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Baharampur: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir Saturday laid the foundation stone for a mosque – modelled on Ayodhya's Babri Masjid – at Rejinagar in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, amid tight security arrangements. Kabir cut a ceremonial ribbon alongside visiting clerics on the dais as slogans...

New Delhi: With IndiGo flight disruptions impacting thousands of passengers, the civil aviation ministry Saturday directed the airline to complete the ticket refund process for the cancelled flights by Sunday evening, as well as ensure baggage separated from the travellers are delivered in the next...

New Delhi: The government Saturday capped the airfares in the range of Rs 7,500 to Rs 18,000 depending on the distance amid soaring air ticket prices due to the IndiGo flight disruptions. The fare limits, excluding applicable charges, are not applicable for business class and...

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,...

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...

New Delhi: Russia agreed to encourage joint manufacturing in India of military hardware and spare parts for the maintenance of Russian-origin arms and defence equipment. Ways to bolster overall bilateral defence cooperation figured prominently during summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President...

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...

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...

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...

New Delhi: The Centre has released Rs 68,393.67 crore to states and Union Territories so far under the flagship rural employment scheme MGNREGA, Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan said Friday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said Rs...