Delhi: Flights, trains delayed due to dense fog and cold weather
Movement of flights and passenger trains to and from the National Capital continued to remain affected on Tuesday due to bad fog and adverse weather conditions.
Movement of flights and passenger trains to and from the National Capital continued to remain affected on Tuesday due to bad fog and adverse weather conditions.
Several flights were delayed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Monday due to low visibility amidst fog.
As the national capital woke to freezing weather on Tuesday, around 30 flights departing from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were delayed and 17 were cancelled due to weather conditions, airport officials said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued show cause notices to Air India and SpiceJet following a series of fog-related delays and diversions of their flights at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here.
An accused in a case of rape registered in Ludhiana, Punjab managed to escape from the custody of the security force at the at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Saturday directed the officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to look into the matter after an operating flight 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) experienced a technical issue while on the take-off roll.
The plane was getting prepared to take off for Patna when the car belonging to Go First Airline went under it. The driver supposedly fell asleep.
"While passing 5000ft, the crew noticed smoke in the cabin after which the pilots decided to return to Delhi," the official said.
In an operation code-named “BLACK & WHITE”, the DRI seized 55 Kg of Heroin from an imported cargo consignment, which was declared to contain “Trolley Bags”.
During interrogation, accused persons disclosed that their documents were procured by one agent namely Sandeep Kumar and it was disclosed that to facilitate their journey, the agent collected a certain amount from each person, a part of the amount was paid in cash and the remaining amount was transferred to his account.
