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Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday briefed his American counterpart Mark Esper on the latest developments in the over two-month troop confrontation with China, which has seen India deploy US-origin weapon systems like Apache attack helicopters in eastern Ladakh. Sources said bilateral defence ties as well as the regional security situation featured in the discussion.

Ritu Maheshwari isn’t leaving Ghaziabad without regrets. Sitting in her camp office on Friday, clearing her last files as district magistrate, Maheshwari said she knew her transfer was “only a matter of time” and she was prepared for it.

“Mundgod to Hubballi by road, on to Hyderabad, a flight to Delhi and then an overnight bus to Dharamsala,” Lobshany Gyaltsan, a Buddhist monk, went over the route he used to take to get to the hill town where the Dalai Lama lives.

A Pithoragarh-bound Heritage Aviation flight from Hindon terminal had to be cancelled on Monday due to a technical snag, three days after the services started with much fanfare.

On board King Air 350: While the Hindon civil terminal in Ghaziabad promises to bring remote places closer to Delhi, the experience of taking off and landing at this defence airfield is different from that at other airports. The sight of majestic defence aircraft, choppers and other facilities are eye-popping. But being a sensitive defence airport, photography in the operational area is prohibited. So when you fly in or out of Hindon, just see those sights without trying to capture them in your camera for posterity.

When the first commercial flight operated by Heritage Aviation took off from the civil terminal of the Hindon Air Force base for Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand in October 2019, it brought Ghaziabad on the country’s aviation map.

An Indian Air Force transport aircraft will be sent to Iran on Monday night to bring back Indians stranded in the coronavirus-hit nation, official sources said. The C-17 Globemaster military aircraft is expected to depart from the Hindon airbase around 8 pm, they said. About 2K Indians are in Iran, which has witnessed increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases.

The district administration on Wednesday held a meeting with Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials over the delay in starting commercial flight operations from the Hindon air force base.

The IAF on Tuesday put the men and their flying machines that bombed on February 26 a Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) facility at Balakot and then thwarted Pakistan's counter-offensive the next day at the forefront of its 87th anniversary on Tuesday, even as Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria said the pre-dawn strikes showed India's resolve to punish perpetrators of terrorism.

It is being seen as a boost to air connectivity between the border district and the NCR.

A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly entering the Hindon air base area on Wednesday.

Squadron Leader Samir Abrol (32), was killed when his Mirage-2000 trainer aircraft crashed near the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airport in Bengaluru on Friday. Abrol's colleague said the govt had to take the blame for his death. “These ‘flying coffins’ must be phased out else they will keep on consuming our men,” he said. The aircraft had been recently upgraded.

The driver of a five-seater Swift packed with six persons was killed and four were injured when the car crashed into a divider on the Hindon elevated road and overturned.

Uttar Pradesh is undergoing a significant aviation expansion, building a network of 21 airports, including five international gateways. This ambitious project aims to boost connectivity, strengthen tourism, and support industrial growth across the populous state. The development connects major cities, pilgrimage sites, and emerging economic hubs, transforming travel and accessibility for millions.