Air India Express strike: Air India to operate on AIX 20 routes

New Delhi (IANS) The Tata-owned Air India will operate 20 Air India Express (AIX) routes to help the latter amid an ongoing strike by cabin crew members, said an airline official on Thursday.

“Air India Express is making every possible effort…

Air India Express row: 74 flights cancelled as cabin crew members continue strike

New Delhi (IANS) Over 70 flights were cancelled on Thursday following the mass sick leave taken by the cabin crew of Air India Express, sources said.

“A total of 292 AIX flights will operate today, 74 stand cancelled,” sources told IANS.

Embarrassed Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda's remarks, calls it 'unacceptable'

New Delhi (IANS) Hours after Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remark on the 'colour of citizens' stirred a major controversy and left the party red-faced, the latter got into a damage control mode and issued a clarification.

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Elected members of municipalities can’t be removed at whims and fancies of civil servants or their political masters: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that elected members of municipalities cannot be removed at the whims and fancies of the civil servants or their political masters only because some of such elected members are found to be inconvenient within…

Fresh firing starts at encounter site in J&K's Kulgam

Srinagar (IANS) Fresh firing started on Wednesday at the encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district where two terrorists, including the top commander of The Resistance Front (TRF), were killed by the security forces, the police said.

Air India Express cabin crew goes on mass sick leave, 78 flights cancelled

New Delhi (IANS) Air India Express faced major disruption in services as 78 flights were cancelled and many were delayed after cabin crew called in mass ‘sick leave’ to mark their protest against the ongoing transition in the airline.

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EC provisional figures peg third phase turnout at 64.4 per cent as polling ends in 20 states/UTs

New Delhi (IANS) The voter turnout in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, covering 93 constituencies in 11 states/UTs, was approximately 64.40 per cent as of 11.45 p.m., with the highest voting reported from Assam (4 seats) at 81.61…

J&K: Top terrorist commander among 2 killed in Kulgam encounter

Srinagar (IANS) A top commander of the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba’s frontal organisation The Resistance Front (TRF) was killed along with another terrorist in an encounter with the security forces in J&K’s Kulgam district.

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'Those on bail are batting for Muslim reservation', PM Modi’s fierce counter to Lalu’s quota pitch

Bhopal (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tore into Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for making a fresh quota pitch for Muslims, saying the INDI Alliance cannot see beyond ‘appeasement’.

Addressing a public rally…

Excise policy case: Delhi court extends CM Kejriwal's judicial custody till May 20

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday extended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody till May 20, in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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