Three months ago, three techies who work in Bangalore created quite a scare when they disabled the Common Use Passengers Processing System which led to delays in the flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was dramatically bundled out from West Bengal in November 2007, returned to New Delhi on Thursday to seek an extension for her visa, which is ending on August 17. The 46-year-old Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, arrived at the Indira Gandhi International airport in the morning from a European country and was immediately whisked away by security agencies to an undisclosed destination.
The victorious Indian hockey team came home to a rousing welcome on arrival at the Delhi airport, in the wee hours of Tuesday, after clinching the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China.
However, the date from which the new timings will come into effect has not yet been decided.
The Communist Party of India on Thursday demanded in the Lok Sabha that the existing airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore should not be closed down to "protect interest of private sector".
Unearthing a major fake visa racket, security personnel on Tuesday detained 27 people at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi when they were trying to board two Dubai-bound flights allegedly with forged travel documents.
A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight with nearly 100 passengers, including former army chief General V K Singh on board, was forced to return to Delhi airport following a fire alarm on Saturday morning.
Wouldn't it be better to join the celebrations with the vast Hindu majority while at the same time criticising Mr Modi/BJP/RSS for politicising it? notes Shekhar Gupta.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Thursday got the longest runway in the country which is expected to end congestion for the capital's domestic and international flights.
UK-based Alpha Airports and Future Group's Pantaloon Retail have won a contract valued at Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) to set up duty-free shops at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
A total of 1,034 Indians arrived in New Delhi by three special flights of Air India on Thursday, from strife-torn Libya, taking the number of evacuees from the north African country to 3,262.
Vayalar Ravi, who is also the Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, was at the terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport to receive the Indians evacuated from the Libyan capital Tripoli.
A third batch of 67 Indians arrived in Mumbai from Libya early on Monday morning. So far, over 550 Indians have returned from strife-torn Libya on special Air India flights, but thousands continue to remain stranded.
Launching a major evacuation drive, India has brought back over 530 of its nationals from strife-torn Libya by two special Air India planes, even as 88 others crossed over by road to Tunisia from the North African nation facing large-scale protests against the Gaddafi regime.
Earlier, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials questioned the singer extensively to find out where the money came from and why it was not declared.
The first batch of Indians rescued from ill-fated cruise ship 'Costa Concordia', which had run aground off Italy's coast on Saturday, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday.
The employees gathered at terminal-1B and chanted slogans against the airlines' chief Naresh Goyal and Vijay Mallya, the chairman of Kingfisher Airlines. They also vented their ire against the government for not taking any action against the Jet Airways for sacking nearly 1,900 of its employees, mostly probationers and trainees.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on Sunday night on her maiden visit, which India sees as "a path-breaking and historic opportunity" to forge a "new and forward-looking" relationship amid hopes that its security concerns would be addressed.
While Kharge is considered the firm favourite with his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and a large number of senior leaders backing him, Tharoor has pitched himself as the candidate of change.
Singh had made it known to his ministerial colleagues yesterday that they need not come all the way to the airport for the mere formality of seeing him off
Wrestler Sushil Kumar and pugilist Vijender Kumar, who won a bronze each at the Beijing Olympics, pose with the India President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Each airline operating out of Delhi is expected to get separate terminal space and a third full-fledged runway is to be constructed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport when the first phase of its modernisation is completed by 2008.
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin returned to India on Friday. The controversial writer was taken to an undisclosed destination.
There are three things you never do in a small North East state: Undermine local leaders, divide and rule, push homogenisation, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Thousands of passengers had a harrowing time at the swanky Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Thursday when Air India shifted its entire domestic operations to the new venue.
An Air Deccan staffer was killed on Monday night in the ramp area of the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi, after being hit by a vehicle. The vehicle is yet to be identified, police said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur will personally receive United States President Barack Obama when he arrives at the Delhi airport on November 7.
The Delhi airport, the country's busiest airport, on Friday early morning witnessed the collapse of a roof at Terminal 1 amid heavy rains that killed one person, prompting the government to order a detailed probe and an inspection of the structural strength of all airports.
After a 20-day sojourn in India mainly to get extend her visa, controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin flew to the United States on Thursday.
Oscar winner Julia Roberts will reportedly not shoot Eat, Pray, Love in the original ashram (retreat) where author Elizabeth Gilbert stayed for about four months a few years back in India, trying to find her spirituality.
Bodies of the two Border Roads Organisation personnel, who were killed in a terror attack in Afghanistan, were on Wednesday flown to Delhi.The bodies of M P Singh and C Govindaswamy, engineers with BRO, were airlifted from Kabul and reached the Indira Gandhi International airport this afternoon.Singh's body will be taken to Varanasi and Govindaswamy's to Tamil Nadu. Suspected Taliban extremists targeted Indian construction workers in Nimroz on Saturday, killing the duo.
India suffered one of its most embarrassing defeat in recent years despite Sunil Chhetri's 94th international goal in his 150th match.
In its apology to Kalam for frisking him at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in a breach of protocol, it said it did not intend to offend the former President or the sentiments of the people of the country.
Passengers of Air India's flight (AI-102) from JFK New York would be the first to arrive at the world's sixth largest airport, when its commercial operations begin, he said, adding Air India's Jaipur-Delhi-Dubai flight (IC-895) would be the first flight to take-off from New Delhi.
There are about 200 security staff who have the responsibility of checking the aircraft, baggages and also keep a vigil on the aircraft and areas surrounding it so that no one make an unauthorised entry. A senior airline's official dealing with the issue, said that their demand of salary hike has been sent to the head office in Mumbai.
The airline, which currently has about 900 employees working for it in India, is also looking to hire more.
A 35-year-old man was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi for allegedly attempting to smuggle Indian currency worth Rs 17.50 lakh to Dhaka by air, a senior customs official said on Monday.
Twenty-four live Italian-made cartridges and two magazines were found inside a room in a five star hotel in New Delhi after three Italians checked out, the police said on Thursday.
Posting photos on Twitter, Piyush Goyal wrote, "Envisaging an enriched passenger experience with complete integration of different modes of transport, take a look at the future of New Delhi Railway Station."
