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Airports Authority of India workers to go on mass leave

Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2013

Employees of state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) will go on mass casual leave on Friday to protest against the government's intervention in the functioning of AAI.

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh devastated by rain; nearly 60 dead, 73,000 stranded

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from agencies) | Tuesday June 18, 2013

Early arrival of monsoon is usually good news. But the whole of north India, particularly Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the two Himalayan states, have been battered and ravaged by incessant showers, landslides and flash floods. Thousands are stra...

Man held for smuggling gold bars worth over Rs 1.6 crores

Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013

A man was arrested with smuggled gold bars worth over Rs 1.60 crore by customs officials at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi.

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh walloped by rain; 50 dead, thousands stranded

Edited by Mala Das | Monday June 17, 2013

Heavy rains lashed parts of north India today, as the annual monsoon covered the country nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. Thousands are reported stranded in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Heavy rains lash Delhi, suburbs; waterlogging causes traffic chaos

Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013

Heavy rains lashed the national capital for the second day in a row causing water-logging and traffic chaos in various parts of the city.

Delhi airport flooded, passengers wade through knee deep water

Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013

Incessant heavy rains today led to water-logging at the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) airport in New Delhi, causing inconvenience to passengers who waded through knee deep water while the baggage handling system was left crippled.

Air India leaves Singapore flight passengers stranded at Mumbai terminal for 14 hours

Mid-Day.com | Sunday June 16, 2013

On a normal day, it would have taken Shweta Chhabria Kriplani a little over five- and-a-half-hours to reach Changi airport in Singapore from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport. The Singapore-based banker, however, spent most of Saturd...

Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi gets world's second best airport award

Press Trust of India | Friday June 14, 2013

Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has been named the world's second best airport in the 25-40 million passengers category by the Airport Council International.

Nine-year-old schoolgirl enters Turkey using toy passport

Press Trust of India | Thursday June 13, 2013

A nine-year-old British schoolgirl managed to get past Turkish customs officers with a toy passport identifying her as a unicorn.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi today to meet Congress workers

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday June 13, 2013

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to interact with party workers today, party leaders said on Tuesday.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on Thursday to meet Congress workers

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 11, 2013

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to interact with party workers June 13, party leaders said today.

Qatar airways flight hits aerobridge at Kochi airport

Press Trust of India | Monday June 10, 2013

A Qatar airways Doha-Kochi-Doha flight was grounded on Monday after cowling of the engine suffered some damage as it hit an aerobridge while moving towards the parking bay shortly after it arrived in Kochi with 234 passengers early on Monday.

Emirates flight did not make emergency landing at Kolkata

Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 11, 2013

A Kuala Lumpur-bound flight, which made an emergency landing in Kolkata on June 9 because of a technical problem, did not belong to the Emirates, a spokesman of the airlines said on Tuesday.

In Goa, Narendra Modi is BJP's 'poster' boy

Reported by Akhilesh Sharma | Sunday June 9, 2013

Even before Narendra Modi was announced as the BJP poll campaign committee chairman, there was one count in which the Gujarat Chief Minister was already unequivocally ahead of other top party leaders.

Rain forces diversion of two Chennai-bound flights to Bangalore

Press Trust of India | Thursday June 6, 2013

Two international flights bound for Chennai were diverted to Bangalore airport after they could not land here following heavy rains on Thursday.