Ensure level playing field during assembly polls: EC team tells Haryana officialsThe Election Commission emphasised impartiality in Haryana assembly elections, directing enforcement agencies to combat illicit activities....
13 Aug, 2024, 02.15 PM IST
NRIs return home, line up for love of voteExpatriates from the UAE, including Anwar Naha, returned to Kerala to vote, with chartered flights organized by KMCC. NRIs from various cou...
27 Apr, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
'No ifs, no buts', UK's Sunak promises to start Rwanda flightsBritish PM Sunak faces opposition in sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, aiming to boost Conservative Party popularity before election. Despi...
23 Apr, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
No cheer for Yatra but Rahul Gandhi will prosper even in meltdownGiven Rahul Gandhi's right to inheritance of Congress' de facto leadership insulates him from expanding the poor record of vote-catching, t...
03 Mar, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
Would have taken part in COVID-19 meeting between Modi, CMs had I been invited: MamataChairing a meeting on the COVID-19 situation with chief ministers of 11 states and Union Territories with the maximum COVID-19 cases, Modi ...
23 Apr, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
Pandemic-time politicking: BJP consolidates base even as Opposition loses its stingPolitical rallies and mass protests — often considered a lifeline for the Opposition — are now forbidden or impossible as the virus has for...
20 Jul, 2020, 09.53 AM IST
View: Creating a digital job market can go a long way in solving India's migrant crisisIn its June 9 order, the Supreme Court had asked state governments to create help desks for returning migrant labourers, and note down thei...
14 Jul, 2020, 07.08 PM IST
Mamata releases TMC list for all 42 WB seats; alleges attempt to bribe votersMamata claimed that "VVIPs" were using helicopters and chartered flights to transport money to bribe voters.
12 Mar, 2019, 05.24 PM IST
Where are the elections being held: Kerala or West Asia?The way Kerala politicians are going after pravasi votes, one would wonder whether the assembly elections are happening in the state or in ...
04 May, 2016, 03.13 AM IST
Varanasi airport earnings double as politicians make a beeline for campaigningThe airport that witnesses on an average up to 15 to 20 flights per day, has been seeing around 30 aircrafts for last two months.
12 May, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Netas' frequent flying pushes air traffic to a high in UPLeading from the front in these respect are Lucknow and Varanasi airports and airstrips at Saifai and Fursatganj in Rae Bareli.
25 Apr, 2014, 12.08 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Candidates use 'Whatsapp' and 'Skype' to woo NRK votersThose who use internet chat applications like 'Beyluxe messenger', a popular online voice and video chat programme, to seek votes from outs...
03 Apr, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
Indian organisation to charter flights for Kerala votersThe Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre, which has 50,300 members in the UAE would be flying Keralities, eligible to vote, on April 7.
18 Mar, 2014, 01.10 PM IST
Cash on chopper: DGCA cancels licenses of two pilotsDGCA has suspended licenses of two pilots for making an unauthorised sortie in poll-bound Nagaland early this year which was intercepted by...
08 Sep, 2013, 02.29 PM IST
- Poll cash: I-T dept steps up vigil at IGI airport, NCR border
I-T deptt has stepped up vigil at the IGI airport and along the borders of the NCR in order to check illegal movement of cash in the forthc...
17 Jan, 2012, 02.56 PM IST
- High-flying campaigners to give Rs 100 cr biz to private operators
Slowdown may have hit the aviation sector as a whole, but fortunes of a lucky few are just about to take off.
19 Feb, 2009, 04.09 AM IST
- China invites Taiwan to talks on charter flights, tourism
China has invited Taiwan to talks on tourism and direct charter flights, in another sign of warming relations following a high-level meetin...
29 May, 2008, 09.08 AM IST