Mumbai:  Domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled over 400 flights from four major airports Saturday, a day after managing to temporarily secure major relaxations in the second phase of the court-mandated new flight duty and rest period norms for the cockpit crew, sources said. Of these, 124 flights (63 departures and 61 arrivals) were cancelled at Bengaluru airport...

New York: A 24-year-old Indian student in the US has died after suffering severe injuries in a house fire, according to the Indian mission here. Sahaja Reddy Udumala was pursuing a Master's degree in Albany, New York. The Consulate General of India in New York said in a post on X Friday (local time) that it is...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday announced a new scheme, the Mukhyamantri Kanya Bibaha Yojana (MKBY). Under this scheme, the bride will receive Rs 51,000, of which Rs 35,000 will be directly transferred to her bank account through DBT. In addition, Rs 10,000 will be provided as a wedding gift, and Rs 6,000 will be given to the...

New York: A 42-year-old woman has been charged for her role in an international smuggling conspiracy under which individuals primarily from India were brought illegally to the US across the border from Canada. Stacey Taylor of Plattsburgh, New York, appeared for an arraignment this week after a federal grand jury in Albany returned an indictment in October...

Colombo: Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha Saturday met Sri Lankan corporate leaders and reiterated India's continued support for the cyclone-hit island nation, where the disaster has claimed over 600 lives so far. Jha's meeting with the corporate leaders associated with the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund' came as Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and...

Islamabad: A heavy exchange of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces was reported from the key Chaman border, according to a media report on Saturday. Injuries were reported from the district hospital, but no fatalities occurred, the Dawn newspaper reported. Officials from both sides accused each other of instigating the flare-up late Friday night across the border...

Jammu/Srinagar: IndiGo Saturday announced the resumption of nine of its 11 flights from the Jammu Airport, but cancelled seven flights from Srinagar, owing to the nationwide disruptions caused by the airline's pilot-rostering issues. The resumption of flights from Jammu brought much-needed respite to travellers who were left stranded at the airport after a series of cancellations. On...

Mumbai:  Domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled over 200 flights from Delhi and Mumbai Saturday, a day after managing to temporarily secure major relaxations in the second phase of the court-mandated new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, sources said. Of these cancelled flights, 109 IndiGo flights were cancelled at Mumbai airport, 51 arrivals and...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it has filed a chargesheet against businessman Anil Ambani's group company, Reliance Power Ltd. and 10 others in a money laundering case linked to the issuance of an alleged fake bank guarantee of Rs 68 crore for securing a tender. The other accused named in the prosecution complaint includes former...

New Delhi: From a long-life seawater battery system for sustained underwater sensing and surveillance applications to a waterjet propulsion system for fast interceptor craft, the DRDO has handed over seven technologies to the armed forces, the government said. These technologies have been developed under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme, the defence ministry said Friday. "Defence Research...