The flight from Dubai with 190 people, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode airport in heavy rain on Friday, killing 18 people, including both the pilots.
The government will chart out a plan for the evacuation of seafarers stuck on international waters amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya has said. Thousands of Indian seafarers are currently stuck aboard cruise ships and cargo vessels in far off waters, and maritime bodies have been demanding from the government strategies for bringing them home fearing that delays might result in disruption in supply chain.
Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad's bid to flee the United States did not raise any red flag as the airline whose flight to Dubai he boarded had not refreshed its information on the Pakistani-American being tailed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A middle-aged individual who is suspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other investigating agencies for being involved in the failed Times Square car bombing is a naturalised US citizen of Pakistani origin, media reports said on Tuesday.
The year gone by has also forced all airlines to turn the lens sharply on their own costs, workings and internal dynamics, opening their eyes to their vulnerabilities. Fewer, leaner, nimbler players will emerge from the carnage.
'People in general have a kind of contemptuous attitude to those from Malappuram. But we have shown the entire world what dedicated and selfless work is.'
As much as Rs 8,000 crore worth of mobile phones in this segment - out of a total of Rs 15,000 crore - come into the country through the grey market. The government imposed the duty on these phones primarily to encourage domestic production but the strategy has failed as the bulk of high end mobile phones are currently imported.
Emirates is now making this feature available to customers of all classes instead of only those travelling first and business class, a press release said in Dubai.
SpiceJet is expanding international operations to improve dollar earnings and offset losses caused by currency rate fluctuations.
Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Sunday ended nearly four years in self-exile defying threats of arrest and assassination by Taliban, saying that he returned home to "save" Pakistan and would face all "challenges" that lay ahead.
Bhutto, who was scheduled to go on a four-day trip to Dubai where her husband Asif Ali Zardari, her daughter and her mother currently live, was stopped at the international airport in Islamabad.
Estimates of decline in arrivals vary from 30-50 per cent. Rouble fell to 80 against the dollar on Tuesday, but settled around 72 against the dollar its steepest fall in sixteen years.
The 16-hour flight will be the first direct one from India to the US west coast.
'This year, we know the virus. Last year we didn't know anything about it.' 'The best part is that for the Indian population there has been some amount of cross protection.'
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona insulted reporters and kicked a photographer after arriving home in Buenos Aires on a visit from Dubai, where he works as a sports ambassador.
Virat Kohli will be facing the most defining test of his captaincy career as he expects his men to be the proverbial 'phoenix rising from the ashes' when India take on a street-smart New Zealand in a do-or-die T20 World Cup Super 12 match in Dubai on Sunday.
Recently, there have been technical mishaps, including an electrical fire and a brake problem, involving the aircraft.
2021 has a lot to offer for sports lovers with the Tokyo Olympics topping the list.
Ending four years of self-imposed exile, Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday to take part in the May 11 general elections despite a Taliban death threat.
'So for this last Test everybody has been told to stay in the rooms... don't move, or try and order room service. Play the Test match and get on with it and let's get to IPL after that. So that's kind of been the mood so to speak (before the match was called off)'
Jet Airways is imposing $50 surcharge on economy class fare on its Gulf flights.
The Scottish broadcaster said Murray was self-isolating and still had hopes of competing in the Australian Open next month.
In a bid to provide a competitive package for destinations to India, Cyprus Airways is looking at tie-ups with private Indian airlines like Jet and Sahara, for flights to Colombo.\n\n\n\n
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has rejected allegations that several players from his Premier League bottom side often stayed out until 5 a.m. drinking alcohol at a training camp in Dubai last month.
Such seats would be available on a pre-payment of Rs 500 per passenger on domestic flights and Rs 800 for international travel
Air India postpones plan to put new long-haul aircraft on Australia route.
Cases with the Omicron variant have already been detected in Karnataka and Gujarat.
After the accident on Friday, Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore, Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor alleged on Twitter that there were safety lapses on the part of the civil aviation ministry.
Alli apologised for the offence caused by his behaviour after the FA's decision.
On Friday, the Swiss legend posted a picture of his 'vehicle of choice' for the journey, on his Twitter page.
Shehraz Sarwar caused alarm with his behaviour during turbulence on-board an Emirates Boeing 777 from Dubai to Birmingham in February this year.
Vikram Lamba was carrying 13000 pounds and electronic and luxury items worth lakhs.
Formula One teams headed to China on Monday still unsure whether their return trip would take in troubled Bahrain for the following grand prix next week amid safety fears and increasingly loud calls for that race to be cancelled.
An Indian woman, allegedly involved in carrying out recruitment for the dreaded Islamic State terror outfit, was today deported by the United Arab Emirates after which she was arrested n Hyderabad.
Maharashtra has reported 31 positive cases, Kerala 19, Uttar Pradesh 11, Delhi and Karnataka six each, Ladakh three, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Telangana two each; and Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab one case each. The total number of confirmed cases also includes 17 foreigners -- 16 Italian tourists and a Canadian, it said.
Foreign carriers leveraged the sixth freedom rights to grab Indian market share.
Australia are confident wicketkeeper Matthew Wade will be fit for the upcoming Test tour of India and have no plans to call up another gloveman as a precaution, according to coach Darren Lehmann.
Harbhajan Singh has already the CSK management about his decision of opting out of the T20 league, starting on September 19.
