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AI image for representational purposes by ChatGPT. A 28-year-old Indian national, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, faces federal charges after stabbing two teenagers with a fork and attempting to slap a crew member during a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt on Saturday, causing an emergency diversion to Boston Logan International Airport amid ongoing aviation disruptions due…
BENGALURU: Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to manufacture the SJ-100 civil commuter aircraft in India. The agreement, signed in Moscow on Tuesday, marks a major step towards India producing a complete passenger aircraft for the first time since the Avro HS-748…
Image credits: Instagram @/mahinergy A video of a mid-air confrontation on an Air India flight has gone viral after a passenger was allegedly threatened for not speaking Marathi. The incident occurred on October 23 aboard flight AI676 from Kolkata to Mumbai.Content creator Mahi Khan, also known as Mahinergy, who posted the video, claimed that a…
JABALPUR: Time and tide wait for none. Sometimes, not even a smartwatch. This is the lesson a passenger at Jabalpur station learned the hard way last week when his online samosa payment stalled and his train began chugging out.The passenger handed over his watch when a vendor allegedly grabbed his collar, threatening him and demanding…
NEW DELHI: A Saudia Airlines flight from Jakarta to Medina made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala on Sunday, officials said. According to the airport authorities, the flight was diverted after a passenger fell unconscious and the crew reported the medical situation mid-air. The Indonesian passenger was immediately shifted to Ananthapuri Hospital…
From unexpected detours to outright assaults, commuters are increasingly finding that a simple ride home can spiral into chaos in Bengaluru NEW DELHI: From unexpected detours to outright assaults, commuters are increasingly finding that a simple ride home can spiral into chaos in Bengaluru.Over the past month, a series of alarming incidents has left passengers…
Passenger vehicle retail sales jumped 35 per cent year-on-year during this year’s nine-day Navratri period, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA). Overall vehicle registrations grew 6 per cent in September, as sales remained muted in the first three weeks before picking up following the implementation of new GST rates on September 22.Passenger…
A Russian strike hit a passenger train in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, causing casualties among passengers, regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Saturday.Hryhorov said the Russian attack targeted a railway station, hitting a train that was heading to Kyiv, news agency Reuters reported.He did not give a number for the casualties but posted a picture…
LUCKNOW: A 26-year-old passenger was booked by Sarojininagar police following a mid-air altercation with an Gauriganj MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh aboard Air India flight AI 837 from Delhi to Lucknow. Passenger, Samad Ali of Fatehpur, was returning from Jeddah via connecting flight. According to Singh, Ali used abusive language while talking on phone. When Singh…
Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, along with Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, on Monday inaugurated seven new trains in Bihar, including three Amrit Bharat Express services. The launch raises the total Amrit Bharat Express services originating from Bihar to 26 out of 30 nationwide, strengthening connectivity within the state and across the country.The newly flagged…
