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India airlines group opposes country’s bid to tighten cabin crew fatigue rules

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (Reuters) – A group representing India’s top airlines IndiGo and Air India has asked the government to dilute proposed fatigue management rules for cabin crew, warning they could disrupt flight schedules and limit growth prospects, a letter shows. The pushback from the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) on a key Indian government proposal comes after IndiGo, the country’s largest airline, cancelled about 4,500 flights in December due to poor planning for new fatigue management rules for pilots. The cabin crew rules proposed in October call for boosting minimum weekly rest to 48 hours from 36 hours

BJP’s Nishikant Dubey files notice to cancel Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership

New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has given a notice to initiate a ‘substantive motion’ against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and demanded that his Lok Sabha membership be cancelled and he be debarred from contesting elections for life. Speaking to PTI videos in Parliament House complex, Dubey said that in his notice he has stated how the Leader of the Opposition visits foreign countries joining hands with the Soros Foundation, USAID, Ford Foundation and “colludes” with anti-India elements. A substantive motion is an independent, self-contained proposal submitted for the approval of a legislative

Facing pressures at home, UK universities set up in India

DELHI/MUMBAI/SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb 12 (Reuters) – In an office block on the outskirts of Delhi, a first cohort of students gathers for a class in a Business Management degree at the University of Southampton – an institution headquartered nearly 7,000 kilometres (4,350 miles) away. Far from its sprawling green campuses in southern England, Southampton is the first of several British universities setting up in India to tap one of the world’s fastest growing student markets. Britain and India agreed to deepen education ties under a 2025 reset in relations that also delivered a free-trade agreement and reciprocal prime ministerial visits.

Assam BJP social media co-convenor removed for uploading controversial video

Guwahati, Feb 12 (PTI) The Assam BJP has removed a co-convenor of its social media team for posting the now-deleted video featuring Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that created a huge controversy, a senior leader said on Thursday. The video showed Sarma purportedly taking aim with a rifle and firing a shot at two people, one wearing a skull cap and the other with a beard, with “point-blank shot” as the caption. The AI-generated video was uploaded on the state BJP’s official X handle on Saturday evening, before being deleted after a political backlash. “The video was uploaded without proper

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