India to operate 270 repatriation flights from UAE between October 1-25
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday added that it will operate 270 flights repatriation flights from the United Arab Emirates, starting October 1 to bring its citizens back who want to return home amidst COVID-19.
The ministry said its new schedule, which will run until Oct. 25, constitutes the seventh phase of its repatriation mission, known as Vande Bharat. The state-owned budget airline, Air India Express will operate these flights. They may be supplemented later, if needed, by other Indian carriers, it added.
The flights will leave for India from Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai airports to several domestic destinations in India. The seventh phase of the repatriation mission covers a number of new Indian airports.
The schedule announced on Monday also includes flights to bring back Indians from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. In Oman, the flights will operate from both Muscat and Salalah airports. From Saudi Arabia, the airports of origin are Dammam and Riyadh.
Meanwhile, 269 flights will be operated to the UAE from Indian cities by Air India Express for 24 days from Oct. 1. These flights will take back Indians who live and work in the UAE.
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DMK chief M K Stalin to kick-start poll campaign in Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will launch DMK’s poll campaign at the party’s 12th state conference from Siruganur on the Trichy-Chennai national highway here on Monday.
The conference theme is "Let Stalin continue, let Tamil Nadu win".
Apart from highlighting the achievements of the state government, Stalin, who is the president of the DMK, is likely to make key announcements targeting the upcoming Assembly election, a senior leader in the party said.
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Earlier, in a letter to party workers, Stalin described the conference as an important political event that would gear up the DMK for the 2026 Assembly election and help pave the way for forming a Dravidian model 2.0 government.
He would hoist the party flag on a 110-foot-high flagpole at the event for which the organisers expect around ten lakh participants.
Stalin had addressed a similar conference before the 2021 Assembly election from the same venue and announced crucial election promises.
DMK principal secretary and state Municipal Administration Minister K N Nehru told reporters that the conference will commence at 3 pm.
The DMK had won 133 seats on its own in the 2021 Assembly polls and the Secular Progressive Alliance led by it secured a total of 159 seats in the 234-member Assembly.
