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11:57 AM

Singapore bound Air India flight returns to Chennai due to mid-air technical snag

A Singapore bound Air India flight on Friday returned Chennai after pilots detected a technical snag mid-air, officials at the airport here and the airliner said. The pilots contacted the airport upon discovering the issue, to return to the city and the flight, with about 170 passengers later made a safe landing, they added.

11:43 AM

PM Modi makes podcast debut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recorded his first podcast which is likely to be released on Friday. In the trailer released by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, who hosts the podcast, PM Modi recalls that in a speech as Gujarat chief minister, he said that mistakes happen and he too can make some. "I am also a human not god," the prime minister said in the trailer.

11:35 AM

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to White House

In a singular moment in US history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene.Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago. A state judge is to say what consequences, if any, the country's former and soon-to-be leader will face for felonies that a jury found he committed.

11:10 AM

Railway minister inspects production of Vande Bharat 2.0 sleeper trains at Integral Coach Factory

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the manufacturing of Vande Bharat 2.0 range of trains at the Integral Coach Factory. Accompanied by General Manager U Subba Rao, the minister inspected the furnishing division of ICF, sleeper coaches of Vande Bharat 2.0 trains and pantry cars currently under production at the facility. Inaugurated in 1955, the Integral Coach Factory is one of the earliest production units in the country.

11:01 AM

News update: Death toll rises to 10 from Los Angeles wildfires

10:55 AM

ED carrying out raids at residence of RJD lawmaker Alok Kumar Mehta

Enforcement Directorate (ED) is carrying out raids at the residence of RJD MLA Alok Kumar Mehta in Bihar. More than a dozen locations have been raided since early morning in connection with a money laundering case involving the leader.

10:40 AM

Here's why SC refused to review pleas against same-sex marriage ruling

The top court has rejected review petitions challenging its landmark ruling that denied legal recognition to same-sex marriages in India. The court had earlier ruled that there was no constitutional basis for granting legal recognition to same-sex unions. Read here for more details.

10:29 AM

Liberal Party of Canadian PM Trudeau to choose new leader on March 9

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party said late on Thursday it will choose a new leader on March 9 ahead of the 2025 elections for which polls show the party in a very weak position.

10:03 AM

Baba Siddique's son Zeeshan alleges police inaction, seeks help from CM

NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique on Thursday met Joint CP Mumbai Police Gautam Lakhmi regarding the chargesheet filed in NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder case.

9:37 AM

President Murmu to confer Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2025 on 27 people

President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2025 on 27 people here on Friday, an official release said. Murmu will address the valedictory session of the three-day 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebration. She reached the Odisha capital on Thursday. The awardees include, among others, President of Trinidad & Tobago Christine Carla Kangaloo in public affairs, Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar from the UK in politics and Dr Sharmila Ford from the US in community service

9:28 AM

Singapore bound Air India flight returns due to mid air technical snag

An Air India flight bound to Singapore from here on Friday returned to the city after pilots detected a technical snag mid-air, officials at the airport here said. The pilots contacted the airport upon discovering the issue, to return to the city and the flight, with about 170 passengers later made a safe landing, they added.

9:05 AM

Amid bird flu concerns, Nagpur zoo temporarily halts chicken meals for wild animals

Nagpur's Maharajbagh Zoo has temporarily stopped feeding chicken to wild animals at the facility after three tigers and a leopard died at a wildlife rescue centre in the city, an official has said. Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Thursday that the big cats died of avian influenza, possibly contracted after consuming chicken.