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IndiGo crisis | Civil Aviation Ministry introduces airfare cap amid surging ticket prices

New Delhi, 6/12: Seeking to protect passengers from “any form of opportunistic pricing” following the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights, the government on Saturday capped airfares at Rs 7,500 for air travel up to 500 km and Rs 18,000 for those above 15,000 km . The fares are capped at Rs 12,000 for a 500-1,000…

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IndiGo offers full waiver on cancellations, reschedule requests for bookings between December 5-15

New Delhi, 6/12: With IndiGo flight disruptions impacting thousands of passengers, the airline on Saturday said that it will offer full waiver on all cancellations/reschedule requests for travel bookings between December 5, 2025 and December 15, 2025 Earlier in the day, the civil aviation ministry had directed the airline to complete the ticket refund process…

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Russia vows steady fuel supply to India, Modi-Putin summit charts roadmap to boost economic ties

New Delhi, 5/12: Moscow will ensure “uninterrupted fuel supply” to India, President Vladimir Putin told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, even as United States President Donald Trump claimed success in persuading New Delhi to slash oil imports from Russia. Modi and Putin agreed on a “Programme for the Development of Strategic Areas of Economic…

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Indigo crisis: DGCA forms high-level four-member panel to probe operational lapses

New Delhi, 5/12: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday ordered a high-level inquiry, headed by its Joint Director General Sanjay K Bramhane, to investigate what went wrong with IndiGo as its schedule went haywire in the past few days . As it prima facie felt that there were “deficiencies” in internal oversight,…

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Congress fumes as Tharoor gets an invite but Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge don’t

New Delhi, 5/12: Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were not invited to the banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted by President Droupadi Murmu but senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is at loggerheads with the Congress leadership was Congress was quick to take a swipe at Tharoor for accepting the invite…

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Bengaluru police to probe Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan’s obscene gesture at city pub

Bengaluru, 5/12: A Bengaluru-based lawyer has filed a police complaint seeking the registration of an FIR against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, alleging that he made an obscene gesture during a public event at a city pub on November 28. Advocate Owaiz Hussain S, a resident of Sankey Road, submitted the complaint…

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“Temple money belongs to deity, cannot be used to save cooperative banks’: Supreme Court

New Delhi, 5/12: The Supreme Court on Friday said that money belonging to a temple deity cannot be used to prop up financially distressed cooperative banks. The sharp observations were made by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi while hearing appeals filed by a few cooperative banks challenging a direction…

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