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The rupee on Friday gave up its initial gains and settled for the day lower by 6 paise at 89.95 against the US dollar, after the Reserve Bank cut the key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months. Forex traders said the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) rate cut will weigh on the...
23:43
The joint team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Ambala and Kurukshetra arrested a probationer sub inspector posted at the Dhauj police station in Faridabad after he was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh, said an ACB official. It is alleged that the...
23:38
The railway ministry on Friday decided to increase 116 coaches in 37 premium trains for the convenience of travellers in view of the disruption of Indigo airline's flight services.These trains originate from important stations such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Jammu Tawi, Patna, Howrah and...
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One of the two cheetah cubs released into the wild at the Kuno National Park the day before was found dead on Friday, a forest official said. One of female cheetah Veera's cubs, aged around 10 months, was found dead in the forest this afternoon, he said. On Thursday, which was...
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A lawyer was allegedly duped of Rs 33 lakh in a transaction related to a MHADA room in Worli, a police official said on Friday. The Vinoba Bhave Nagar police station official identified the accused as Navin Natha Gaikwad. Complainant Nitin Shingte, a lawyer residing in Kurla, was told...
22:35
Central Railway on Friday announced it will run six special trains on key long-distance routes on December 6 and 7 to clear the extra rush of passengers due to widespread flight cancellations across the country.CR chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila said the special services will operate...
22:33
Airfares reached levels never seen before on Friday, with a one-way one-stop economy-class SpiceJet Kolkata-Mumbai flight ticket for December 6 costing up to Rs 90,000, and a similar ticket of Air India for Mumbai-Bhubaneswar going up to Rs 84,485, according to the airlines' websites.A similar...
22:26
A meeting between Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and senior Minister Satish Jarkiholi at a wedding event, amid ongoing power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka, has led to a lot of speculation. Jarkiholi is considered close to CM Siddaramaiah and it is a known fact in the...
21:57
Shares of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of IndiGo, dropped over 7 per cent in the past four days ever since a crisis engulfed the airline, where it cancelled a large number of flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded for several hours.In the past four trading days, the stock has lost...
21:39
The United Kingdom government has announced sanctions against a British Sikh businessman and a group associated with him in the first use of the country's 'Domestic Counter-Terrorism Regime' to disrupt funding for the pro-Khalistan militant group Babbar Khalsa.Gurpreet Singh Rehal, linked with...
21:24
The Delhi Police has issued a notice to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar seeking financial and transactional details as part of its probe into the National Herald case, an official said on Friday.The notice issued by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) states that Shivakumar is...
21:21
Russian President Vladimir Putin was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday evening as he arrived to attend a state banquet hosted in his honour by President Droupadi Murmu.The event followed a day of summit engagements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during which the...
20:24
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that the overall punctuality of Indian Railways has significantly increased to 80 per cent which was better than several European countries.Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, the minister said several railway...
20:22
SpiceJet Chairman & Managing Director Ajay Singh underlined that SpiceJet has been extending help by running 100 additional flights over the next few days amid the ongoing issue of IndiGo flight delays and cancellations nationwide.He stated that the incident is extremely unfortunate and has...
20:08
India's forex reserves dropped by $1.877 billion to $686.227 billion during the week ended November 28, the RBI said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by $4.472 billion to $688.104 billion.For the week ended November 28, foreign currency assets, a major...
19:21
The Congress on Friday said Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have not been invited to the banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and took a swipe at its own MP Shashi Tharoor for accepting the invite.Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh...
18:55
IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Friday said the airline expects to have less than 1,000 flight cancellations on Saturday and that the situation is anticipated to normalise between December 10-15.On a day when the airline cancelled more than 1,000 flights, or over half of its daily number of services,...
18:12
Pilots' body Airlines' Pilots Association (ALPA) India on Friday took 'strong' objection to safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)'s 'selective and unsafe' relief to domestic carrier IndiGo, amid widescale cancellations, saying the decision sets a dangerous precedent.The...
17:44
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Friday said various operational measures, including keeping new flight duty norms in abeyance, will help address the IndiGo flight disruptions, and complete restoration of services is expected in next three days.The government has also decided to...
17:36
Police personnel posted at Mumbai international airport are on alert for the past 24 hours due to IndiGo flight cancellations, an official said on Friday. Air travel across India remained in chaos for a fourth straight day on Friday as IndiGo, the country's largest airline, scrapped around...
17:13
The government on Thursday said the new flight duty norms for pilots have been kept in abeyance and various operational steps are being taken to help normalise flight operations amid widespread disruptions at IndiGo.Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said a high-level inquiry has been...
16:13
Pune Airport on Friday said it has deployed additional manpower and strengthened coordination across all departments to manage passenger movement amid ongoing airline operational disruptions that have led to large-scale cancellations. Airport officials said between midnight and 8 am on...
16:04
India on Thursday disclosed that 2025 has recorded the highest number of deportations from the United States in the last 15 years, with 3,258 Indian nationals sent back till November 28 -- a number that surpasses every annual figure since 2009. Read more here.
15:27
IndiGo's massive flight cancellations across India have led to a significant surge in airfares across several key domestic routes, with prices skyrocketing to unprecedented levels, as passengers scrambled for alternatives. According to popular booking website MakeMyTrip (MMT) data, there are...
15:20
In a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Putin's visionary leadership in deepening the India-Russia ties and said that despite global challenges, the friendship has remained steadfast. He announced that the countries have discussed about...
15:02
Chaos, no help and cancellations marked travel by Indigo all through this week
IndiGo said that Friday should be the day with highest number of cancellations, as the airline is taking necessary steps to reboot its systems and schedules for progressive improvement. Short term proactive concellations are being made to ease operations, decongest the airports to prepare...
14:32
The Airline Pilots' Association of India (ALPA India) on Friday wrote to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), expressing strong objection over selective and unsafe dispensations granted to IndiGo under the revised Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) CAR Phase II implementation.This comes...
14:13
Aviation regulator DGCA's chief Faiz Ahmed Kidwai on Friday requested the cooperation of all pilots to ensure smooth flight operations amid massive IndiGo flight disruptions. In an appeal, the Director General said that in light of the current IndiGo flight disruptions due to operational...
13:53
Following the chaos caused by Indio flight cancellations at various airports, India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, withdrew the new weekly roster norm about weekly rest for pilots on Friday.In a statement, the DGCA said, In view of the ongoing operational...
13:18
Flight operations at Goa International Airport, Dabolim, were severely disrupted on Friday, with over 500 IndiGo flights delayed or cancelled, causing inconvenience to passengers. Passengers across multiple airports expressed strong frustration over operational failure, leaving many stranded...
13:13
The NIA on Friday produced Soyab, one of the accused arrested in connection with the Red Fort blast case, before Delhi's Patiala House Court. The accused was produced before Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna at around 12.50 pm on completion of his 10 days NIA custody....
12:56
Passengers at a Indigo counter at Mumbai's T1. Pic: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IndiGo's on-time performance plummeted to 8.5 per cent on Thursday, with worsening operational disruptions impacting flight schedules. The country's largest airline, which generally operates around 2,300 domestic and international flights daily, is now cancelling flights as part of efforts to...
12:48
India is not neutral and it is on the side of peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed this to Russian President Vladimir Putin at their annual summit talks here on Friday. In his televised opening remarks at the summit, Modi said the conflict should come...
12:40
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VinFast and the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to allocate approximately 500 acres of land in the Sipcot Industrial Park in Thoothukudi to support the expansion of the firm's existing facility to produce electric buses and escooters.This is likely to...
12:34
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warmly received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, ahead of the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit, underscoring the deep and longstanding partnership between the two nations.Putin is on his first visit to India in four years for...
12:13
All IndiGo flights departing from Delhi Airport on Friday have been cancelled till midnight, while operations for other carriers remain as scheduled, the Delhi Airport advisory stated.In an official advisory, the Delhi Airport said, IndiGo domestic flights departing from Delhi Airport on 5th...
12:04
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The proposed special exemption for petrol cars under 909 kg in the upcoming CAFE-3 carbon dioxide emissions regulation will favour a 'single company', hamper research and development and adversely' affect transition to electric vehicles in India, said Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convenor,...
11:58
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the visitors' book at the Rajghat, where he paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Since their last meeting in India in December 2021, the Russian President arrived in Delhi on Thursday and PM Modi, breaking protocol, personally took the initiative to welcome...
11:37
Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves from the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, where he was given a Guard of Honour. President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi with the Russian President, before he departed from there.
11:28
Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt in New Delhi ahead of his summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi on Thursday received Putin at New Delhi's Palam airport with a hug amid a group of...
11:19
All IndiGo departures from Delhi Airport cancelled till 3 PM today: GMR Delhi.Delhi Airport on Friday issued a passenger advisory and alerted travellers to operational challenges affecting certain domestic flights, resulting in delays and cancellations.In an advisory, Delhi Airport said, Please...
11:06
PM Narendra Modi welcomes President Droupadi Murmu to the Rashtrapati Bhawan forecourt ahead of the ceremonial welcome that is to be accorded to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
10:35
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Delhi Airport on Friday issued a passenger advisory and alerted travellers to operational challenges affecting certain domestic flights, resulting in delays and cancellations.In an advisory, Delhi Airport said, Please be advised that operational challenges affecting certain domestic services are...
10:27
Update: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced a 25 basis points reduction in the policy repo rate, bringing it down to 5.25 per cent. The decision was communicated by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra after the conclusion of the three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held from...
10:18
British American Tobacco plc (BAT) on Thursday said that it plans to sell between 7 per cent and 15.3 per cent of its stake in ITC Hotels.In a regulatory filing, BAT said that its wholly owned subsidiaries -- Tobacco Manufacturers (India), Myddleton Investment Company, and Rothmans International...
10:14
India's largest IT services major Tata Consultancy Services is in talks with global artificial intelligence and cloud majors Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Nvidia to co-develop enterprise solutions under its newly launched data-centre business, HyperVault.Sources said the...
10:11
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says, The MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) voted unanimously to reduce the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% with immediate effect. Since October policy, Indian economy has witnessed rapid disinflation. Rate-setting panel decides to continue with...
10:07
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday restrained Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy and its founder-trainer Avadhut Dinkar Sathe from dealing in securities and impounded Rs 546 crore of alleged 'unlawful gains'.The regulator said that the outfit was effectively running unregistered...
10:05
Amid the ongoing airline operational disruptions affecting flight schedules nationwide, Pune Airport on Friday confirmed that all airport teams remain fully mobilised across operations, terminal management, security, apron services, and passenger facilitation to ensure uninterrupted support and...
09:42
During the ongoing visit of the Russian Preisident Vladimir Putin to India, the two sides are expected to discuss major projects like the second overhauling of the Su-30 fighter jets, equipping Indian fleet with the R-37 air to air missiles that can hit targets at up more than 200 Kms along with...
09:26
Massive traffic restrictions will be in place in parts of the national capital on Friday in view of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit, a Delhi Traffic Police official said. Traffic police announced on Thursday extensive restrictions and diversions in Mother Teresa Crescent,...
08:34
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he presented a copy of the Gita in Russian to President Vladimir Putin. Presented a copy of the Gita in Russian to President Putin. The teachings of the Gita give inspiration to millions across the world, PM Modi said in a post on...
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AAP MLA Mehraj Malik (left)
The high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has listed a plea filed by detained AAP MLA Mehraj Malik for final consideration on December 18 after the petitioners elaborately put forth their arguments before the court. Malik, who is AAP's Jammu and Kashmir unit president, was detained...
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A 26-year-old man from Talapula Mandal in Sri Satya Sai district has gone missing in an African country, his family claimed on Thursday. While the family claimed K Ramachandran had gone to Mali for work, officials are yet to confirm from which African country he went missing, in a suspected...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday didn't mince words in expressing disinterest in incorporating his country into the Group of Seven (G7), a political and economic forum consisting of countries that remain economically advanced, citing one of the reasons being an unusual relationship...
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