Cong manifesto a document of Pak's conspiracies: Modi

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Gondia, Maharashtra, on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo Seeking to turn the heat on the Congress over its poll promise of reviewing......

PM inaugurates, lays foundation of projects worth Rs 4,000 cr in Arunachal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated and laid foundation stone of projects in Arunachal Pradesh worth over Rs 4,000 crore and said his government was giving a lot of importance to......

IAF's AN-32 transport aircraft lands in Sikkim's Pakyong airfield

IMAGE: An AN-32 aircraft of 43 Sqn carries out a successful landing, at Pakyong airfield in Pakyong, on Wednesday. This is the first landing by an AN-32 class of aircraft at the airfield, which is......

Kalikho Pul: A carpenter who became Arunachal's CM

Hailing from the remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, Kalikho Pul trekked a long way in his political career to become the eight chief minister of the state, a position he......

Govt puts UPA's low-cost airport project on hold

Work to go on in 5 of the 50 places identified in 2013; new criteria mooted for viability study The present government has decided to put on hold the previous one’s ambitious plan of......

Airport PPP model leads to better infrastructure, revenues

The success of public private partnership model in Indian airports has led to a significant improvement in infrastructure and collection of revenues, says the Economic Survey 2014-15. It said......

First 5 no-frills airports to come up in 4 states

The first five no-frills airports would come up in four states and the work would begin in the next six months. The airports, which have been shortlisted from 50 cities and towns in remote areas......

Govt upgrading 10 NE airports

As parts of efforts to improve air connectivity in the Northeast, the government is upgrading 10 airports in the region at an estimated cost of Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million). The North Eastern......