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IndiGo crisis: DGCA grills CEO for 2nd day; sacks 4 flight ops inspectors

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers appeared before the Directorate General of Civil Aviation panel probing the operational disruptions for the second straight day on Friday, while the watchdog sacked four......

IndiGo cancelled 650 flights on Sunday, operated 1,650

The country's largest airline IndiGo on Sunday cancelled over 650 flights while the disrupted operations were slowly stabilising as the number of cancellations reduced and more than Rs 610 crore......

HC rejects plea on fourfold compensation for IndiGo passengers

The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking direction to the Centre and IndiGo airline to pay a compensation of four times the full ticket price to all passengers whose......

IndiGo ropes in external expert for flight disruption probe

IndiGo's board on Friday announced the appointment of an external aviation expert to carry out a root-cause analysis of recent flight disruptions. IMAGE: Passengers wait at Jai Prakash Narayan......

Chinese man detained in J-K, searched CRPF deployments, Art 370 on phone

The mobile phone of a Chinese national, detained in Srinagar for "violation" of visa rules, has been sent for a thorough forensic examination as he had visited places of strategic importance in......

India Leads World In Real-Time Payments

In its June 2025 review, the International Monetary Fund spotlighted India's Unified Payments Interface as the world's most dominant retail instant-payment network, moving more transactions than......

IndiGo moves Delhi HC seeking Rs 900 crore Customs duty refund

InterGlobe Aviation, the operator of IndiGo, has approached the Delhi high court seeking a refund of over Rs 900 crore it claims to have paid as Customs duty on aircraft engines and parts......

'Large Part Of Capital Needs To Be Met Via GIFT City'

'Foreign capital will continue to come directly into India, but companies have realised that GIFT City is a more cost-efficient way of channelling funds.' IMAGE: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra......

8 Of India's Oldest Companies

Which were India's first companies that still exist today? Many trace their origins to over a century back. These venerable organisations are business entities. But they chronicle the beginnings of......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Quarterly earnings, macroeconomic data announcements and global trends will drive the Indian stock markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh Stock markets would......

Alia Gets Us Alpha-Ready

Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram Alia Bhatt made heads turn at the Red Sea Film Festival, when she made her appearance in black. Alia follows stars like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rekha......

Like Priyanka's Mandakini Look? VOTE!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram After Prithviraj's Kumbha look, S S Rajamouli discloses Priyanka Chopra's look in their new film, GlobeTrotter. Priyanka will play Mandakini,......

Varanasi: How Much Priyanka, Mahesh Babu Were Paid

IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra and Prithviraj Sukumaran at the GlobeTrotter event. Photograph: Panna Bandekar S S Rajamouli announced his new epic Varanasi at a grand event at Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City......

Like Prithviraj's Kumbha Look? VOTE!

IMAGE: Prithviraj Sukumaran as Kumbha in GlobeTrotter. Photograph: Kind courtesy Prithviraj Sukumaran/Instagram Prithviraj Sukumaran gives us the first sneak peek of his much-anticipated film,......

'Emotion Is Very Scarce Right Now'

'We have come to the point in civilisation where emotion seems to be something you hide or you have to be discreet about, or to be ashamed of.' IMAGE: Jacob Elrodi in Frankenstein. Mexican......

From SKY to Rinku: How India Built Their T20 WC Team

As India gear up for the T20 World Cup at home, the selectors have backed a squad built on impact, and versatility. PTI takes a look at the profile the players entrusted with India's campaign at......

Trump show from start to finish at World Cup 2026 draw

Donald Trump took a moment to congratulate himself. The United States, he said, was 'not doing too well' before he took office, but now 'we're the hottest country anywhere in the world'. IMAGE: US......

Tie-breaks to decide Chess WC winner; Esipenko finishes third

Russian GM Andrey Esipenko beat Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Yakubboev to finish third, thus booking his place in the Candidates. IMAGE: Tie-break games, to be played between China's Wei Yi and Uzbek......

ICC unveils 8-team global tournament to promote women's cricket

The eight competing teams are: Thailand, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, the United Arab Emirates, Scotland, Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda. IMAGE: India's players celebrate after beating South......

When an Indian fan thanked Kasprowicz for saving Test cricket!

'I was in India recently, and a guy came up to me, and he said, 'Pleased to meet you. Thank you for saving Test cricket'.' IMAGE: Michael Kasprowicz played 38 Tests for Australia and took 113......