'No other place as holy', says passenger as inaugural flight lands in Ayodhya

'No other place as holy', says passenger as inaugural flight lands in Ayodhya

The first flight that took off from Delhi for the newly constructed Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, landed at Ayodhya Airport and passengers deboarded the plane. Baskar Shukla, one of the passengers said, ” This place is holy and sacred. This is Lord Ram’s place, there is no other place which is as holy as this…those … Read more

India working with authorities after flight carrying mostly Indians detained in France

India working with authorities after flight carrying mostly Indians detained in France

India on Saturday said it was working with the French government for an early resolution of the situation after a Nicaragua-bound flight carrying 303 people, mostly Indians, was detained by French authorities during a technical halt at an airport near Paris over suspected “human trafficking”. The plane that took off from Dubai in the United … Read more

KIA’s ‘Terminal in a Garden takes flight’, turns the cynosure of all eyes 

KIA’s ‘Terminal in a Garden takes flight’, turns the cynosure of all eyes 

T2 initially catered to domestic operations of a few airlines as Terminal 1 handled the bulk of domestic and international flights. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K. Passengers got a feel of the Kempegowda International Airport’s (KIA) Terminal 2 (T2) as operations began this January after being officially inaugurated in November 2022. Referred to as … Read more

CM Stalin, Governor Ravi take same flight to Coimbatore 

CM Stalin, Governor Ravi take same flight to Coimbatore 

T.N. CM M.K. Stalin landed at Coimbatore airport at 9.20 a.m. on a flight from Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Governor R.N. Ravi arrived in Coimbatore on the same flight on Monday, December 18, 2023. Mr. Stalin and Mr. Ravi flew from Chennai and landed at the … Read more

Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun threatens to blow up Air India flight on November 19

Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun threatens to blow up Air India flight on November 19

Designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice threatens to blow up Air India flight. File | Photo Credit: AFP Designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has released a new video asking Sikhs not to fly in Air India aircraft after November … Read more

Morning Digest | U.S. Secretary of State to travel to Israel; ISRO to conduct first test flight of Gaganyaan mission on October 21, and more

Morning Digest | U.S. Secretary of State to travel to Israel; ISRO to conduct first test flight of Gaganyaan mission on October 21, and more

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel-Hamas war day 4 LIVE updates  President Joe Biden is dispatching his top diplomat to Israel on an urgent mission to show U.S. support after major terrorist attacks by Hamas militants, the State Department said … Read more

Indigo flight to Delhi delayed for 1.45 hours

Indigo flight to Delhi delayed for 1.45 hours

An Indigo flight bound for Delhi on Sunday morning was delayed owing to technical reasons for about one hour and forty-five minutes. Flight 6E 5021, which was scheduled to take off from the Kempegowda International Airport at 5.35 a.m. had to roll back to the parking bay just before its scheduled take-off. Technical reasons were cited … Read more

Vistara to start new daily flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai from June 1

Vistara to start new daily flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai from June 1

Vistara Airlines will start a new daily flight service to Mumbai from the Thiruvananthapuram international airport from June 1, said a release form the Thiruvananthapuram airport here on Wednesday. This is Vistara’s first service in this sector. Ticket bookings have started. The flight (UK 551) will depart from Mumbai at 9.40 a.m. and reach Thiruvananthapuram … Read more

Sudanese NHS doctor ‘betrayed’ after being refused entry onto evacuation flight to UK

Sudanese NHS doctor ‘betrayed’ after being refused entry onto evacuation flight to UK

Speaking on Newsnight, Dr Nadia Baasher of the Sudanese Junior Doctor’s Association said Dr Babiker was just one example of a much larger problem. She said she knew of at least 24 NHS doctors in a similar position, having been caught in Sudan while on a short trip there, many of them for the Muslim … Read more

Drunk man urinates on co-passenger on board New York-Delhi flight, held

Drunk man urinates on co-passenger on board New York-Delhi flight, held

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP An Indian man travelling from New York to Delhi in an American Airlines flight has been apprehended at the airport in New Delhi for allegedly urinating on his co-passenger, official sources said on April 24. The accused Indian passenger was stated by the airlines staff to … Read more