After Ajit Doval, foreign secretary Misri to visit China on Jan 26, 27

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to Beijing on a two-day trip beginning Sunday, in the second such high-profile visit from India to China in less than one-and-a-half months. IMAGE:......

Protocol tweaked amid spate of bomb threats to flights

Protocols for the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), convened in the event of a bomb threat call to an aircraft or airport, have been tweaked to better tackle the spate of the ongoing......

Canadian air force ferries stranded Air India flyers

The Canadian Air Force aircraft is ferrying 191 stranded passengers of an Air India flight from Iqaluit airport has landed in Chicago. Image only for representation. Photograph: ANI Photo In......

3 international flights from Mumbai get bomb threats, 500 flyers affected

Security agencies went into a tizzy after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday with one of them, a New York-bound Air India aircraft, getting diverted......

Air India to soon have new crew management system

Air India will soon have a new crew management system that will help strengthen rostering rules and enable faster recovery from scheduled disruptions. Photograph: ANI Photo In a message to the......

Air India's international cargo business takes wings, not so for IndiGo

The international cargo operations of two major carriers — IndiGo and Air India Group (Air India and Vistara) — are experiencing opposite trajectories despite both the airlines......

New flights based on flyer-handling capacity at security checks: BCAS

The addition of new flights at airports will now be based on passenger-handling capacity at security checkpoints, according to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Photograph: Sarah......

Govt takes multiple steps to tackle festival-season rush at major airports

Deploying additional Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, providing real-time updates through social media, adding more immigration counters and ensuring 100 per cent manning of......

Just who is Siddharth?

'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.''But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

THE ABBA Paradox

Ageing is a funny process.After rebelling and exploring, the human being drifts to the ordered arrangement, he/she once left.As a youngster I outgrew ABBA while my mother continued to like them.In......

BCCI to players: Obey new rules or face IPL ban, fee cuts

IMAGE: Restrictions were sought by head coach Gautam Gambhir in a review meeting of the team's recent poor run. Photograph: BCCI Cracking the whip on the Indian cricket team's "star culture",......

Paralympics: How Navdeep Turned Taunts Into Triumph

IMAGE: Navdeep Singh, 23, won an unparalleled gold in the men's javelin throw F41 classification event at the Paris Paralympic Games on Saturday. Photograph: ANI Navdeep Singh, who suffered from......

Moudgil shoots down mental barriers en route to Paris Games

'The competition is very high in India and the pressure situations we face during trials will definitely help in Olympics. I just wanted to be my best in trials, the fire to perform in trials and......

Can Rishabh Pant shine and lead DC to victory vs PBKS?

Comeback-man Rishabh Pant the highlight as Delhi Capitals take on Punjab Kings. Photograph: Kind courtesy Delhi Capitals/X Rishabh Pant's resilient return to the cricket field in multiple roles......

Indo-Pak WC tie: Tickets sold out, but where's the buzz?

IMAGE: A massive police presence at the Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of the marquee India-Pak match in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Photograph: ANI/X The first thing that hits you after landing in......