CHENNAI: A New Delhi-bound Air India flight encountered a delay attributed to a “last-minute technical issue” at Chennai airport on Saturday evening. However, the airline promptly organized alternative arrangements to cater to the waiting passengers, according to an official statement. The aircraft was temporarily grounded to undergo thorough engineering assessments, aligning with the airline’s unwavering […]
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DRI seizes drug worth Rs 15 cr at Mumbai airport; Indian passenger and Ugandan woman held
MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized a white powder, purported to be cocaine, worth about Rs 15 crore from an Indian passenger at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, a DRI official said here on Sunday. Based on intelligence, the passenger who came via a flight from Addis Ababa to Mumbai […]
Copters ready to airlift injured if needed, says Uttarakhand CM
UTTARKASHI: As news of the accident on Gangotri highway came in, Uttarakhand Police personnel along with SDRF teams reached the site and started rescue operations with the help of local villagers. It took over two hours for search teams to rescue the injured from the mangled remains of the tourist bus and shift them to […]
Hit by snag, DRDO’s Tapas drone crashes in Karnataka village field
TUMAKURU: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) named Tapas crashed on agricultural fields at Vaddikere village in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district on Sunday due to a technical snag. There were no casualties. The UAV fell on the land of farmer Siddappa PS, about 40km from the DRDO facility at Kudapura […]
DRDO drone crashes during trial in Karnataka’s Chitradurga
CHITRADURGA: A Tapas unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed in agriculture fields near a village in Karnataka’s Chitradurga on Sunday morning, officials said. According to officials, the UAV-TAPAS- crashed while it was on a trial flight. “A Tapas drone being developed by the DRDO crashed during a trial […]
‘CAG report shows UDAN didn’t take off on 93% routes’
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of “offering lies” to the common man, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday alleged the CAG has revealed that the much-publicised UDAN scheme, just like PM Modi’s other promises, did not take off on 93% of the stipulated routes. He was referring to the scheme unveiled by the […]
TV brought from UK confiscated, flyer allowed to take it home after complaint
BENGALURU: Customs officials recently ‘confiscated’ a woman techie’s used television set despite her applying for Transfer of Residence on relocating from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Bengaluru. After the woman took up with senior officials what she thought was an illegal confiscation, she was allowed to take her TV set after paying due Customs duty at Kempegowda […]
Customs at IGI seizes gold worth Rs 3.4 cr from 5 passengers
NEW DELHI: Air Customs at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport have registered three separate cases of smuggling after 6,522 grams of gold concealed by five passengers were seized. Officials said the value of the seized gold is Rs 3.4 crore and further investigation is underway. According to officials, these passengers were intercepted when they were […]
Bomb hoax delays flight to Pune by eight hours
NEW DELHI: Security agencies swung into action following a bomb threat to a Pune-bound Vistara flight at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday morning. Officials said the call was received by airport operator’s call centre at 7.30am that there were three bombs in the flight. The flight, with over 100 passengers, could finally take off […]
Hot beverage spills on flight to Frankfurt, child suffers burns
NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl flying from Delhi to Frankfurt by Vistara airline last week suffered burns when she was being served hot chocolate, after which her mother tweeted that the crew “poorly” handled the matter. Vistara said that the airline and the crew followed all the norms. Rachna Gupta, the girl’s mother, wrote on […]
DCW issues notices to Delhi Police, DGCA over alleged sexual harassment on plane
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Commission for Women has issued notices to the Delhi Police and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over an incident of alleged sexual harassment onboard a Delhi-Mumbai Spicejet Flight on August 16. The panel said it has taken suo moto cognisance of an Instagram video about the alleged sexual harassment […]
Ethiopian Airlines to manufacture parts in venture with Boeing
NAIROBI: Ethiopian Airlines will start manufacturing aircraft parts in a venture with Boeing at an initial cost of $15 million, the government’s investment agency said on Friday. The state-owned carrier, which is the biggest in Africa, has already signed the deal that also involves the local state Industrial Parks Development Corporation, the Ethiopian Investment Commission […]