Day: October 30, 2019

Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

Air India seeks $819 mln loan for 7 Boeing planes

7:49 pm October 30, 2019

New Delhi: Air India is looking to raise USD 819 million (over Rs 5,800 crore) to refinance existing bridge loans availed for six Boeing 787 and one Boeing 777 aircraft. The national carrier is yet to have long term financing facility for six B787 and B777-300ER, according to a tender document. Bids have been invited […]

HP: After fresh snowfall, Shimla, Kufri & Dalhousie reel under sub-zero temperatures

Rain, snowfall likely in Himachal from Nov 1-3

7:46 pm October 30, 2019

Shimla: The meteorological department has forecast rain and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh over this weekend. The high hills of the state may receive rains and snowfall from November 1 to 3, Shimla Met Centre director Manmohan Singh said. He said isolated places of middle hills in the state may witness rain and snowfall on November […]

Two men arrested for smuggling gold worth Rs 26 lakh at Delhi airport

US-bound passenger held with 8 bullets at IGI airport

7:42 pm October 30, 2019

New Delhi: A US-bound passenger was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Wednesday for allegedly carrying eight live bullets in his baggage, an official said. A Central Industrial Security Force official, deputed at terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to scan baggages, detected bullet-like objects while checking the bag of […]

Automatic train protection system on the anvil, says official

Elderly woman run over by train in Phagwara

7:40 pm October 30, 2019

Phagwara: A 60-year-old labourer was struck and killed by a train when she was crossing the railway tracks here on Wednesday, police said. Government Railway Police incharge Gurbhej Singh said Devanti Devi of local Chachoki colony was run over by a train between Mauli and Phagwara railway stations. “She was a labourer and was crossing […]

IndiGo becomes member of global airlines body IATA

7:37 pm October 30, 2019

New Delhi: Budget carrier IndiGo on Wednesday announced that it has become a member of International Air Transport Association (IATA) which represents around 290 airlines across the world, comprising 82 per cent of global air traffic. The announcement came after IndiGo’s expansion of international flight operations this year wherein it connected India with countries such […]