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Prominent travel agencies say that as many as 9,000 passengers to and from the US have cancelled their air tickets since January 2016.

Indian techies in US suspend plan for holiday at home

Techies from India who are working in the US in India's $150 billion Information Technology sector, are worried about...

2 Feb 2017 3:04 AM IST

Railway employees and workers are seeking a periodical overhauling unit for electric locomotives in South Central Railway from the Union government in the Budget.

Union Budget 2017: Railway safety gets large allocation of Rs 1 lakh...

The fund will cover upgradation of tracks, signalling besides elimination of unmanned level crossings.

2 Feb 2017 3:03 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabling the Union Budget for 2017-18 in the Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley kept blending poetry with Budget's cryptic jargon

His poetic barb was aimed at the Opposition, particularly the Congress, which had been flaying the government's...

2 Feb 2017 3:02 AM IST

Universities and colleges in the United States are going extra mile to dispel fears in minds of students and recruiters from other countries, especially India, in the wake of new executive orders and immigration reforms proposed by president Donald Trump. (Representational image)

US universities in a bid to deflect Donald Trump's effect

Educational institutions host over 10 lakh students.

2 Feb 2017 3:01 AM IST

Heathrow, Europes busiest airport, said 80 out of about 1,350 flights scheduled on Thursday have been cancelled pre-emptively because of the wintry weather. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Union Budget 2017: PPP model for Tier-II airports

Four major airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad had been handed out to private developers by the UPA-I...

2 Feb 2017 2:59 AM IST

The Anil Kakodkar Expert Committee report on Railway Safety, states that 36 per cent of accidents occur at unmanned level crossings. (Representational Image)

Merger of Railway Budget with General Budget likely to save Rs 9,500...

The practice of announcing new trains was stopped last year itself with the government focusing on improving rail...

2 Feb 2017 2:50 AM IST