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SpiceJet mulling to add Kevadiya-Surat seaplane route

11:42 pm October 31, 2020

Kevadia: Overwhelmed by the response to the Ahmedabad-Statue of Unity seaplane service, SpiceJet on Saturday said it plans to start a similar service connecting Surat in south Gujarat with the 182-meter tall statue dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel near Kevadiya. Other routes and destinations which are under consideration for the seaplane service are Port Blair to Havelock, […]

74 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ladakh

9:33 pm October 1, 2020

Leh: Seventy-four people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the number of the virus caseload in the union territory to 4,269, while 40 more patients were discharged after successful treatment, officials said on Thursday. There was no report of any COVID-related death in the region, the officials added. The number of active COVID-19 […]

PM to inaugurate ‘Atal Tunnel’ in Rohtang next month: Himachal CM on I-Day

9:02 pm August 15, 2020

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said the ‘Atal Tunnel’ in Rohtang would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the end of September this year. Thakur stated this while presiding over a state-level Independence Day function at the historic Dhalpur Maidan in Kullu district. He also said the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the state’s economy, however, India reported less […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Military commanders of India and China hold fifth round of talks on border row

4:39 pm August 2, 2020

New Delhi: Senior military commanders of India and China are holding a fresh round of talks on Sunday with an aim to ensure expeditious disengagement of troops from all the friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, military sources said. It is the fifth round of corps commander-level talks in nearly two months with an aim to defuse […]

Leh to Delhi: Daily 1000-km journey to send mother’s milk to her newborn

10:51 pm July 21, 2020

New Delhi: For nearly a month, 33-year-old Jikmet Wangdus and his brother-in-law have been going to the Delhi international airport daily to collect a box flown all the way from Leh. Except, the package is not an ordinary one. The box has seven small containers inside, each carrying the precious breast milk of Wangdus’ wife for their […]