Kashish Gupta

• Kingfisher Airlines pilots, engineers agree to management's offer; join work

  In a breakthrough for the beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines, its pilots, and then some time later its engineers, who had been on strike since last month, today accepted the management's offer of three months' salary, paid in tranches by Diwali.

• Kingfisher Airlines' licence might be suspended, say sources

  Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) may suspend the licence of Kingfisher Airlines today for failing to come up with a viable financial revival plan, sources have said.

• 'Jan satyagraha': March ends after government inks truce with protesters

  A march by 50,000 landless people to Delhi from Gwalior - known as Jan Satyagraha (people's movement) - for framing a National Land Reforms Policy was halted at Agra today after an agreement was signed between the Central government and Ekta Parishad, the NGO behind the march.

• India's unwanted girls: Baby found at bus stop

  Did you know India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl? That a girl child aged between 1 and 5 years in our country is 75% more likely to die than a boy? That we have the world's worst gender differential in child mortality? Three baby girls from different parts of India, have begun their life being abandoned,malnourished a...

• Eight Air India unions threaten strike from April 2, international flights could be hit

  A group of eight unions has asked the Prime Minister to ensure Air India employees are paid long overdue salaries.

• Kingfisher Airlines pays Rs 44 cr to income tax department

  Kingfisher Airlines, the troubled carrier, has made a payment of Rs 44 crore to the Income Tax Department, sources told NDTV. This could come as a major relief for the airline ahead of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) report on its viability to be submitted to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The move to clear dues is likely to w...

• Bhatta-Parsaul 'rapes': Arrest warrant against senior Uttar Pradesh cop

  Whether six women were raped by policemen in Greater Noida during a weekend in May has become a political point of such significance that three different committees have been roped in for their assessment.

• DGCA report blames 'incorrect landing technique' for Gulf Air incident at Kochi

  A preliminary report of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found that the Gulf Air incident was caused because of incorrect landing technique by the flight crew.

• CAG slams Air India for Rs 200 crore loss

  There seems to be more trouble for the government from its auditor. The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on Air India has slammed the airline's management for a lack of foresight and said the decision to buy new aircraft caused a loss of Rs 200 crore.The report says the expansion plans of the national carrier were not based on due dil...

• BJP's turn to march against Mayawati in Lucknow

  It was the turn of the BJP today to stage a protest march in Lucknow against the glut of crimes against women that have grabbed attention lately with brutal force.The women's wing of the BJP demonstrated in the streets today. Yesterday, the Congress defied government orders to hold its "nyaya" or justice march. The BJP workers were forced in...

• UP minister attacked at his home, injured in blast

  UP Minister Nand Gopal Gupta "Nandi" was on Monday injured in a bomb blast apparently targeting him just outside his residence in Allahabad. Gupta escaped with serious injuries but a man paying him a visit later succumbed to injuries.The incident, which sent shock waves in the city, took place at around 11 AM when the 36-year-old Gupta, Minister fo...

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  Bareilly under curfew for 12th day

  A large part of Bareilly is under curfew for the 12th day running. On March 2, the day after Holi, a communal riot had broke out injuring many people.

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  Standoff with armed man ends after 40 hours

  In the end, it took two cameras to end a standoff that had lasted 40 hours. Shamim, 27, had locked himself into a room in his parents' home near Lucknow early on Thursday morning. With him were his father's gun and 30 bullets.

• Lucknow: 31 suicides in 15 days

  At least 31 suicides reported in Lucknow over the last two weeks. Many of the victims are students, which has forced the Centre to take notice.

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  Kidnappers killed, 11-year-old rescued

  All four kidnappers were tracked down and shot dead near Malihabad, 30 kms from Lucknow.