Thirteen years and several hurdles later, the plan has finally got a new "estimated time of departure".
The Aam Aadmi Party supremo is trying to drum up opposition support over the Delhi government's fight against the Centre over an ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national capital.
At major airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad, Central Industrial Security Forces and local police have shored up security apparatus and passengers are being observed and screened minutely.
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.
New Delhi will overtake Mumbai as India's busiest airport by 2010. The gap between passengers using the two airports is closing, with more aircraft landing and leaving Delhi than Mumbai for both domestic and international travel.
Sources said authorities have not made much headway in efforts to corroborate the allegations made by the Dubai police.
The ministry of civil aviation on Wednesday said only two per cent of the passengers coming from countries that are not in the 'at-risk' list will be subject to random sampling for coronavirus and such passengers will be permitted to leave the airport after giving the samples.
A bench of justices Cyriac Joseph and A K Patnaik set aside the policy of airport developers by which passengers departing from Delhi airport had to pay a fee of Rs 200 for domestic flights and Rs 1,300 for international flights while fliers departing from Mumbai were charged Rs 100 for domestic and Rs 600 for international flights.
As many as 108 flights cancelled and another 51 diverted to nearby airports.
Extended check-in time, frequent disinfection every hour, additional queue managers at entry, exit, boarding point, check-in halls, security check areas and boarding gates, with social distancing markers and reminders - welcome to our airports post-coronavirus.
A 1,000 more Indians returned from Libya in the wee hours of Friday. Some of them were happy to be safe; the others disappointed at the Indian government's slow response in rescuing its people. N Ganesh spoke to them soon after they landed at Mumbai airport as they recalled their tales of horror.
The future certainly looks good for Bangalore.
Many states like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu were opposed to opening up of their airports in view of rising cases of the coronavirus infection.
Railway services across city on the Western Railway and Central Railway came to a grinding halt at 10.05 am, as a result of the power outage.
Said to be in talks with Hyderabad-based GVK Group; if the deal sails through, the alliance would be the biggest player in India's airports market.
According to central and state officials, omicron cases have been detected in 11 states and union territories -- Maharashtra (54), Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17) and Karnataka (14), Telangana (20), Gujarat (9), Kerala (11), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1).
'There is a healthy culture of learning.'
Quite a few stars were spotted at Mumbai airport last night.
The celebs were on their way to attend the first edition of the SAIFTA Awards.
Rescuers on Monday recovered 20 bodies from the wreckage site of the Tara Air plane that crashed in Nepal's mountainous Mustang district on Sunday with 22 people on board, including four Indians, minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara, officials said.
Ditch the usual Holi recipes and opt for something tasty yet healthy like stuffed mushrooms and quinoa pancakes.
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.
The quantum of punishment is expected to be pronounced on May 5 by the court.
A ministry spokesperson said he wasn't aware of the development.
'Considering Mumbai's population density, one can expect to see more positive cases in areas like Dharavi in the days to come.' 'That is the challenge before the public health infrastructure and preparation of the city in dealing with such crises.'
Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has appealed to the cricket fans to respect Test captain Virat Kohli and his actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma's personal lives.
The civic body had come under severe attack in June.
Air India has officially opened its European hub at the Frankfurt International Airport from where it will operate its west-bound flights.
The flight was diverted to the Jamnagar airport following a bomb threat and made a safe emergency landing there at 9.49 pm on Monday, officials had said.
A family of five, returning to their hometown at Koducalli in Kozhikode from Dubai, were aboard the fateful Air India Express flight that crash-landed at the Kozhikode airport claiming at least 18 lives on Friday.
Fire brigade, Mumbai Police and civic officials rushed to the site to carry out the rescue operation.
'If the Pawars are so powerful, then why are they scared of me?'
Navi Mumbai is emerging as the next big real estate location.
The sources said that during the boarding, the male passenger behaved in an unruly manner and touched the female cabin crew member inappropriately.
Private airports are much better but because of poor regulation, the tariffs have shot up.
Tope's comments came a day after the Centre asked the state to align its order with the SOPs issued by the Union health ministry.
rediffGURU Dr Vivek Mahajan, interventional cardiologist at Fortis Hospital, Kalyan, explains how young Indians can correct their lifestyle in order to protect themselves from sudden and unexpected cardiac arrests.
Here's looking at the airport pictures.
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