Rather than worry about what picture of India is being painted in the foreign media, the focus must be on marshalling all our energies to provide relief and solace to our deeply wounded and dispirited citizens, says former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
The flights include Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Mangalore and Mumbai-Khajuraho.
Though the Dharmadhikari report expects Air India would be cash surplus by eight years, the efforts are on so that it happens earlier.
Executives of Indian airlines said that the drop is primarily for flights to major metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, which are the prime revenue generators on the domestic front.
Two of the 15 people killed in the plane crash near high-altitude Jomsom airport in northern Nepal on Monday were from Tamil Nadu. The victims were Latha Sreekanth from Chennai and L S Sudarsanam of Kumbakanam.
The protocol is being maintained with all help in case of fever or sickness to those on board.
The constable doubted that the DSP was responsible for his suspension.
Six teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been kept ready at Chennai and an equal number have been moved to the Hindon airport to deal with any eventuality in the wake of Wednesday's massive temblors off the western coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia. A home ministry spokesperson said the Andaman administration has moved people from Nicobar side to safer areas as a precautionary measure.
High taxes on the jet fuel, which goes up as high as 40 per cent in some states, coupled with higher airport charges in the form of user development and airport development fee, which have cascading effect on the air fares, have had a negative impact on the domestic passenger demand in India.
'I can only say that I will put my best foot forward,' Deepa Jayakumar tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel hopes to introduce GAGAN in a limited way next year and the full system by 2010.
In an unprecedented measure, the Maharashtra government requested defence officials to arrange airlift of the stranded passengers of the 17412 Mahalaxmi Express.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa arrived in Bengaluru on Thursday morning to appear in a special court in connection with the disproportionate assets case against her.
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Slamming Team Anna, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday said there was lack of unity among members of Anna Hazare's team and dismissed the charge that the government was trying to break it.
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Observing that the prime reason for these losses was high fuel cost which constituted almost 40-50 per cent of an airline's total costs, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices were high due to rising base price and "very high VAT imposed by state governments."
''He was extremely gentle, humble, soft-spoken, down to earth, giving respect to senior musicians as well as to budding ones.'
Over 7.24 lakh displaced people have been sheltered in 5,645 relief camps dotting the state, they said.
Defending champions Minerva Punjab FC forfeited their I-League match against Real Kashmir FC in Srinagar after the All India Football Federation (AIFF) turned down their request to relocate the fixture in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attacks.
A total 95 deaths deaths were reported since Friday morning, of which 37 in Maharashtra, 24 in Gujarat, nine in West Bengal, seven in Madhya Pradesh, four each from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, three from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and two from Delhi and one each from Punjab and Haryana.
Top 10 cities in the JLL index are Bengaluru, Ho Chi Minh City, Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Hyderabad, London, Austin, Hanoi, Boston and Nairobi.
How sustainable and prudent is the policy of boosting services without commensurate growth in infrastructure in the relevant sectors, asksA K Bhattacharya.
Security was beefed up following a terror alert that said some terrorist have entered the state through Kutch. NSG teams have been sent to Gujarat from Delhi following intelligence inputs, police sources said.
Janne-Mette Johansson, a Norwegian national on a tourist visa, came under the scanner of Bureau of Immigration authorities over her suspected participation in an anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protest in the Kochi three days ago.
Private carrier Air Sahara, has cancelled all its flights between Mumbai and Chennai till December 5 due to 'operational reasons'.
Except Pakistan, seven SAARC countries are a part of the project.
The Gurgaon-based carrier, which started its regional operations from Hyderabad last month, plans to have the hubs in Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi.
The minister's special aircraft narrowly missed a collision with an Indian Airlines flight.
A Coast Guard Dornier surveillance aircraft with three crew members on board went missing on Monday night off the coast of Chennai.
The 61-year-old has proved to be as elusive as he has been brash, defying the Supreme Court and passing his own judgments against his peers.
In DMK circles, Raja is seen as the top-most mobiliser of funds for elections. 'The leadership sees him as having done more for the party from Delhi than even Murasoli Maran.'
Air-India's flight on Singapore-Chennai-Mumbai sector (AI-473) was suddenly cancelled on Monday morning, airport sources said in Chennai.
The scheme is allowed for a maximum validity of 30 days with single entry facility by the immigration officers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata airports on payment of a fee of $60 or equivalent amount in Indian rupees per passenger, including children.
The intellectual vacuum that the government is often accused of is more than evident in the policy draft.
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on his arrival at Chennai from Delhi on Wednesday refused to take the official vehicle and instead preferred his private car to proceed to the city from the airport.
'His genius lay in taking his books of history to another level altogether.' David Davidar's moving tribute to genius historian Abraham Eraly, who passed away in Puducherry last week at the age of 81.
