IndiGo fiasco is cost of govt's monopoly model: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the IndiGo "fiasco" is the cost of this government's "monopoly model" and asserted that India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies.
In the wake of IndiGo cancelling over 550 flights on Thursday alone and 400 flights on Friday, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers, Gandhi said it is ordinary Indians who pay the price in delays, cancellations and helplessness.
"IndiGo fiasco is the cost of this Govt's monopoly model. Once again, it's ordinary Indians who pay the price - in delays, cancellations and helplessness," the Leader of Opposition said in a post on X.
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"India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies," Gandhi asserted.
IndiGo on Thursday told aviation watchdog DGCA that operations are expected to be fully stabilised by February 10, 2026, and sought temporary relaxations in flight duty norms on a day when the country's largest airline cancelled more than 550 flights, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers.
Acknowledging that the flight disruptions happening for the past few days are primarily due to misjudgment and planning gaps in implementing the second phase of the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms, IndiGo also informed the regulator that there will be more cancellations till December 8 and from that day, there will also be a reduction in services.
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu held a high-level review meeting to assess the situation of significant flight disruptions and expressed his displeasure at the way IndiGo handled the new FDTL norms implementation despite having ample time.
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PU student dies by suicide in Hubballi after securing 71% in PUC results
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Hubballi: An 18-year-old student died by suicide in Siddakalyan Nagar of Unkal in Hubballi, reportedly distressed over her II PUC exam results.
The deceased has been identified as Shravani Maruti Kale, a student of Kanakadasa College in Vidyanagar.
According to reports, Shravani had secured 71% in the Commerce stream in the II PUC exams. She was said to have aimed for a perfect score and was upset that she did not achieve the expected result.
Family members said she was a bright student. Her father works as an auto driver, and she used to stay at her grandparents’ house to focus on her studies. She had set a target of scoring 600 out of 600 and had even expressed this goal publicly.
After the results were announced, she reportedly did not speak to anyone and later took the extreme step, her uncle Maruti said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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