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New Delhi, Oct 25: India will become the world’s third largest aviation market around 2024 surpassing the United Kingdom, global airlines’ body IATA said on Wednesday as it projected total air passenger numbers to touch 8.2 billion in 2037. Releasing the latest update to IATA’s 20-year Air Passenger Forecast, the grouping also cautioned that growth prospects for air transport and the economic

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that birth of a third child would automatically disqualify a person from contesting panchayat polls and from holding the post of a member or sarpanch in a panchayat. Scotching attempts by a tribal sarpanch in Odisha to step around the disqualification law by giving away one of his three children in adoption to comply with the two-child norm

Lucknow, Oct 24: Firebrand Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Wednesday said that he was the ''item girl'' for the BJP and the saffron party often used his name to gain political mileage during the elections. ''BJP often uses my name during elections to polarise the voters.....I am like its item girl,'' Khan said while addressing a gathering of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh's Badayun district

Bhopal, Oct 24: Indirectly criticising Supreme Court for allowing to burst crackers only for two hours (8 pm to 10 pm) on Diwali, the ruling BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain Lok Sabha constituency Chintamani Malviya has said that he won’t tolerate any interference in Hindu traditions and was ready to happily to go to jail for furthering his religious traditions. In a Facebook post, the BJP

Newsroom, Oct 24: Former Prime Minister of India H D Devegowda will be paying tribute to Basaveshwara statue in London on 26th October 2018. The event will be organized by The Basaveshwara Foundation, a non-profit organization based in UK that has erected the statue of Basaveshwara on the bank of river Thames. Former Mayor of London borough of Lambeth Dr Neeraj Patil and Chairman of The

Mumbai, Oct 24: An Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta was on Wednesday diverted to Mumbai after a passenger went into labour and delivered a baby girl mid-air. Officials said that the delivery took place as the aircraft was flying over the Arabian Sea. The pilot of flight EY 474 contacted the Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) with a request for an emergency landing. "The woman and

New Delhi, Oct 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement Wednesday that Modi expressed his gratitude for the prestigious honour and in the light of India' deepening partnership with the Republic of Korea, he has

Bhiwani, Oct 24: BJP lawmaker Varun Gandhi Tuesday said when he raised objections about increase in salaries of MPs, he got a call from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), asking "why are you increasing our troubles?" During a programme in Model Women's College here, the Sultanpur MP said, "I repeatedly raise my voice about the increase in salaries of MPs and not giving details of their assets

New Delhi, Oct 24: M Nageshwar Rao on Wednesday was appointed as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with immediate effect. Nageshwar Rao, a 1986 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Odisha cadre, was working as the Joint Director in the investigating agency. He will look after the duties and functions of Director, CBI, and will take over the duties and

New Delhi, Oct 24: Vehicle owners will have to pay a GST of 18 per cent to get pollution certificate for their vehicles, the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has said. The Goa bench of the AAR passed the ruling on an application filed by Venkatesh Automobiles on whether the service provided for issuing 'Pollution Under Control' (PUC) certificate on behalf of the state government is exempted from