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Sheikh Hasina lands in Hindon; EAM briefs PM Modi on Bangladesh situation

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned on Monday following unprecedented anti-government protests, landed at the Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad on her way to London, diplomatic sources said. Hasina arrived in India in a C-130J military transport aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force, they said. It is not immediately clear whether the military transport aircraft will take her beyond India or she will travel to London in a different plane. Hasina is likely to meet her daughter Saima Wazed, who is based in Delhi. Wazed is working as the World Health Organisation's regional director for South-East Asia. There is no official word or confirmation on Hasina's stopover in Hindon yet. India decided to provide a safe passage through the Indian airspace to Hasina's aircraft following a request from Dhaka, the sources cited above told PTI. Indian government sources said New Delhi is closely following the fast-paced developments in Dhaka. There is no reaction yet from India on t

Sheikh Hasina lands in Hindon; EAM briefs PM Modi on Bangladesh situation
Updated On : 05 Aug 2024 | 9:21 PM IST

Delhi Airport wants low-cost carriers to shift to Noida, Hindon airports

At present, Delhi Airport manages 8,554 scheduled flights per week, with IndiGo, a low-cost carrier, representing approximately 38.5 per cent of these flights

Delhi Airport wants low-cost carriers to shift to Noida, Hindon airports
Updated On : 15 Feb 2024 | 11:36 PM IST

Suspicious four-feet pit found adjacent to Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad

A four-feet deep and wide pit was found adjacent to the boundary wall of the strategically important Hindon airbase here, raising an alert, with the local police saying the possibility of an infiltration attempt cannot be ruled out. A senior police official said on Monday police here have taken a serious note of it and launched an investigation after lodging an FIR. The pit was observed adjacent to the airbase boundary wall near Iqbal Colony and the locals informed the Teela More police station on Sunday night, the official said. Police and Air Force officials reached the spot soon and inspected the pit. Trans Hindon DCP Shubham Patel said the air force officials lodged an FIR. It could be the case of somebody trying to dig a tunnel to enter the premises, he said, adding police have started probing the case from various angles. The possibility of an infiltration attempt by some anti-national elements or some terrorist outfit cannot be ruled out, he said. The pit has been filled

Suspicious four-feet pit found adjacent to Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad
Updated On : 11 Dec 2023 | 10:19 PM IST

India sends humanitarian aid to people of Palestine amid Israel-Hamas war

India on Sunday sent nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine. The consignments were sent in a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The plane is transporting the aid to El-Arish airport in Egypt. "India sends Humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine. An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine departs for El-Arish airport in Egypt," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on 'X'. "The material includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, water purification tablets among other necessary items," he said. India sent the aid three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed condolences to President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas over the deaths of civilians at a hospital in Gaza and reiterated India's long-standing "principled

India sends humanitarian aid to people of Palestine amid Israel-Hamas war
Updated On : 22 Oct 2023 | 11:54 AM IST

IAF's 4 evacuation flights from Ukraine with Indians land in Hindon airbase

The IAF's four evacuation flights with 798 Indians from the Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary's Budapest and Polish city Rzeszow landed at the Hindon airbase here on Thursday morning, sources said

IAF's 4 evacuation flights from Ukraine with Indians land in Hindon airbase
Updated On : 03 Mar 2022 | 11:04 AM IST

Commercial flights likely to operate from Hindon airport by June end: AAI

Hindon airport, which is around 40 kms from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, belongs to the Indian Air Force

Commercial flights likely to operate from Hindon airport by June end: AAI
Updated On : 28 May 2019 | 3:50 PM IST

Hindon operations may face legal and operational challenges

IndiGo plans a hub-and-spoke model with their regional and mainline operations

Hindon operations may face legal and operational challenges
Updated On : 04 Sep 2017 | 1:10 AM IST

Retarded man nabbed in Hindon airbase

The man was noticed in the early hours of the day by the security staff of the Hindon Air Force base

Retarded man nabbed in Hindon airbase
Updated On : 06 May 2016 | 8:39 PM IST