News for 'Airports Authority of India'

Denied entry to India as...: UK-based Kashmiri Pandit professor

Denied entry to India as...: UK-based Kashmiri Pandit professor

Rediff.com26 Feb 2024

The BJP also went on to label Kaul a "Pakistani sympathiser" and posted headings of a couple of her writings on X.

Coldplay Is Back In Mumbai! Here's Your Ultimate Concert Guide

Coldplay Is Back In Mumbai! Here's Your Ultimate Concert Guide

Rediff.com17 Jan 2025

Everything you need to know about Coldplay's concert at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium on January 18, 19 and 21.

Bullets in airport: FIR against CPM leader

Bullets in airport: FIR against CPM leader

Rediff.com2 Mar 2007

Vijayan was stopped with bullets and they were taken away from him at the Chennai airport when he was traveling to New Delhi on February 16.

India's biggest and busiest airports

India's biggest and busiest airports

Rediff.com31 Aug 2012

Riding high on the aviation boom, India has built 17 international airports.

ED probes agents' network facilitating Indians' illegal US entry via Canada

ED probes agents' network facilitating Indians' illegal US entry via Canada

Rediff.com7 Feb 2025

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating a complex network of agents and facilitators in India, Canada, and the US who assist Indians in illegally entering the US through fraudulent admissions to Canadian colleges. Over 8,500 financial transactions are under scrutiny by the ED in a case related to money laundering, stemming from a 2023 Gujarat Police crime branch FIR. The investigation includes international financial companies involved in remittances abroad, with the ED conducting 35 searches in the past year and seizing assets worth Rs 92 lakh. The issue has gained significant attention following the deportation of 104 Indians from the US on Wednesday. The investigation is linked to the tragic death of an Indian family in January 2022, who perished while attempting to cross the Canada-US border illegally. The ED has identified a network of agents and facilitators who manage and facilitate the stay, transportation, visa arrangements, and legal matters of illegal immigrants who gained admission to Canadian colleges through fraudulent means. The investigation has revealed that the fees paid to Canadian colleges were remitted back to individuals' accounts, with around 8,500 transactions identified between September 2021 and August 2024. The ED suspects that approximately 370 individuals have entered the US using this illegal immigration scheme. The agency has recorded statements from parents and guardians of students enrolled in Canadian colleges and continues its investigation.

'I Am Tired Of Seeing Dead Bodies'

'I Am Tired Of Seeing Dead Bodies'

Rediff.com22 Apr 2025

'Many of them are mutilated beyond recognition. Every day an encounter takes place.' 'Bastar has been burnt to ash.'

Bomb threats to flights: Nagpur man surrenders

Bomb threats to flights: Nagpur man surrenders

Rediff.com1 Nov 2024

A 35-year-old man who was allegedly behind a series of hoax bomb threats to airports and railway stations across the country has been arrested after he presented himself before Nagpur Police, an official said on Friday.

6 more airports to be auctioned under PPP model: FM

6 more airports to be auctioned under PPP model: FM

Rediff.com16 May 2020

These airports are those at Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur and Trichy.

Drug addicts, not religious extremists: Lanka on 4 IS suspects

Drug addicts, not religious extremists: Lanka on 4 IS suspects

Rediff.com30 May 2024

He said that the Sri Lankan authorities have arrested more of their associates but it won't be right to reveal any more details on them as the investigation is going on.

Will Jet Airways manage to get enough airport slots?

Will Jet Airways manage to get enough airport slots?

Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

As and when Jet Airways applies for slots, these would be allocated among all airlines according to guidelines, without any claim of historicity in favour of any airline. Slots would be given to Jet only from the available remaining pool.

Centre grounds Akhilesh's Agra airport dream

Centre grounds Akhilesh's Agra airport dream

Rediff.com27 Jun 2015

Instead government has given a go ahead for an international airport at Jewar in Greater Noida to decongest New Delhi airport

Paid Rs 30L for US job, returned handcuffed: Chef from Punjab

Paid Rs 30L for US job, returned handcuffed: Chef from Punjab

Rediff.com7 Feb 2025

Several Indian immigrants, including 30 from Punjab, were deported from the US after being apprehended at the border. They had paid hefty sums to travel agents who promised them a better life in America, only to be met with illegal crossings and harsh detention conditions. Their dreams are now shattered, leaving them with heavy debts and a bleak future.

Pvt partners in airports to be named by July

Pvt partners in airports to be named by July

Rediff.com19 Apr 2005

The government on Tuesday said the private partners of the Airports Authority of India for the restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports were likely to be finalised by July or August. \n

Govt spending Rs 14,500 crore on airports before 'privatising' them

Govt spending Rs 14,500 crore on airports before 'privatising' them

Rediff.com1 Oct 2021

With six airports handed over to the Adani group for 50 years, the government is now all set to hand over another 25 airports to private players in a bid to 'monetise' them. Official figures reveal that since 2017-18, the government has spent and will be spending Rs 14,500 crore on significantly revamping infrastructure at most of these airports before handing them over to private players. The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which operates these airports for the government, has spent billions of rupees in building new terminal buildings, runways, reinforcing taxiways, upgrading aircraft landing systems, radars and a host of other heavy duty and capital intensive infrastructure works.

IAF to monitor Delhi sky for drone threats during G20 summit

IAF to monitor Delhi sky for drone threats during G20 summit

Rediff.com30 Aug 2023

Indian Air Force fighter planes will be on standby to keep a close watch on any suspicious activity in the Delhi sky, including UAVs or drones, as the national capital gets ready to host the G20 summit, a senior official from a department engaged in airport operations said.

Panels to review capacity of Delhi, Mumbai airports

Panels to review capacity of Delhi, Mumbai airports

Rediff.com6 May 2016

The working groups will comprise representatives of airlines, airport operators and the AAI.

A Small Line Of People Crossed Into India

A Small Line Of People Crossed Into India

Rediff.com19 Aug 2024

When I asked Krishna Gopal Sengupta, who had travelled through Bangladesh from Chittagong to Petrapole if the interim government had made any impact at ground level, he said, "it's been only a couple of days. They will need some time." Shyam G Menon reports from Petrapole, India's entry point with Bangladesh.

Cyclone Michaung paralyses Chennai, revives fears of 2015 flood

Cyclone Michaung paralyses Chennai, revives fears of 2015 flood

Rediff.com4 Dec 2023

Heavy rains continued to pound Chennai and nearby districts on Monday under the impact of a cyclonic storm, which is likely to cross the coast in Andhra Pradesh on December 5.

The price we pay for swanky airports in India!

The price we pay for swanky airports in India!

Rediff.com27 Aug 2015

Private airports are much better but because of poor regulation, the tariffs have shot up.

Star Alliance to develop Delhi, Mumbai airports as its hubs

Star Alliance to develop Delhi, Mumbai airports as its hubs

Rediff.com21 Oct 2014

Apart from Air India, the implementation of the airport hub project would involve the airport authorities, other Star Alliance partner airlines which operate from the two airports and ground handling agencies, among others, to make it easier for smooth transfer of passengers from one flight to another.

Airports infrastructure in take-off mode with the entry of Adani, Tata

Airports infrastructure in take-off mode with the entry of Adani, Tata

Rediff.com10 Apr 2019

With passenger growth pegged at 14 to 15 per cent, airport infrastructure could be a make or break business for both new players and incumbents.

Lakhimpur Kheri: Congress leaders not allowed to land in UP

Lakhimpur Kheri: Congress leaders not allowed to land in UP

Rediff.com4 Oct 2021

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder S Randhawa had announced that they would visit Lakhimpur on Monday.

ISRO successfully conducts final landing test of 'Pushpak' RLV

ISRO successfully conducts final landing test of 'Pushpak' RLV

Rediff.com23 Jun 2024

The third and final test in the series of landing experiment (LEX-03) was conducted at 07:10 1ST at the Aeronautical Test Range in Chitradurga, Karnataka.

Nagpur man behind bomb threats to flights, wrote a book on terror

Nagpur man behind bomb threats to flights, wrote a book on terror

Rediff.com29 Oct 2024

Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur have identified a 35-year-old man from Gondia in the state as the person behind a spate of hoax bomb threats that triggered panic, caused flight delays and led to increased security at airports and other establishments, an official said.

Plane detained by France departs for India after 3 days

Plane detained by France departs for India after 3 days

Rediff.com25 Dec 2023

A Romanian aircraft carrying 275 passengers, mostly Indians, on Monday left for India four days after they were detained by the French authorities at an airport near Paris over suspected 'human trafficking'.

Will India give wings to its airport privatisation dream? Yawn!

Will India give wings to its airport privatisation dream? Yawn!

Rediff.com20 Aug 2015

Private sector to their mind is primarily needed to pump in more capital.

Three Covid positive UK returnees isolated at Goa airport

Three Covid positive UK returnees isolated at Goa airport

Rediff.com10 Dec 2021

Three passengers, including a British national of Goan-origin, who arrived at the international airport near here on a flight from the United Kingdom on early Friday, tested positive for COVID-19, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.

Greenpeace activist says she was 'offloaded' at Delhi Airport

Greenpeace activist says she was 'offloaded' at Delhi Airport

Rediff.com12 Jan 2015

A Greenpeace India member was barred from boarding a flight to London on Sunday.

4 CISF personnel arrested over clash at Karipur airport

4 CISF personnel arrested over clash at Karipur airport

Rediff.com14 Jun 2015

Kerala police on Sunday arrested four Central Industrial Security Force personnel in connection with destruction of property during the June 10 clash at Karipur airport.

Karipur airport: CCTV footage show CISF personnel being attacked

Karipur airport: CCTV footage show CISF personnel being attacked

Rediff.com12 Jun 2015

A day after CCTV visuals emerged of CISF personnel on the rampage at Karipur airport in Kozhikode, fresh footage of the episode has appeared in which a group of alleged Airports Authority of India officials in plainclothes are seen attacking a CISF jawan.

British architecture firm bags deal to design Navi Mumbai airport

British architecture firm bags deal to design Navi Mumbai airport

Rediff.com14 Mar 2018

British architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects bagged the contract from Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited after a 12-week design competition, and will design the new airport's Terminal 1 and air traffic control tower.

British Airways officer on the run in India over visa racket

British Airways officer on the run in India over visa racket

Rediff.com27 Feb 2024

The unnamed 24-year-old suspect worked at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport and is said to have charged customers GBP 25,000 per trip to abuse a loophole and fly them across the British Airways network without crucial visa documents.

Airport PPP model leads to better infrastructure, revenues

Airport PPP model leads to better infrastructure, revenues

Rediff.com27 Feb 2015

The civil aviation sector is witnessing a number of initiatives

What was in red bag on IC-814 flight? Ex-envoy reveals in new book

What was in red bag on IC-814 flight? Ex-envoy reveals in new book

Rediff.com14 Sep 2024

"The 'red bag' belonged to one of the hijackers, it contained explosives, and possibly, real passports, too.

8 Malaysian Tablighis, trying to flee India, caught at airport

8 Malaysian Tablighis, trying to flee India, caught at airport

Rediff.com5 Apr 2020

The eight Malaysian Tablighi activists were hiding in the Delhi-NCR region and they tried to take the advantage of a special flight arranged by the Malaysian high commission for their citizens stranded in India due to the coronavirus-triggered 21-day lockdown.

Canada cop who attended Khalistani protest, suspended

Canada cop who attended Khalistani protest, suspended

Rediff.com5 Nov 2024

On Sunday, protestors carrying Khalistani flags clashed with people at the Hindu temple and disrupted a consular event co-organised by the temple authorities and the Indian Consulate.

IAF plane evacuating 246 Indians from Sudan lands in Mumbai

IAF plane evacuating 246 Indians from Sudan lands in Mumbai

Rediff.com27 Apr 2023

The plane, which took off from Jeddah around 11 am IST, landed in Mumbai at 3.15 pm, an official said.

DGCA lists steps to deal with hacking aircraft navigation system

DGCA lists steps to deal with hacking aircraft navigation system

Rediff.com24 Nov 2023

Aviation watchdog DGCA has issued a circular to airlines and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on measures to deal with threats from jamming and spoofing of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) amid reports of such interference in the Middle East.

Privatisation of AAI-developed airports opposed

Privatisation of AAI-developed airports opposed

Rediff.com17 Dec 2013

A parliamentary panel on Tuesday opposed the privatisation of six AAI-developed airports including Kolkata and Chennai, and charged the Civil Aviation Ministry with doing "a great disservice" by "using public property for private profits".