New Delhi – Hundreds of IndiGo flights were cancelled across India on Friday, plunging airports into chaos and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Amid the operational disruption, a viral video captured the emotional strain faced by travelers, as one passenger pleaded for someone to “tell my boss not to fire me,” highlighting the real-life human

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Madurai – The Madras High Court on Friday raised serious concerns over the Tamil Nadu government’s repeated failure to permit the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam lamp atop the Deepathoon, the ancient stone lamp pillar on Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai district. The matter has escalated into a contentious issue, drawing attention from the state government,

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New Delhi – The recently concluded COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, delivered measured but meaningful outcomes for developing countries, according to climate experts and former negotiators. While progress on fossil fuel transitions and adaptation finance remained limited, COP30 is being lauded for keeping the priorities of the Global South on the global agenda despite

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New Delhi – IndiGo, India’s largest domestic airline, on Thursday extended its flight cancellations across major hubs, grounding all flights from Delhi until midnight and halting departures from Chennai until 6 PM. The announcement comes on the fourth consecutive day of widespread disruptions, with thousands of passengers stranded and at least 400 flights cancelled nationwide.

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Nagpur – The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant permission to a mosque seeking to use loudspeakers for prayers, emphasizing that no religion mandates the use of voice amplifiers to practice faith. The court underscored that religious freedom does not extend to disturbing public peace or violating noise regulations. A

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New Delhi – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months, signaling confidence in the country’s economic resilience despite recent global trade tensions. Speaking after the monetary policy announcement, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that the massive tariffs imposed by the United States

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New Delhi – In a dramatic move aimed at stabilizing India’s domestic aviation sector, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday withdrew the recently implemented weekly roster norm requiring pilots to take designated weekly rest periods. The decision comes in the wake of unprecedented disruptions at IndiGo, which has cancelled more than 1,000

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New Delhi – With widespread flight disruptions affecting air travel across India, it has become increasingly important for passengers to understand the distinction between airline policies and their actual legal rights. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has laid down clear regulations in its 2019 Passenger Charter and reinforced them through the Ministry of

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Hubballi, Karnataka – In an unusual turn of events that highlighted the power of technology in modern celebrations, a newly married couple from Bengaluru “attended” their own wedding reception via video call after widespread flight cancellations left them stranded hundreds of kilometres away. Medha Kshirsagar from Hubballi and her husband Sangama Das from Bhubaneswar, both

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New Delhi – The Union government on Thursday refuted claims made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding a supposed restriction on the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha from meeting visiting foreign dignitaries. Gandhi had alleged that the government discourages foreign visitors from interacting with the opposition, a practice he said broke with

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