India starts issuing tourist visas to foreign travellersLast month, the Union home ministry had said it would begin granting fresh tourist visas to foreigners coming to India through chartered fl...
16 Nov, 2021, 06.24 AM IST
India opens to foreign tourists; response to be lukewarm, says travel industryLast month, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had said it would begin granting fresh tourist visas to foreigners coming to India through c...
15 Nov, 2021, 09.46 PM IST
Foreign tourists to be allowed in India from November 15Foreign tourists travelling to India by flights other than chartered aircraft will be able to do so from November 15, the ministry said in ...
07 Oct, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
Tourism industry welcomes the move to restart issuing of visas to overseas touristsForeign tourists entering into India by flights other than chartered aircraft would be able to do so only with effect from November 15 on f...
07 Oct, 2021, 09.27 PM IST
Indian IT firms bring back over 2,000 stranded employees from US, Europe due to Covid-19Companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra and Wipro have a significant employee base at client locations, primarily in the...
21 Jul, 2020, 07.02 AM IST
MEA to create online database of workers to map their skills“The ministry maintains a database of Indian workers who travel overseas to work,” said Sanjay Bhattacharyya, secretary, consular, passport...
28 Jun, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Rough weather for those boarding Vande BharatAir India’s special international service is getting flak for "exorbitant and arbitrary pricing".
08 Jun, 2020, 05.26 PM IST
Maritime bodies to fly seafarers back home, to foreign ports; Chartered flight to Doha on June 3The first such chartered flight carrying 150 seafarers will depart from New Delhi to Doha on Wednesday, as per maritime bodies MASSA and FO...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.13 PM IST
Fearing next wave, China doesn’t want its Diaspora coming backShaken by the almost 600 "imported” cases, China has already announced the sealing of its borders to foreigners.
28 Mar, 2020, 06.25 AM IST
Over Rs 2,021 crore spent on PM Narendra Modi's foreign travel since 2014Modi visited over 55 countries in 48 foreign trips since taking over as prime minister in May 2014.
29 Dec, 2018, 06.14 AM IST
Rs 1,484 crore spent on PM Modi's foreign travel since 2014: GovernmentRs 1088.42 crore was spent on maintenance of the PM's aircraft and Rs 387.26 crore on chartered flights.
19 Jul, 2018, 09.50 PM IST
International flight services from Tirupati, Vijayawada airports yet to take offNaidu had announced last month direct flight services to Singapore from the state capital Amaravati (Vijayawada airport) would be launched ...
09 Jul, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
Government eases norms for private jets flying abroadPresently, the aviation regulator's prior permission (called YA number) is mandatory for Indian-registered charters or private jets to fly ...
07 Dec, 2017, 10.30 PM IST
Centre eases norms for charter planesB S Bhullar-headed DGCA is all set to remove the pre-condition of taking clearance from the regulatory agency by the month-end.
08 Sep, 2017, 11.09 AM IST
Warren Buffet-owned FlightSafety International signs pact with Deccan ChartersThe training will provide a major fillip to the budding regional aviation sector and the business aircraft segment in the country.
06 Jun, 2015, 07.53 PM IST
DGCA bans unauthorized overseas charter flightsThis will ground Indian corporates and high net worth individuals who roam the globe in charter jets or force them to fly schedule airlines.
22 Aug, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
- Air India operations near normal on Saturday
Flight operations by Air India, whose pilots returned to work after 10 days of strike, at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airp...
07 May, 2011, 03.56 PM IST