MUMBAI, March 20, 2012 As part of a strategic rebranding and restructuring exercise announced last July, Jet Airways, on Monday, said, effective March 25, its low-cost arm JetLite would cease to operate, after being merged with the other no-frills brand JetKonnect. “Effective March 25, JetLite will cease to operate separately, but will come under the JetKonnect brand, enabling guests to avail themselves of a single superior in-flight product in the full service (Jet ...
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DUBAI, February 4, 2012 A patchwork of angry protests against Egypt's military rulers that began on Thursday following the killing of at least 74 football fans in Port Said, overnight funnelled into a giant wave of dissent that descended on the Interior Ministry, the icon of state power in Cairo. Clashes with the security forces at Port Said and outside the Interior Ministry had killed four people and injured over a thousand. Most were victims of frenzied firing of ...
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New Delhi, January 21, 2012 Delhi on Saturday remained in the grip of cold wave with the minimum temperature hovering around five degree Celsius even as shallow fog covered the city during the early hours. The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.4 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal, while the maximum in the last 24 hours was recorded at 14.6 degrees, seven degrees below normal for this time of the year. The minimum temperature on Friday was recorded at 4.5 degree ...
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Rome, January 14, 2012 (Tehelkanews) A cruise ship that ran aground off Italy’s western coast was listing 80 degrees to one side and had a 70-metre crack in its hull, reports said Saturday. Local officials amended the death toll, saying three, not six, people had been confirmed dead so far. It was unclear how many people were still missing. Rescuers searched the waters throughout the night and into the day, Ansa news agency said. Some victims died while attempting to ...
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New Delhi, May 3, 2011 Air India on Tuesday announced ‘no work, no pay’ principle will be implemented to counter the pilots’ strike that continued to disrupt its flights for the seventh day, as the Delhi High Court rapped both sides for their adamant attitude and failure to resolve the crisis. “We are implementing ‘no work, no pay’ against all those who are not reporting for duty. Their April salary will not be processed if they do not join work”, an Air India officer ...
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BEIRUT, April 26, 2011 Gunfire reverberated in the streets and dead bodies still lay on the pavements on Tuesday in the southern Syrian city at the heart of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, residents said, in a sign that the regime’s brutal crackdown continued unabated. Also Tuesday, a Syrian human rights group said authorities detained dozens across the country, mainly in several Damascus suburbs and in the northern coastal city of Jableh. The developments came a day ...
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April 9, 2011 Puttaparthi (AP) Sathya Sai Baba, who is undergoing treatment for multi-organ dysfunction, on Saturday continued to show signs of recovery with doctors attending on him expressing satisfaction over his response to treatment. “Sathya Sai Baba, who entered his 13th day of treatment in this hospital, had a fairly stable night as regards to his vital parameters,” the health bulletin issued this morning by A.N. Safaya, Director of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical ...
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Srinagar: The Kashmir Valley continued to freeze on Sunday with the minimum temperature dipping three degrees below normal to minus 4.8 degrees Celsius while Leh was biting cold at minus 17.6 degrees. 'Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday, which is three degrees below normal, while Jammu recorded a minimum of 7.5 degrees, two degrees below normal,' said A.R. Zargar, meteorologist at the weather office here. The minimum temperature in south ...
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SRINAGAR: Two persons were killed and five others injured on Tuesday in clashes with security forces who opened fire in Srinagar and Budgam districts of Kashmir Valley. A stone-pelter identified as Anis Khurshid was killed when security forced opened fire to disperse protestors in Eidgah area here, police said. Defying curfew, residents of Qamarwari in Srinagar earlier in the day took to the streets and held demonstrations. When the security forces deployed in the area asked them to ...
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'Van Mahotsav' was observed by the Department of Soils on the PAU Campus, today by undertaking planting of saplings of ashoka, sukhchain, chandni, hibiscus, etc. The plantation drive was initiated by the PAU Registrar, Dr. Raj Kumar Mahey with the plantation of ashoka. The Dean, Postgraduate Studies, Dr. (Mrs.) S.K.Mann, the national Professors, Dr. Bijay Singh and Dr. D.K.Benbi, Head, Department of Soils, Dr. Yadwinder Singh, Dr. G.S.Saroa, Dr. U.S.Sidana and senior faculty members also ...
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AMRITSAR/JALANDHAR: The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Saturday continued to experience Punjabi warmth at its best as it moved along with a big convoy of cars and jeeps amid tight security in the state. The baton arrived in India on Friday morning at the Attari border check-post between India and Pakistan amid camaraderie between leaders, sportspersons and people from both countries. The baton, which was kept at Amritsar overnight, left from Company Bagh on the ...
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More than 200,000 people have fled Pakistan’s latest offensive against Taliban militants in the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, the United Nations said Monday. The military has pounded the region with airstrikes and artillery in an attempt to rout insurgents from the area near the Afghan border. The exodus there adds to the more than 1.3 million people driven from their homes by fighting in Pakistan. ...
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