India is preparing to dispatch a team of accident investigators to Washington next week to review the ongoing probe into the June Air India crash that claimed 241 lives. The group will go through the data collected so far by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and present their own analysis drawn from the…
As IndiGo battles an unprecedented operational crisis, the airline said its Board of InterGlobe Aviation is doing “everything possible” to ensure refunds for cancelled flights. The parent company has also set up a Crisis Management Group to monitor the situation, PTI reported.The operational crisis that has spanned across the sixth day has prompted both regulatory…
Noel tata, Ratan Tata, Simone Tata MUMBAI: Former Tata Group director Simone Tata had transferred ownership of her assets, including Tata Sons shares, to her son and Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata, said people in the know.The move, which took place some years ago, increased Noel’s stake in Tata Sons to 1%, making him the…
MUMBAI: The RBI delivered its first rate cut since June 2025 on Friday, lowering the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%. The move is expected to soften home loan rates, which may fall to a record low.The RBI also raised the growth projection for FY26 to 7.3% from 6.8% while lowering the inflation…
MUMBAI: Simone Tata (nee Dunoyer), a Swiss national who married into the Tatas and built India’s most enduring cosmetics brand, passed away in Mumbai Friday at 95.Lakme, a Tata venture born of an unusual request by then PM Nehru, who noticed that Indian women relied heavily on imported cosmetics, draining precious foreign exchange, was named…
Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: IndiGo’s nationwide operational crisis entered its fifth day on Satuday, with the airline cancelling over 800 flights, even as the government tightened oversight, imposed fare caps, ordered immediate refunds and warned of regulatory action for any non-compliance. While the disruptions continued to affect thousands of passengers across the country, the…
India has recorded its highest-ever annual addition of clean energy capacity, with 31.25 GW of non-fossil power added in the current financial year so far, Union minister for new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi said on Friday, highlighting the country’s accelerating energy transition. Of the total addition, solar capacity alone accounted for 24.28 GW, underscoring…
The airline recorded the largest number of flight cancellations by an Indian carrier in the nation’s aviation history. (ANI photo) IndiGo flight cancellations latest news: IndiGo has said that it expects to operate more than 1500 flights by day’s end on Saturday, having restored over 95% of network connectivity by serving 135 out of 138…
Five days after widespread flight disruptions triggered by IndiGo cancellations, Tata Group-owned Air India on Saturday announced a special waiver on change and cancellation charges for eligible domestic bookings, aiming to offer relief to affected travellers, PTI reported.The airline said customers who booked tickets on Air India or its subsidiary Air India Express on or…
As many as 87% of IndiGo passengers surveyed want the airline’s service deficiencies to be examined under the Class Action provisions of the Consumer Protection Act (CP Act), 2019, following widespread flight cancellations and delays, according to a survey cited by PTI.The survey, conducted by LocalCircles, comes in the wake of IndiGo cancelling hundreds of…
