New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah held a telephonic conversation with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday following the plane crash in Baramati involving Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.PM Modi and HM Shah were briefed about the accident and the latest updates on the situation, according to the Maharashtra government officials.Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar and five others died in a plane crash near Baramati o…
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Baramati, Jan 28 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar and five others died in a plane crash near Baramati on Wednesday. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has confirmed that all six passengers on board are dead.The plane crashed while landing near Baramati. Visuals from the spot show fire and smoke, mangled remains of the plane, and ambulances rushing the injured to nearby hospitals. There were people at the wreckage site trying to extend help in every …
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, on Thursday registered a consolidated net profit of Rs 549.8 crore for the October-December period (Q3) – a sharp about 78 per cent drop from the Rs 2,448.8 net profit reported in the same period of the previous fiscal.The low-cost airline said in its exchange filing that net profit was impacted by significant operational disruption in early December as well as new Labour Codes.“Exceptional items for the quarter ende…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) launched the Electronic Personnel Licence (EPL) services for Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) on Wednesday, marking an important milestone in its digital transformation journey.The Electronic Personnel Licence is a secure digital licence incorporating ICAO-aligned security features to ensure authenticity, prevent tampering, and enable real-time verification. It can be accessed through the eGCA mobile application.The …
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Low-cost carrier IndiGo has informed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that it does not plan to cancel any flights after February 10, the date from which the airline has to implement the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules, as it now has the required number of pilots. The DGCA had deferred the implementation of the FDTL rules for IndiGo on December 6, amid the chaotic disruption of flights that had left passengers stranded at airports across the c…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has imposed a penalty of Rs 22.20 crore on airline IndiGo for large-scale flight disruptions witnessed in December 2025, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Saturday.According to the regulator, IndiGo cancelled 2,507 flights and delayed 1,852 flights between December 3 and 5, leaving more than three lakh passengers stranded at airports across the country.The disruptions caused widespread i…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) The teams from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), on Sunday, began a probe into the crash landing of the nine-seater aircraft of India One Air that made an emergency landing at Jalda near Rourkela in Sundargarh district of Odisha. As per reports, the state government facilitated the teams to reach Rourkela on Sunday by providing a helicopter and other necessary arrangements for inspection and investig…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress All-India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that no amount of threat, intimidation, or conspiracy would prevent him from attending his scheduled programmes. His remarks came after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) denied clearance for his chopper to fly from Kolkata.Banerjee revealed that, following discussions with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and support from the Jharkhand government, an alternative chopper …
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday clarified that passengers are not allowed to use power banks to charge mobile phones or any other electronic devices during flights, citing serious safety concerns linked to lithium batteries.In a statement, the aviation regulator said power banks cannot be used for charging gadgets at any time during a flight, including through aircraft seat power outlets.The move comes after several incidents worldwide in which lit…
Bengaluru, Dec 30 (IANS) With Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Dhruv NG helicopter, powered by indigenous twin Shakti 1H1C engines, successfully completing its maiden flight here on Tuesday, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said all safety concerns raised earlier have been addressed during its development.Addressing the media after the inaugural flight, Naidu said: “Feedback from previous incidents has been taken very seriously. Past experiences, along with feedback from inte…