The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to utilise the services of the Air Force to lift hundreds of stranded passengers as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway continued to remain closed for the passenger traffic for past nearly 10 days.
"Workers in acute distress, medical cases, pregnant women, the elderly and the group of Indians stranded in Dubai Airport," are likely to get first priority when the government resumes services for repatriation, he said.
Airlines say ATF fuel prices in India are 40 per cent higher than in countries such as Singapore. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra
Tata-SIA will kick off with full-service domestic operations.
India will be ushering into the 73rd year of freedom and will celebrate Independence Day on August 15, 2019. It was on August 15, 1947, when India gained freedom from the British Rule and decided to be an independent democracy. As India steps into its 73rd Independence Day on August 15, the preparations for the celebration are in full swing. Take a look.
'Kerala is probably the only state, where (with regard to) the clinical management and the overall protocols, we have an infectious disease team heading the whole containment plan.'
Experts expect a net loss of Rs 26.7 billion for IndiGo and Rs 10.1 billion for SpiceJet in Q1FY21 driven by low traffic volume, low fleet utilisation and poor coverage of fixed costs.
The Wuhan lockdown was lifted even as epidemiologists warned that it is not the time to completely lower the guard and ease on full-scale restrictions, considering the looming asymptomatic patients and possible rebound in infections, the official media reported.
This is the first time domestic players have announced steep cuts.
In its flight performance, it can move up to a maximum speed of 180 km/h and minimum speed for level flight at 50 km/h.
Details were not immediately available ahead of a planned government briefing.
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'Tibetans will participate in future conflicts with India (in all probability, some were already present in Galwan).' 'As nobody in India would like to have a deadly fight with Tibetan soldiers and officers, the issue needs to be closely followed,' observes Claude Arpi.
India may be hit if stalemate in Washington persists over two weeks.
Modi hailed the close defence cooperation between the two countries and welcomed the completion of the logistics agreement between the two navies.
The decision was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in view of the tense situation in Kashmir, the minister told state broadcaster PTV.
In an unprecedented measure, the Maharashtra government requested defence officials to arrange airlift of the stranded passengers of the 17412 Mahalaxmi Express.
Flight services were severely hit for the first time this winter as airliners had to either reschedule or cancel a number of services to domestic destinations like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Jammu.
'Coronavirus is not the only emergency, and it is certainly not the only illness people can suffer from'
The national capital received heavy precipitation resulting in waterlogging on several roads and traffic jams at various intersections.
The slowdown is especially pronounced in rural areas, which have suffered two consecutive dry years.
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
Budget should be a platform for govt to take bold steps.
The top court called the pollution in Delhi-NCR as atrocious and said no one is safe even inside homes. "It is too much. No one is safe even inside their house. It is atrocious," the bench said.
An unprecedented decision to form a ministerial-level committee was driven by fears of witch-hunt by investigating agencies.
Mumbai's dabbawalas have also suspended their services on Tuesday.
They also inked a pact for cultural exchanges through 2018-2020.
Delhi BJP chief Tiwari said each poor family will be provided good quality, subsidised 'atta' (wheat flour) at a rate of Rs 2 per kilogram. The BJP will bring an ambitious 'Samridh Delhi Infrastructure Scheme', with a provision of Rs 10,000 crore, to ensure "focussed and priority" development of roads, flyovers, foot over-bridges and other key infrastructure projects, the manifesto stated. The manifesto promises to set up a 'Colonies Development Board' for undertaking development of various civic amenities.
The Air-India will reintroduce two of its five Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong services from July 11.
Captain Indu Nair, joined a private airline after her tenure as a pilot in the Indian Air Force ended five years ago. Among the first batches of women pilots in the IAF, she flew during the Kargil conflict. As a commercial airline pilot, one of her best experiences, she says, is when she takes off with an all woman crew - in the cockpit and the cabin.
UAE-based carrier RAK Airways will start services from Ras Al-Khaimah to five Indian destinations, including New Delhi and Mumbai from April this year.
To ensure adequate direct air connectivity, India and China on Thursday agreed to substantially increase the number of flights and destinations between them.
As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon.
Bids to be evaluated according to guidelines by the civil aviation ministry, following which a buyer will be selected. Transfer of control to the buyer to be effected by June-end.
Suburban rail traffic between Dadar and Matunga was temporarily halted after a tree fell over a Dadar-bound train. Local trains on the Western and harbour lines are also running late by 10 to 15 minutes.
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State government announced ex gratia for kin of those who lost lives.
Small aircraft operators want better infra at regional airports.
As ferry services increase and remote working becomes the norm, the rural beach town has turned into a sought-after refuge for city slickers from Mumbai and Pune.
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