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KOLKATA: Thousands of fans braved the December chill and waited past midnight in Kolkata to welcome Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi, as he arrived in the city during the early hours of Saturday as part of his three-day, four-city GOAT India Tour 2025. Messi’s flight touched down at 2.26am, triggering scenes of jubilation at the...

‘Examine On Humanitarian Grounds’ NEW DELHI: After ascertaining repatriation of a pregnant Sunali Khatun along with her eight-year-old son to India, Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union govt to consider on humanitarian grounds the pleas for bringing back four others, including her husband, who were deported to Bangladesh in June this year.A bench of...

‘Real-Term Rise In Air Ticket Prices Negative’ NEW DELHI: Amid demands to regulate airfare, civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu said in Lok Sabha on Friday that the govt retains the power to intervene in extraordinary circumstances – as seen during the recent spike in ticket prices due to mass-cancellation of IndiGo flights -to protect...

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NEW DELHI: Bhawana Joshi, the sole survivor of a family of five Delhi tourists caught in the Birch by Romeo Lane blaze in Goa last week, has alleged grave negligence by the club and authorities.Claiming that the staff prioritised saving their equipment over evacuating people, Joshi (40), who lost her husband, Vinod Kumar, and her...

Air India Express pilots are protesting the recruitment of new A320 captains, fearing reduced flying hours and pay. Around 100 pilots have written to management, questioning external hiring when internal utilization is low. They worry this will further impact their ability to meet contracted flying hours and affect their overall compensation. NEW DELHI: IndiGo troubles...

NEW DELHI: Eighteen-year-old Aryan Yadav stepped out into the cold night for a friend’s wedding, taking the shortcut towards Shastri Nagar. Hours later, he lay bleeding on that very corner, stabbed during a robbery attempt after refusing to give up his phone.His family described him as the family’s “daring” child, a JEE aspirant who fixed...

‘Failed To Flag Crew Shortfall Under New Rules’ The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has removed from their positions four flight operations inspectors (FOIs) who were the principal operations inspectors (POI) for oversight on IndiGo.Designated specifically for an airline, these FOIs (senior pilots) are supposed to keep a close watch on the airline’s requirements...

Say Impeachment Move A Brazen Attempt To ‘Browbeat Judiciary’ NEW DELHI: Expressing solidarity with Madras high court judge Justice G R Swaminathan, 56 former judges Friday issued an open letter urging members of Parliament to withdraw the impeachment notice against him. They warned that the move undermines judicial independence and seeks to pressure judges who...