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‘This is a disaster’: Mamata Banerjee targets BJP over IndiGo fiasco; cites passenger agony | India News

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sharply criticised the Centre over the nationwide flight chaos triggered by IndiGo’s deepening operational crisis, calling the situation “a disaster” and accusing the BJP-led government of failing passengers as large-scale cancellations entered the seventh straight day.Indigo flight cancellations follow live updatesSpeaking in Kolkata, Banerjee said […]

Goa nightclub fire tragedy: NCR family vacay ends in grief; woman loses husband, 3 sisters | India News

Goa nightclub fire tragedy PANAJI: Fifteen minutes. That’s all it took for Bhavana Joshi to lose her husband and three sisters inside a nightclub that was supposed to crown a holiday in Goa with music and laughter for the family of five from Ghaziabad and Delhi. Flames tore through the club moments after they had […]

Ladakh to Arunachal, Rajnath Singh inaugurates 125 border projects | India News

File photo: Defense minister Rajnath Singh (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Inaugurating 125 border infrastructure projects, including the key Shyok tunnel in Ladakh, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said they will not only ensure faster mobility of troops & weapons, but also boost tourism, employment & stronger faith in democracy among people living in […]

25 killed in Goa nightclub blaze: PM Modi expresses grief; announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased | India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI Photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep grief over the Arpora nightclub fire tragedy in Goa and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those who died. The injured will receive Rs 50,000 from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).In a post […]

Govt caps flight fares, gives IndiGo 2 days to normalise | India News

NEW DELHI: Govt on Saturday cracked the whip on IndiGo and other airlines charging exorbitant fares amid mass cancellations, capping domestic airfares at Rs 18,000 (UDF, passenger security fees and taxes extra). In a late evening meeting, civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha gave IndiGo two days — instead of the 21 sought by the […]

File ping-pong triggers Omar-LG spat over J&K civil services exam | India News

LG Sinha and CM Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: A political face-off erupted Saturday over age relaxation for J&K’s civil services exam, with chief minister Omar Abdullah accusing LG Manoj Sinha of stalling a crucial file and the latter’s office firing back that “misleading” claims are being spread as the Dec 7 test looms.Abdullah said that […]

HC tells Bengal govt to pull out all stops ahead of ‘Babri’ event | India News

KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: Calcutta HC directed the Bengal govt Friday to do whatever it takes to pre-empt communal disturbance in Murshidabad’s Beldanga ahead of suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s planned foundation-laying ceremony for a “Babri Masjid”, coinciding with the Dec 6 anniversary of the Ayodhya structure’s 1992 demolition.“The state must act per its stand… The law-and-order situation […]

BJP, DMK MPs clash in Parliament over Tamil Nadu ritual | India News

NEW DELHI: Governing BJP and opposition DMK members clashed in Lok Sabha on Friday when the issue of the lighting of a lamp at ‘Deepathoon’ at a hilltop temple close to a dargah near Madurai was raised by DMK MP T R Baalu.As Baalu accused BJP of trying to “ignite” communal tensions in Tamil Nadu, […]

Detained AAP MLA’s plea listed for final hearing on Dec 18 | India News

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has listed a habeas corpus petition filed by detained AAP MLA Mehraj Malik for final consideration on Dec 18.Malik, who is AAP’s J&K unit president, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sept 8 for allegedly disturbing public order and was lodged in Kathua […]

From Kashmiri saffron to Assam tea: What all PM Modi gifted Vladimir Putin – see pics | India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday presented an array of culturally significant gifts to Russian President Vladimir Putin, underscoring the enduring friendship between New Delhi and Moscow.The gifts, ranging from Assam Black Tea to a Russian translation of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, […]