Kuwait City, May 5 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Paramita Tripathi held a meeting with Kuwait’s Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs, Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah on Tuesday, discussing ways to strengthen strategic partnership between the two nations across several sectors, including in emerging areas of technology, research and innovation. Both sides also discussed regional developments. Ambassador Tripathi reiterated India’s solidarity with Kuwait and its support for peaceful resolut…
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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday sent Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official Mudavath Devula and private company executive Bharat Mathur to judicial custody till May 6 in connection with a bribery case involving alleged payment of Rs 2.5 lakh for regulatory approvals.The order was passed by the Rouse Avenue Court after the accused were produced before it upon the expiry of their Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody.Devula, serving as Deputy Director Gene…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) India has extended the ban on its airspace for Pakistani aircraft until May 24, continuing the restriction that has been in place since April 2025 following the cross-border terror attack in Pahalgam, where 26 tourists were brutally gunned down.The airspace ban has been extended until 5.30 a.m. (IST) on May 24, 2026, which is 2359 hours (UTC) on May 23, according to a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued on Wednesday. The notice states that Indian airspace will not be avail…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official Mudavath Devula and private company executive Bharat Mathur by two days in connection with a bribery case involving alleged payment of Rs 2.5 lakh for regulatory approvals. The accused were produced before the Rouse Avenue Court upon completion of their earlier three-day CBI remand.The probe agency had sought five days of furthe…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a Deputy Director General at the Airworthiness Directorate of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) Headquarters in New Delhi along with a representative of a private company in a bribery case of Rs 2.5 lakh resulting in the seizure of the entire amount, an official said on Sunday. “Mudavath Devula, Deputy Director General at the Airworthiness Directorate of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Hea…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran told Air India staff on Friday that the airline is facing a challenging period and urged employees to focus on execution and cost discipline.“While our future is bright and we have laid a solid foundation for our ambition, we are going through a challenging time,” Chandrasekaran said, adding that the key “is staying focused on execution.””Our focus should be on what is within our control, where we can improve, be precise on cost…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The government has granted special permission to foreign carriers such as Emirates, Kuwait Airways, and Jazeera Airways to operate passenger aircraft for all-cargo services to ensure seamless continuity of critical cargo movement despite the ongoing disruptions due to the Iran war, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday.The Indian aviation sector is currently navigating a serious operational and financial situation triggered by the …
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Flight operations between India and West Asia have been severely disrupted since the outbreak of conflict in the region, with over 10,000 flights operated by Indian carriers cancelled so far, a senior government official said on Tuesday.According to Asangba Chuba Ao, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Indian airlines that earlier operated around 300 to 350 daily flights to West Asia are now operating only 80 to 90 flights per day.The sharp decline highli…
Ahmedabad, April 4 (IANS) Families of those killed in the Air India Flight AI‑171 crash have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pressing for the immediate release of the aircraft’s Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data as they seek clarity on the cause of the accident. The appeal is associated with the ongoing frustration with the pace of the investigation and the level of communication from authorities and the airline.In their letter, families described acce…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has appointed Vir Vikram Yadav as the new Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.Yadav, who is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, will now head India’s aviation regulator at a time when the sector is expanding rapidly.With rising air traffic, growing airline fleets and increased focus on safety,…