Jet launches service to China

MUMBAI: Naresh Goyal-spearheaded Jet Airways has become the first Indian private air-carrier to operate a service to China by launching its Mumbai-Shanghai- San Francisco flight here on Saturday.

"With the introduction of the maiden service to San Francisco via Shanghai, we continue our airline's unprecedented expansion throughout North America," airline's Executive Director Saroj Datta said at the launch of the flight at the Mumbai International Airport.

This is the fourth new long-haul route started by Jet Airways to North America in less than one year.

Jet currently operates to 60 destinations across India and overseas. New York (JFK and Newark), Toronto, Brussels, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha and Muscat are some of the major international destinations the airlines operate to.

Former BSP minister arrested
LUCKNOW: Former minister and sitting BSP MLA Anand Sen Yadav was arrested from Ghazipur police station area here on Saturday in connection with the alleged murder of a Faizabad girl Shashi.

The police had been carrying out raids both in Lucknow and Faizabad to arrest the minister after a Faizabad court issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him.

Soon after his arrest Anand Sen was taken to Faizabad by a police team which had come from there, Additional Director General (Law and order) Brij Lal said.