India launches its 5th Scorpene submarine in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: India’s Junior Defence Minister Shripad Y Naik on Thursday launched the fifth of the Indian Navy’s Kalvari Class submarines under the ongoing Project-75 Scorpene programme at the Mazagaon Dock Ltd (MDL), officials said here. The new submarine was named ‘Vagir’ by Naik’s wife Vijaya S Naik. The launch ceremony was conducted through videoconference […]
Vistara to operate more flights from Delhi, Mumbai to Goa as demand rises
NEW DELHI: Vistara will operate more flights to Goa from Delhi and Mumbai from Sunday as there has been a “positive response and demand” on these sectors, said a senior airline official on Wednesday. The airline plans to operate two more weekly flights on the Delhi-Goa route and one more weekly flight on the Mumbai-Goa […]
Virgin Atlantic to launch services from Delhi, Mumbai to Manchester
NEW DELHI: UK-based Virgin Atlantic on Thursday said it will launch services from Delhi and Mumbai to Manchester. “Flying three times a week from Mumbai to Manchester beginning in December and twice weekly from Delhi starting in January, these new services will go on sale on 20th October and will complement the airline’s existing services […]
Air India to resume service to Mumbai
NEW DELHI: Air India would resume direct flights on the Mumbai-Mangaluru-Mumbai sector from October 12, the airline said. Months after the suspension of the service due to the pandemic, the airline is to operate flights four days a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flight would leave Mumbai at 10.15 am and arrive […]
Goa to develop a parallel city on lines of Mumbai’s Navi Mumbai township
PANAJI: The Goa government is planning to develop a parallel city at a short distance from Panaji, on the lines of Mumbai’s Navi Mumbai township, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. Speaking at a function organised by the state government-run Economic Development Corporation, Sawant also said that the parallel city will be developed in […]
Godrej Properties acquires 20-acre land in Mumbai to develop housing project
NEW DELHI :Realty firm Godrej Properties on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire 20 acres of land in Kalyan, Mumbai, to develop a housing project. Godrej Properties, which is a real estate arm of the business conglomerate Godrej group, said in a regulatory filing that it has “entered into an agreement to acquire a […]
SpiceJet to start daily flights to Darbhanga from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet on Monday announced the launch of daily flight services connecting Darbhanga with key metros of Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru starting November 8. Darbhanga, which was bagged by SpiceJet under UDAN -II, will be the airline’s 13th destination under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme and 55th destination on the airline’s domestic network. “SpiceJet […]
Kangana Ranaut leaves Mumbai for home state, calls her analogy about POK bang on’
NEW DELHI: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday left Mumbai for her home state Himachal Pradesh, saying she has been terrorised with “constant attacks and abuses” and declaring that her analogy comparing the city with Pakistan occupied Kashmir was “bang on”. The actor, whose comments triggered a spat with Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena, arrived in the […]
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd starts its Methanol Plant in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd -RCF a PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has started its Methanol Plant at Trombay Unit, Mumbai from 8th September 2020. This is a step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan RCF has the capacity to produce 242 MT of Methanol per day. Till now, RCF has been […]
Yes Bank takes possession of Anil Ambani’s group headquarter in Mumbai for failure to repay dues
NEW DELHI: Yes Bank has taken over the headquarter of Anil Ambani’s group in surburban Santacruz for failure to repay dues worth Rs 2,892 crore. The private sector lender has also taken possession of two flats in South Mumbai for the non-payment of dues by Reliance Infrastructure, according to a notice published by Yes Bank […]
Depression in Arabian Sea to intensify into severe cyclonic storm; will impact Mumbai
NEW DELHI: The depression in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a severe cyclone and cross the north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts on June 3, and will have an impact on Mumbai, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday. The depression will intensify into a deep depression — the third and fourth […]
Namaste Trump event responsible for coronavirus crisis in Mumbai, Gujarat and Delhi
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the event held in Ahmedabad to welcome US President Donald Trump in February was responsible for the spread of coronavirus in Gujarat and later in Mumbai and Delhi, which some of his delegates had visited. Raut also hit out at the Centre saying that […]
Domestic flights resume after two months: Delhi’s first departure is to Pune and Mumbai’s first to Patna
NEW DELHI: Indian skies will open up for domestic passenger services from Monday after a gap of two months, with Delhi-Pune and Mumbai-Patna flights being among the first to take off, aviation industry sources said. All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended since March 25 when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb […]
Court extends CBI remand of Wadhawans in Yes Bank scam
NEW DELHI: A special court here on Friday extended till May 10 the CBI remand of DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan and RKW Developers promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan, arrested in connection with the Yes Bank scam. The duo was arrested last monthfrom a Mahabaleshwar- based quarantine facility, nearly 50 days after the CBI booked them in a […]
Civic body withdraws lockdown relaxations in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday decided to withdraw the relaxations given from lockdown in Mumbai city, including the permission to reopen liquor shops, and declared only essential services will be available from Wednesday. In an order issued in the night, the BMC said only groceries, medical stores […]
IFSC body in Gujarat will globally discredit Mumbai: Sharad Pawar to Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s decision to station the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) Authority at Gandhinagar in Gujarat will not only cause financial damage to the country, but also bring “international discredit” by undermining the importance of Mumbai, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar warned here on Sunday. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra […]