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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin and is understood to have discussed ways to further expand India-Russia ties. The meeting came hours after Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that largely focused on expanding the trade ties between the two countries. We believe that relations between India and Russia have been among the steadiest of the major relationships in the world after the Second World War, J
HARIDWAR: The water level of the Ganga in Haridwar has crossed the warning level due to incessant rain in the city, officials said. The water level, already 10 cm above the warning level on Monday, was rising, prompting the adminstration to ask people near the floodplains to remain alert. If the water level increases further, villages on the banks of the Ganga could be flooded, houses and farms fields in low-lying areas could be waterlogged. Relief and rescue teams have been put on alert. Irriga
PUNE: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's lawyer on Thursday withdrew from a Pune court the plea claiming apprehension of threat to the parliamentarian from followers of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The lawyer, Milind Pawar, said the court has accepted withdrawal of the plea. Earlier on Wednesday, hours after filing the plea, the lawyer said it was filed without Gandhi's consent and would be withdrawn. Pawar is representing Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, gran
MUMBAI: Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show cause notice to IndiGo for alleged lapses in simulator training conducted for nearly 1,700 pilots, according to sources. The sources on Tuesday said the show cause notice was issued after scrutiny of records and replies received from the airline last month. IndiGo said it is in the process of reviewing the show-cause notice. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found that Category C or critical airfield training for around 1,700 pilot
PUNE: A training aircraft crash-landed near Baramati airport in Pune district on Saturday, police said, adding that nobody was injured. The incident occurred when the aircraft, owned by Redbird Flight Training Centre, was landing after completing a training sortie. While flying the aircraft, the pilot noticed that one of the tyres was damaged. The pilot attempted an emergency landing at around 8 am. The front wheel of the aircraft came off after touchdown. The aircraft strayed from the taxiway a