Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has said scheduled domestic airlines have mounted additional flights to and from Trivandrum, Calicut and Coimbatore airports to minimize passenger inconvenience. In a tweet, Mr Prabhu said, nine foreign carriers have also rescheduled their flights to and from Trivandrum. He said, airlines are also displaying […]

Naval Air Station INS Garuda at Kochi has been cleared for operating civil flights commencing tomorrow morning. Cochin naval base will also start operations with ATR-72 from tomorrow. A joint team comprising representatives from DGCA, BCAS, CISF, AAI and Indian Navy carried out inspection of Cochin Naval Base today to […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people in India and abroad in his Mann Ki Baat programme of All India Radio on 26th of this month. It will be the 47th episode of the monthly radio programme. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, people can share […]

Thousands of people in flood-hit areas in Kerala are battling all odds to survive as the death toll has crossed 195 in the past 10 days in the second spell of monsoon fury since August 8. Many are still stranded in their homes with no food at various places in […]

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes were immersed at Har-ki-Pauri in Haridwar by his daughter Namita this afternoon. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and his Uttarakhand counterpart Trivendra Singh Rawat were present on the occasion. Earlier this morning, three […]

In Bihar Janata Dal (United) has expelled its state party general Secretary Rajiv Raut following his involvement in the alleged sexual exploitation of minor girls at Muzaffarpur shelter home. He is the son of former social welfare Minister Damodar Raut. CBI is likely to interrogate politicians and several IAS officers […]

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate “Panini Language Laboratory” (पाणिनी भाषा प्रयोगशाला) during World Hindi Conference in Port Louis, Mauritius today. On second day of the conference deliberations on Preservation of Indian Culture through Films (फिल्मो के माध्यम से भारतीय संस्कृति का संरक्षण), Communication Medium and Indian Culture, (संंचार […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he is saddened by the loss of lives and the destruction due to the Kerala floods which is the worst flooding in about 100 years. Expressing his concern, spokesperson of the UN Chief, Stephane Dujarric told newsmen that the world organisation is following […]

The annual five-day Haj pilgrimage commences today, as millions of Muslims from across the world, begin their journey from the holy city of Mecca to assemble in tent-city of Mina in Saudi Arabia.  They will spend the night there and move towards plains of Arafat at dawn tomorrow for the […]

Government is planning a separate legislation for registered valuers so that they get a better valuation of bankrupt companies under the insolvency process. Speaking at CII conference on insolvency and bankruptcy code in Mumbai, Corporate affairs secretary Injeti Srinivas said proper valuers are the critical missing link in the process […]