"An IAF C-130J flight takes off from the Wadi Seidna Air Base under #OperationKaveri. This is the 8th batch of evacuees with 121 passengers enroute to Jeddah." Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
"Hackers encrypted the data of the passengers and demanded a ransom of Rs 40 crores in bitcoins in Indian currency valuation for returning this data to the Transport Department. The hacker also threatened to double the amount if the money is not received in two days," the official said.
A Tanzanian nationality passenger was arrested by customs for allegedly carrying three Whiskey bottles with dissolved narcotics substances, said a statement by customs.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting here with Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia to review passenger traffic at the airports across the country.
Aiming to provide a safe and comfortable journey to rail passengers, Northeast Frontier Railway has undertaken several track renewal works during 2022 - 23.
India's first water-based metro, Kochi Water Metro, which was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recorded a footfall of 6,559 passengers on Wednesday, its inaugural day of service.
"#OperationKaveri INS Teg departs from Port Sudan with 297 passengers. This is the fifth batch of stranded Indians enroute to Jeddah," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
"#OperationKaveri continues. 4th batch of stranded Indians departs from Port Sudan for Jeddah. IAF C-130J takes off with 136 passengers on board," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
"On the basis of profiling done by the officers of Customs AIU batch, a passenger identified as MK Hakkeem a native of Palakkad district was coming from Doha to Kochi by flight IX476 was intercepted at the green channel," a customs official said.
The dog unit K9 of Delhi Customs is adding more strength to the surveillance at the airport to detect drug smuggling, the latest example of which is a female labrador member, Jancy who helped the officials seize drugs from an Indian passenger coming from Kenya.