AirAsia QZ8501: Relatives of 162 passengers wait anxiously for news of missing plane

Family members of passengers on board AirAsia flight QZ8501 talk on their phones while waiting for information inside a crisis centre at Juanda Airport in East Java. Photograph: Suryanto/ Reuters......

Admiral J G Nadkarni: Puny India

Time for reflection, introspection and stocktaking. Time for a little pat on the back for things well done, a little admonition for things not so well done.Time for a survey of things that went......

UDAN international plan under cloud as AirAsia India fails to get permit

Tata group-owned AirAsia India’s inability to get approval for international flights is hurting UDAN, the Indian government’s regional air connectivity project that also aims to link......

How Covid-19 weakened Air Asia India beyond recovery

In India, many players are in the throes of chaos and pain but at least one partnership -- Air Asia India -- that was fraying even before the pandemic now finds itself at breaking point, says......

For AirAsia's Tony Fernandes, Indian sky is out of bounds

With cash shortage and plans going awry, the AirAsia owner is looking to cash out of the venture he built with Ratan Tata in 2013. Arindam Majumdar reports. Last September, Tony Fernandes, owner......

Has Tony Fernandes got AirAsia stuck in turbulence?

One thing is certain: The part-Goan, part-Malayali group CEO of Air Asia is not your usual boardroom CEO, and he cultivates the maverick businessman image, buying race car teams and football clubs......

ISL: Odisha FC hold FC Goa in an intense draw

IMAGE: FC Goa players celebrate with Ivan Gonzalez. Photograph: ISL/Facebook FC Goa started off the Derrick Pereira era with a 1-1 draw against Odisha FC in an Indian Super League game, in Vasco,......

WC Qualifiers: Plucky India hold Asian champions Qatar to goalless draw

IMAGE: The young Indians denied Qatar, who won the Asian Cup title in January, any goal despite the home side having more than one dozen shots on target. Photograph: AIFF Twitter A gritty India......

Football Briefs: Messi to miss Argentina friendlies in US

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Argentinian forward Lionel Messi. Photograph: Sipa USA via USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Argentina captain Lionel Messi has ruled......

Sports Shorts: Sharan, Sitak out of Atlanta Open

IMAGE: Divij Sharan in action. Photograph: Jaimi Chisholm/Getty Images The top seeded pair of Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak bowed out of the ATP Atlanta Open after losing their first round in......

Sports Shorts: Mumbai to host Man United legend Saha on Jan 20

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Former Manchester United forward Louis Saha. Photograph: Dave Thompson/Getty Images Mumbai is all set to host one of......