SpiceJet to connect Riyadh with Delhi

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December 15, 2012

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Riyadh, December 15: SpiceJet, India's most popular low fare airline, is expanding its wings in Saudi skies, connecting Riyadh with India's capital city New Delhi that fulfills the long-standing aspirations of the people of the two countries.  The inaugural flight will take off on Jan. 4 from Riyadh to New Delhi, a sector that has reported progressively growing passenger loads during the last few years.

 

“SpiceJet has received all the required regulatory/government approval from concerned authorities in Saudi Arabia and India to launch its services,” said Neil Raymond Mills, SpiceJet chief executive officer. Tickets for Riyadh-Delhi flights are available with the travel agents in the Kingdom and in India. The move by SpiceJet to launch new services is significant in light of the total number of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia that presently exceeds 2.2 million.

 

On the other hand, the Riyadh-New Delhi sector has been underserved by most of the carriers, as many of them have preferred operating primarily from Saudi Arabia to Central and South Indian destinations only. The business traffic on this route is also growing with India emerging today as the fourth largest trading partner of Saudi Arabia besides being a major destination for investment, tourism and IT.

 

Spelling out the details of the SpiceJet new service, Mills said that “the Indian government has taken substantial steps to open its airspace for air service with many countries ... to leverage opportunity and offer quality services at affordable prices to our customers. In light of this, we are pleased to announce the launch of flights to Riyadh."  The SpiceJet chief said that the airline is expanding its footprints on new destinations with the brand new fleet of Boeing and the latest Q400 next generation turbo prop aircraft from Bombardier.

 

He pointed out that the first flight will take off from the Riyadh-based King Khaled International Airport Riyadh (KKIA) on Jan. 4 at 7 a.m. The flight will land at New Delhi airport at 1:20 p.m. The flight from New Delhi will proceed to Riyadh daily at 3:45 p.m. (Indian time). The tickets for Riyadh-Delhi-Riyadh flights can be booked through www.spicejet.com or by contacting toll free reservation at 1800 180 3333/0987 180 3333 and through travel agents in the two countries.

 

SpiceJet, which currently operates flights to the UAE and connects Dubai with Indian cities of Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Kochi, has an aggressive expansion plan for Saudi Arabia and for other member countries of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). SpiceJet is India's preferred airline, owning 19.1 percent of domestic Indian aviation market, delivering the lowest airfares with the highest consumer value. The airline currently operates more than 300 daily flights to 38 Indian cities and five international destinations.

 

The airline offers to those flying from Riyadh convenient connecting SpiceJet flights to a large number of Indian cities including Agartala, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bagdogra, Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Port Blair, Pune, Rajahmundry, Srinagar, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Varanasi, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.

 

The SpiceJet flies to five international destinations, namely Dubai, Colombo, Kabul, Kathmandu and Male, using the new generation fleet of 36 Boeing 737-800/ 900ER aircrafts. The airline operates newly acquired 12 Bombardier Q400 aircraft for enhancing connectivity to different cities on its domestic and international routes. SpiceJet, headquartered in Gurgaon near New Delhi, has been voted among the top five “Best Budget Airline in Asia” by Smart Travel Asia in 2008, 2009 and 2012. The airline has bagged several awards and commendations both in India and abroad during the last few years.



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December 2,2025

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Bengaluru: 'Nati koli saaru' (country chicken curry) considered one of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s favourites along with steaming hot idlis was on the breakfast menu at Deputy CM D K Shivakumar’s residence on Tuesday, according to official sources.

The spread also included 'nati koli' fry, vada and pongal, among other items, they said.

In an apparent show of unity, Siddaramaiah visited Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast, just days after the two leaders shared a meal amid a simmering power tussle in the state Congress.

Siddaramaiah drove to the Deputy CM’s residence in Sadashivanagar, where he was received by Shivakumar and his brother D K Suresh, who is a former Congress MP.

Suresh and Kunigal MLA H D Ranganath, a relative of Shivakumar, joined them for breakfast, which featured a mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.

Speaking to reporters later, Siddaramaiah said Shivakumar had invited him during his visit to the CM’s residence for breakfast on Saturday.

Asked about the difference between the two meals, the chief minister said, "At his (Shivakumar’s) house it was non-veg, while at my house it was veg. He is a vegetarian, I am a non-vegetarian. I had not prepared non-veg. I told DK to get chicken from the village as you won’t get the original in Bengaluru."

Shivakumar said he had initially invited Siddaramaiah to his residence, but the CM had suggested visiting his place first and reciprocating later. "It was a vegetarian breakfast at the CM’s house on Saturday," he noted.

"Today, I invited him (the CM) to my house. He enjoyed the breakfast, which had his Mysuru taste," Shivakumar added. At this point, Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar’s wife is also from Mysuru.

Saturday’s breakfast at Siddaramaiah’s official residence, held as part of efforts by the Congress high command to ease tensions in the leadership dispute between the two, reportedly included idlis and sambar, according to official sources.

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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December 3,2025

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Mangaluru, Dec 3: A group of Congress workers gathered at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday to welcome AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, but the reception quickly turned into a display of support for Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Venugopal arrived in the city to participate in the centenary commemoration of the historic dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru. The event, organised by the Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, in association with the Mangalore University Sri Narayana Guru Study Chair, is being held on the university’s Konaje campus.

KPCC general secretary Mithun Rai and several party workers had assembled at the airport to receive Venugopal. However, the moment he stepped out, workers began raising slogans backing Shivakumar.

The university programme will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

This show of support comes just a day after Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar would lead the government “when the high command decides.” The chief minister made the comment after a breakfast meeting at Shivakumar’s residence—another public display of camaraderie between the two leaders amid ongoing attempts by the party high command to downplay their leadership rivalry.

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