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Navi Mumbai International Airport (PTI) NEW DELHI: The greenfield Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) became operational on Thursday, nearly three decades after it was conceived to ease congestion at Mumbai’s primary airport.An IndiGo Airbus A320 from Bengaluru made a landing at 8 am and was welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute, marking the start of commercial flight operations. The...

NEW DELHI: Dense fog enveloped Delhi and the NCR on Saturday, significantly reducing visibility across key areas on Saturday. Key roads and residential neighborhoods were shrouded in fog, with visuals showing dense mist covering wide areas of the national capital.The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reading stood at 380 at around 7 am, falling into the 'very poor' category, according to Central...

Mumbai: Metro Line 9, whose first phase is set to open shortly, will begin operations without platform screen doors (PSDs), making it the first Metro corridor since the launch of Metro Line 1 in 2014 to do so. All metro corridors commissioned after Line 1—including Metro Lines 2A and 7 (Andheri–Gundavali) and the underground Metro Line 3 (Aarey–Cuffe Parade)—are equipped with PSDs.The...

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers (File photo) NEW DELHI: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Tuesday said the airline was "back on its feet" with stable operations in the backdrop of the recent crisis that saw widespread disruption across country's aviation network.Elbers said lakhs of customers have received their full refunds, and we continue to do so on a daily basis. As IndiGo Spirals Into Crisis, PM Modi Stresses...

MUMBAI: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) which is the immigration unit of the Canadian government has said that it is reducing its number of employees in India from 27 to five. This follows India’s intent to unilaterally remove immunities for all but 21 Canadian diplomats and dependents in Delhi by October 20.In parallel a travel advisory posted online by the Canadian government...