NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Struggling Kingfisher Airlines has submitted a new flight plan to the aviation regulator to operate 175 daily flights with 28 aircraft, a senior government source said on Wednesday. The regulator has asked other carriers to accommodate Kingfisher’s passengers, the source said, as the airline stands on the brink of collapse after  [ Read More ]

New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Operations of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines continued to be disrupted for the third consecutive day Monday even as the government reiterated that it will not bailout the Vijay Mallya-led carrier. ‘Government is not going to give any bailout or ask the banks to bailout any private airline or any private industry  [ Read More ]

Solapur (Maharashtra), Feb 20 (IANS) At least four women were burnt alive while another 40 were trapped as a fire broke out in a fire cracker factory in a village in this Maharashtra district Monday, police said. According to police official N. N. Dede of Mangalwedha sub-district police station, the blaze engulfed the premises of  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) She has been walking the ramp for years now, but even after such a vast experience model-turned-actress Nargis Fakhri gets cold feet when she sees a huge crowd sitting in front of her. Czech Pakistani model Nargis, who was introduced to Bollywood by director Imtiaz Ali as Ranbir Kapoor’s love  [ Read More ]

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The security of the country is a shared responsibility and the central government did not pursue any discriminatory attitude towards the state governments run by other parties, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Saturday here at the inauguration of the National Security Guard (NSG) hub. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee  [ Read More ]

East Midnapore (West Bengal), Feb 17 (IANS) Days after attacking the central government for being insensitive to the state’s financial crisis, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday chose a public platform she was sharing with union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to again complain about empty coffers. ‘We are working for the development of the  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday complained to the Election Commission against Congress leader and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma, and sought stringent action against him for promising sub-quota for Muslims if his party was voted to power in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP submitted a memorandum to the poll panel,  [ Read More ]

Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) The Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI alliance came up trumps in Mumbai and Thane municipal corporation elections, results of which were announced here Friday. Though the alliance fell short of the magic figures in both the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), it is widely expected to retain power in  [ Read More ]

Lucknow, Feb 16 (IANS) Congress leader and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has reignited the row over reservations for minorities in Uttar Pradesh by promising sub-quotas for Muslims if the party was voted to power in the state. Addressing a political rally at Kayamganj assembly constituency in Farrukhabad district Wednesday, Verma said: “Muslims don’t have  [ Read More ]

Lucknow, Feb 15 (IANS) As Uttar Pradesh voted in the third phase of assembly polls Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kept up his attack on Chief Minister Mayawati in his maiden rally at the state capital, accusing her of neglecting the common man. Addressing an impressive crowd at the DAV College grounds in the crowded  [ Read More ]