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NEW DELHI: West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas on Tuesday offered to resign from his post following allegations of mismanagement at football star Lionel Messi’s event at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh said.In a Facebook post, Ghosh shared what he claimed was a copy of a resignation letter written by Biswas…
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members raise slogans during protest (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A show-cause notice was issued on Tuesday to West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar and Bidhannagar Commissioner of Police Mukesh Kumar over alleged lapses in crowd control, security deployment and coordination during the Lionel Messi GOAT Tour event…
NEW DELHI: Football fans in Hyderabad experienced an unforgettable evening as they witnessed Argentine football legend Lionel Messi at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.The event presented a stark contrast to the chaos that had erupted in Kolkata earlier that day. Messi made his entrance under tight security measures while fans enthusiastically cheered…
Lionel Messi (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia criticised VIP culture at Lionel Messi‘s Kolkata event, where genuine fans were unable to see the football star due to unwanted VIP presence. The GOAT Tour’s Kolkata leg on Saturday turned chaotic at Salt Lake Stadium when fans who purchased expensive tickets began throwing…
Passengers wait in queues at IndiGo airline’s counter at Kempegowda International Airport, in Bengaluru (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Thursday said it will offer Rs 10,000 travel vouchers to passengers who were stranded for long hours during the widespread flight disruptions between December 3 and 5. The airline said the move aims to…
As India’s aviation industry is grappling with ongoing IndiGo crisis, SpiceJet has launched a major winter push to fulfil the continued demand. In a statement released on Wednesday, the carrier outlined plans to add up to 100 daily flights during the ongoing winter schedule, noting that the expansion is still subject to regulatory approval. The…
Worried about your InterGlobe Aviation investment after IndiGo’s recent operational crisis? HSBC has urged IndiGo investors to look past the dramatic scenes surrounding InterGlobe Aviation over the past week, saying the chaos has not altered the airline’s long-term prospects. The brokerage acknowledged the scale of the disruption but concluded that the airline’s fundamentals remain unbroken,…
NEW DELHI: The aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu vowed in Rajya Sabha on Monday that the government will take “very, very strict action” against Indigo over the recent fiasco to “set an example” across the industry.Speaking during question hour, Naidu said the disruption was a result of IndiGo’s internal lapses. Blaming the carrier for failing…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sharply criticised the Centre over the nationwide flight chaos triggered by IndiGo’s deepening operational crisis, calling the situation “a disaster” and accusing the BJP-led government of failing passengers as large-scale cancellations entered the seventh straight day.Indigo flight cancellations follow live updatesSpeaking in Kolkata, Banerjee said…
Domestic flight ticket prices showed some relief on Monday after the government imposed temporary caps, bringing a breather to passengers who were hit by unprecedented fare hikes, after IndiGo’s mass flight disruptions.Airfares had surged to never-seen-before levels on Friday when IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights. A one-way one-stop economy-class SpiceJet Kolkata–Mumbai ticket for December…
