5 killed, 3 injured as plane crashes in Mumbai's Ghatkopar

The King Air C90 12-seater aircraft had taken off from the Juhu airstrip on a test flight. A 12-seater aircraft crashed in to Mumbai’s suburb of Ghatkopar on Thursday, killing both the......

TMC writes to EC on use of choppers by Modi, Sonia

Trinamool Congress on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Election Commission asking how BJP leader Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi could use Pawan Hans helicopters for public......

CVC to probe shoddy construction at Lucknow airport

The Central Vigilance Commission will inquire into the alleged bungling in construction of a new terminal at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh airport. The probe follows complaints made about......

Sikkim: Wreckage of army helicopter found, 4 dead

Four army personnel were killed in a Dhruv helicopter crash in north Sikkim near the Sino-India border, days after a Pawan Hans chopper went down in the northeast claiming 17 lives. Wreckage of......

Govt calls off strategic sale of Pawan Hans as winning bidder disqualified

The government on Monday decided to call off the strategic divestment of Pawan Hans as the successful bidding consortium Star9 Mobility Pvt Ltd was disqualified in view of pending legal cases.......

Modi's ambitious privatisation plans have few takers

It was touted as a game changer but big-ticket privatisation has been a mixed bag as the government faces unanticipated challenges of lukewarm investor response, employee union agitation and legal......

IDBI Bank bidders need to seek MHA nod

In a first, the government has made it mandatory for interested buyers of IDBI Bank to provide details for security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the first stage of the......

Air India sale to boost privatisation: Survey

Air India sale will give a boost to India's privatisation drive, the Economic Survey said on Monday, as it suggested redefining the public sector role in business enterprises to encourage private......