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A male passenger on a Mumbai-Bengaluru SpiceJet flight was trapped inside a toilet for nearly 100 minutes early Tuesday as the door lock allegedly malfunctioned.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued show cause notices to both Indigo and Mumbai airport after a video of passengers sitting on the tarmac and eating food went viral on social media.
A video of a passenger aboard a Delhi-Goa IndiGo flight punching the pilot of the aircraft while he was announcing delays has gone viral on social media.
On arrival, the head of Air India security attended and escorted the passenger to the local police station, it said.
As per sources, an unruly passenger arriving from New York on American Airlines Flight No. AA 292 was picked up for being in an inebriated condition, he later had an argument with a co-passenger and allegedly urinated on him.
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court gave death sentences verdict to seven out of eight convicts in the 2017 Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast case. Another convict was given life imprisonment.
As per the report, the incident took place in November last year on board Air India’s flight AI-102, and it came to light after a senior citizen wrote a letter to the Tata Group’s chairman N Chandrasekaran. In her letter she wrote, the incident happened after the lights inside the flight were dimmed after meals were served.
A passenger plane veered off the runway during take-off and caught fire at an airport in southwest China's Chongqing
The cruise ship was carrying a large crowd of passengers who came to celebrate the New Year amidst the Omicron threat.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday flagged off the first commercial passenger flight to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh operated by an all-women crew was flagged off from the Delhi airport.
Relaxing in visa and travel restrictions for more categories of foreign nationals and Indians, the government permits all OCI and PIO cardholders and all other foreign nationals intending to visit India for any purpose, except on a Tourist visa.
Bringing a major reform, the railway ministry kick-started the operation to allow private players to operate passenger trains services. The railway ministry invited Request For Qualifications (RFQ) for private participation for the operation of passenger train services over 109 pairs of routes through 151 modern trains.
Following the announcement of restarting passenger trains services, more than 80,000 passengers have booked tickets worth over Rs 16 crore on the special trains so far, the Indian Railways said on Tuesday.
Bringing a major relief, the Railways Ministry announced that it is going to gradually restart selective passenger trains services from 12 May. The operations will initially start with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys) and these trains will run as special trains from New Delhi connecting 15 important cities of the country.
In a surprising development, Indian Railways on Monday said that the Shramik Special trains for migrant workers would run with full capacity of 1,700 passengers and not with the current capacity of 1,200 passengers.
Indian Railways has come up with something cheering for passengers. Now, passengers can easily register complaints and get information related to train enquiries such as train schedule, ticket bookings, PNR, and fares through an integrated helpline number 139.
With new year, the Indian Railway has slated new reformative measures with modernisation coming its way. In a latest, after a span of five years, the Indian Railways have increased passenger fares by 1 to 4 paisa across various classes, excluding suburban and season tickets, with effect from January 1, 2020. The ‘marginal’ hike is expected to bring in another Rs 2,300 crore to the revenue of Indian Railways.
Stranded due to closure of the vital Leh-Srinagar national highway, the Ladakh administration airlifted a total of total of 704 stranded passengers in four sorties of Indian Airforce’ IL 76 aircraft in Leh and Srinagar. Two sorties each for Ladakh and Srinagar bound passengers were operated this morning to airlift them. Large numbers of passengers were stranded for the past three weeks.
Planning out to open direct road network with India, Bangladesh on Thursday night carried out a trial run of direct bus route on Dhaka-Gangtok and Dhaka-Darjeeling routes via Siliguri. The trial run was conducted aiming to boost cross-border passenger services. The run was inaugurated by Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Chairman Ehsan Elahi.
Women in Delhi will get free rides in public buses starting from today. As per the plan, conductors will distribute pink tickets having a face value of 10 rupees each to women passengers for free-travel. The government will then reimburse the transporters based on the number of such tickets issued. Wow sounds good right? But free bus ride? To all those who have misconceptualised this move, here let's get a clear picture. The money paid for by the exchequer is the money which is filled by your taxes which th
Uses of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) went off the roads across the state as employees began an indefinite strike from Friday midnight to press for their demands. However, Telangana government has warned of the dismissal of strikers if they do not report to duty till 6.00 pm today.
Catching collars of the criminals, five male Afghan passengers were taken into custody by New Delhi IGI Airport for ingesting 370 capsules of heroin. Five passengers, aged 18, 19, 20, 20 and 29 years respectively, arrived by flight no. FG 311 (Kandahar-Kabul-Delhi) at 18:00 hrs on Saturday. On the basis of specific intelligence indicating that these five passengers had ingested capsules containing a narcotic substance, they were intercepted in a joint operation by officers of the Air Intelligence Unit & Pre
Keeping the escalating tensions aside, India and Pakistan have given a green signal to the Kartarpur Corridor. With a thrust to continue the talks, India will be building a Passenger Terminal Building (PTB complex) on its side of the border along the Kartarpur corridor. The masterplan has been approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Initiating on levelling up on all platforms, be it safety, cleanliness, availability of trains, the Indian Railways has left no stones unturned. In a similar attempt, taking out a leaf from airport’s book, the Indian Railways is planning to seal stations for security checks. So now, the train passengers would have to arrive 15-20 minutes before the scheduled departure time to complete these security checks before boarding their trains.
Mumbai recorded 184 mm rainfall, the highest 24-hr rainfall in four years on July 10. Over 450 passengers of the Vadodara Express were stuck in the floods at Nalasopara station. Without much ado these passengers were rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF).
We talk a lot about the power of social media..social media can do this and that.. We say social media not only provides us information immediately but helps us to save ours/ others life too. Yes, the above sentence is right, as a single ‘tweet’ saved not only saved the life of 25 underage girls but also saved their exploitation.
Pertaining to the safety and security of the commuters in train, the railway has undoubtedly jotted down several measures. Citing the need for commuters, the Supreme Court has ruled out that the railways will be liable to pay compensation to passengers in case of death or injury while boarding or de-boarding train.
Emerging in top ranks, India’s progress on the national and international front has been commendable. India has been projected to be the second fastest growing country in the world for passenger traffic by the Airports Council International (ACI).
Domestic airlines has seen a growth in the passenger traffic with a rise of 28.03% in March this year as compared to the same period last year, with domestic carriers flying 1.15 crore passengers.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted 488 stranded civilians from Udhampur to Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. With this successful operation, a total of 955 stranded passengers have been airlifted by the IAF to Leh from Udhampur-based IAF station this year.
For the second consecutive in two weeks, the Indian Air Force on Tuesday airlifted 234 stranded civilians from Udhampur to Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, Ladakh region remains cut-off for over five months due to heavy snowfall in Zojila pass area, along 434-km Srinagar-Leh National Highway, the only road linking the frontier region with rest of the state.
The Indian Air Force on Monday airlifted 233 stranded civilians from Udhampur to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir usually brings smile and joy for the tourists but often create problems too.
A Russian passenger jet, operated by Russia’s Saratov Airlines, has crashed killing 71 people on board. Radio contact with the passenger plane of the Saratov Airlines was lost several minutes after the takeoff from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.
In a bid to ensure safety and secured travel experience to the rail passengers, Indian Railways has come up with a great move to install around 12 Lakh CCTV cameras in 8,500 stations under Indian rail network.
The Railway authorities have decided to cater almost all the stations including rural and urban stations to deter free Wi-Fi connection. This team up to almost 8,500 stations across the country will be equipped with Wi-Fi facilities
Now long distance travelling will be comfortable and feasible for the passengers. To cater the needs of the passengers the officials have decided to increase the number of unreserved coaches in trains. It’s like a boon for people because it will reduce the unwanted rush in railways.
Mumbai Metro launched a new security app ‘Secucare’, which can be downloaded on android and IOS platforms, for raising an alarm to ensure passengers’ safety. Through the app, commuters can raise an alarm in case of any problem.
Bored of waiting for hours? Passengers of the Kochi Metro Rail can now make waiting hours at the station exciting, with some quick grocery shopping or maybe even a haircut. Kochi Metro station will soon have food outlets, mini supermarkets, salons and spas, along the lines of the Bangalore Metro Rail.
Maruti Suzuki India has displaced Hyundai Motor India Ltd to occupy the top spot of becoming the largest passenger cars exporter from India in the first half of the ongoing fiscal.
