an "amateurish view" of the Kozhikode plane crash.

The DGCA has barred the operation of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode airport this monsoon "out of abundant caution", a senior official said, adding that the aviation regulator will conduct a special audit of airports that receive heavy rains.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today sought from Prime Minister Narendra Modi a liberal financial package to fill the revenue collection gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Tuesday with the water entering fresh areas affecting over 62,000 more people in 16 districts, taking the number of flood victims to more than 75 lakh, a bulletin by the state Disaster Management Department bulletin said.

An aide of the dead gangster Vikas Dubey has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police from Chitrakoot district, days after the dramatic surrender of another associate and accused of the Kanpur ambush in which eight policemen were killed, officials said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted people on the occasion of Janmashtami.