INDIA

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Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

9:48 pm July 4, 2021

New Delhi: An Air India flyer has sought damages from the airline after the recent leak of personal data of 4.5 million passengers including hers and her husband’s. A legal notice was sent to Air India management on Sunday by Ritika Handoo in which she said that the airline informed her about the breach on […]

Aerial objects like drones banned in Delhi till Aug 16

Drones banned in Srinagar

9:43 pm July 4, 2021

Srinagar: A week after a drone attack at an Air Force base in Jammu, authorities in Srinagar on Sunday banned the sale, possession and use of such unmanned aerial vehicles in the city. Earlier, authorities in border districts of Rajouri and Kathua in the Jammu region had put curbs on the use of drones and […]

Dhami sworn in as new Uttarakhand CM

9:38 pm July 4, 2021

Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn in as the 11th chief minister of Uttarakhand here on Sunday. The oath of office was administered on Dhami by Governor Baby Rani Maurya at a simple function held on the lawns of the Raj Bhawan in the presence of a host of MPs, MLAs and functionaries of the […]

Two TMC activists attacked in Bengal, six arrested

9:34 pm July 4, 2021

Kolkata: Miscreants attacked two TMC activists and opened fire in the air outside one of the ruling party’s offices in the city’s northern outskirts, triggering panic in the area, a police officer said on Sunday. Six persons have been arrested so far in connection with the incident, he said. “At least 10-12 motorcycle-borne men arrived […]

2 arrested for robbing Army jawan

9:31 pm July 4, 2021

New Delhi: Two men have been arrested for allegedly robbing an Army jawan in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony area, police said on Sunday. Both the accused — Rajiv Kumar (28) and Umesh (22) — are residents of Uttar Pradesh, they said. The police received information on April 13 about the robbery. The complainant Tawar […]