IndiGo’s failure to comply with FDTL norms led to crisis: Chandrababu Naidu

IANS | December 8, 2025 9:52 PM

Amaravati, Dec 8 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said nationwide disruption caused by IndiGo’s mass flight cancellations stemmed from the airline’s failure to comply with Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms recommended by the Parliament Standing Committee.

Congress did not give priority to country's defence: FM Sitharaman

IANS | December 8, 2025 9:12 PM

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Monday, launched a scathing attack on the Congress in the Rajya Sabha, saying the party did not give adequate priority to allocations for the country's defence when it was in power.

Bangladesh: BNP accuses one party of playing 'religion card' for political gains

IANS | December 8, 2025 9:03 PM

Dhaka, Dec 8 (IANS) As political conflict intensifies ahead of next year’s election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday took an indirect dig at the radical Islamist party, Jamaat- e-Islami asserting that the people of the country have already unmasked a group that seeks to misguide the nation by playing the "religion card", the local media reported.

Bangladesh: Awami League slams selective coverage of UN human rights probe

IANS | December 8, 2025 9:02 PM

Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League party on Monday claimed that a fact-finding team from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which visited the country between September 16 2024 and February 12 2025 and later released a report on the so-called 'July–August 2024 demonstrations', received only selective coverage in the local media.