Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged people to visit Kibithoo — “India’s first village” — in Arunachal Pradesh to enjoy its natural beauty and take inspiration from its history. Shah visited and stayed overnight in Kibithoo, which is India’s eastern most forward post, along the border with China, on April 10. Posting a Read More…
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Drunk passenger tries to open the aeroplane’s emergency exit door
On Friday, a guy attempted to unlock the aircraft’s emergency exit door live on air, marking yet another instance of an intoxicated passenger causing trouble on a trip. After the jet safely landed on Friday, he was taken into custody by the authorities. On an Indigo flight from Delhi to Bengaluru, the incident happened. As Read More…
NIA in Kannur for Kozhikode train fire investigation
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) sent a three-person team to this location on Tuesday to gather information on the recent fire incident in the D1 coach of the Alappuzha – Kannur Executive Express. According to sources, the officers are from the NIA’s Cochin and Bengaluru headquarters. The train bogie where the event occurred was also Read More…
Unknown man suspected of setting off a fire on a train: Police
Railway police on Monday said it was yet to identify the man who allegedly set fire to a co-passenger on board an express train leading to the death of three persons and injuries to nine others the previous night. A case of murder has been lodged against the accused, police said. The bodies of a Read More…
At Kerala’s Kozhikode Airport, customs seize gold worth $2 crores
Air Customs Intelligence officials have seized 3.5 kg of gold worth around ₹ 2 crore, which was tried to be smuggled through Kozhikode Airport in Karirpur on Thursday night in four different cases.Four capsules containing a gold mixture weighing 1,107 grams from Rahman (43), a native of Malappuram who came from Jeddah, officials said. Muhammad Read More…
Ground crew nabbed for stealing electronics from Delhi-Mumbai flight
Two ground staff were arrested for allegedly stealing electronic gadgets from a Mumbai-bound cargo airline, police said on Friday. The theft was reported by Anil Kumar, a security officer of Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd, Thursday at IGI Airport Police Station. He said several electronic items from one of their consignments bound to Mumbai Read More…
Two passengers on a Dubai-India flight detained for drinking alcohol and acting inappropriately towards the cabin crew
Indian police on Thursday booked two IndiGo flyers who were travelling from Dubai to Mumbai for allegedly being drunk and misbehaving with the crew. The arrested passengers have been identified as Dattatreya Bapardekar and John George D’Souza, according to Mumbai’s Sahar Police. “Two IndiGo flyers have been booked under section 336 of the Indian Penal Read More…
Haj 2023: India discloses the full list of 25 airports as embarkation places
India has approved four new embarkation points for pilgrims for Hajj 2023 – two of them in Kerala state. Kerala’s residents can choose from Cannur and Calicut in the Malabar area of the state to embark. The Gulf region is home to millions of expatriates from Kerala, and the new embarkation points are likely to Read More…
Flights on some US routes would temporarily be reduced by Air India, says CEO
Air India will reduce the frequency of flights on certain US routes due to crew shortage issues for a temporary period, its chief Campbell Wilson said on Monday. He also said the airline will have 100 pilots for Boeing 777 planes in three months as they are being “activated” and around 1,400 cabin crew are Read More…
As pro-Khalistani demonstrators vandalised the Indian consulate, UK officials promise to take the mission’s security “seriously”
The UK government will take the security of the Indian High Commission here “seriously”, top British officials have said as they condemned as “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable” the vandalism at the mission by a group of protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags. The tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission was grabbed at by the protesters Read More…