All seems to be well again in the Samajwadi Party camp. Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday termed the differences with Amar Singh, who resigned from all party posts last week, as a ‘family affair’, while Singh declared that all issues have been sorted out.
Terming the bickering between him and Amar Singh as a ‘Samajwadi [...]
The crisis in the Samajwadi Party (SP) appeared to have eased Monday with Amar Singh, who resigned from all party posts last week, saying that matters have been sorted out in the party.
Amar Singh and SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, who had spoken against each other, said they had sorted out issues between them. [...]
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Friday urged the central government to speed up the probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the helicopter crash that killed the then chief minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy.
State Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy told reporters that the chief minister spoke to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on phone [...]
Churchill Brothers Football Club chief patron Churchill Alemao wants separate compartments for women and men on board planes – now that his footballers are embroiled in a row over an alleged molestation of an airhostess on a Spice Jet flight.
Churchill Alemao earlier said the cramped interior of a Spice Jet flight could have been one [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Tuesday said the worst was over for the global aviation industry and that the coming year held prospects of stability.
‘The year 2009 has been an eventful and tumultuous year for the civil aviation sector worldwide. We can draw satisfaction from the fact that the worst [...]
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday inaugurated a four km storm water tunnel-drain near Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) that would ensure no waterlogging on runways after rains.
Dikshit, who jointly inaugurated the drain with Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, described the project as a challenging one.
A press release issued [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has sought help from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to professionalise the I-League.
AIFF general-secretary Alberto Colaco said the national federation has set 2011 as the deadline for the I-League to become a fully professional league so that the champion team can take part in [...]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Cash-strapped national carrier Air India’s losses for last fiscal are expected to more than double to Rs.5,000 crore owing to the economic meltdown and low yields, Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Tuesday.
Air India had incurred a loss of Rs.2,226.16 crore during 2007-08, Patel told the Rajya Sabha.
The flag carrier of [...]
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Sunday suspended Dempo Sports Club players Sameer Naik and Mahesh Gawli for staying away from the national camp and named Sunando Dhar as the Chief Executive Officer of the I-League.
Briefing mediapersons after the AIFF’s emergency committee meeting here, its president Praful Patel said the Federation [...]
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Thursday said Rs.443 crore has been collected as development fees by Delhi and Mumbai airports till October.
International passengers flying out of Delhi are charged Rs.1,300 as airport development fee, while the corresponding fee for domestic departures is Rs.200. In Mumbai, an international passenger pays Rs.600, [...]
New Delhi, Nov 26 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday said the inquiry into the September 2 helicopter crash which killed former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is expected to be completed by this month end.
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for [...]
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Less than 75 MPs were present in the Lok Sabha when the house passed the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2009 by voice vote. The bill seeks to provide compensation to employees in the case of injury or death due to industrial accidents.
No big leader of both the ruling and opposition [...]
New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday informed that the aviation sector had witnessed an increase of 30 percent in the international passengers compared to previous fiscal.
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel informed this to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee [...]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Tuesday said the two pilots of the chartered plane that took off with BJP president Rajnath Singh from Jharkhand’s Dumka airstrip in darkness last month, were reprimanded and grounded for 15 days.
‘Investigation revealed that the aircraft took off after sunset, in violation of safety guidelines [...]
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced the setting up of a museum here in memory of the victims of last year’s Mumbai terror attacks.
Launching three new superfast trains here Saturday afternoon, Banerjee said that the museum will include details of all the railway staffers who lost their lives, as well [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Six of the eight scheduled airlines in India have posted cumulative losses of Rs.2,025 crore with Kingfisher Airlines accounting for Rs.1,602 crore, parliament was told Thursday.
Only two — IndiGo and Paramount Airlines — both low-cost carriers, reported profits last fiscal, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told the lower house of [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Air India pilots, owing allegiance to the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), staged a demonstration here today asking the management to fulfill their demands.
The pilots held banners like ‘ Save Air India ‘ [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled out sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle onboard an Air India flight last month but also noted that the girl was ‘indeed pushed’ during the altercation.
The NCW report was submitted to Civil Aviation Minster Praful Patel and Women [...]
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) The state-owned National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL) that runs the loss-making Air India will get the first instalment of equity infusion from the government worth Rs.400 crore (Rs.4 billion/$80 million) by January, the company said Tuesday.
‘The group of ministers has recently assured support to the national carrier in the [...]
Mumbai, Nov 17 (ANI): A group of Air India pilots, owing allegiance to the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), staged a silent protest march here today over a delay in payment of salaries and allowances.
The ICPA, a non-executive body formed by 800 erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots, staged a silent protest, holding placards, outside the domestic [...]
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) The state-run National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL) that runs Air India will get by January the first instalment of equity infusion by the government worth Rs.400 crore (Rs.4 billion), the company said in a statement Tuesday.
‘The group of ministers has recently assured support to the national carrier in the [...]
Mumbai, Nov 17 (ANI): A group of Air India pilots, owing allegiance to the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), staged a silent protest march here today over a delay in payment of salaries and allowances.
The ICPA, a non-executive body formed by [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled there was no sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle on board an Air India flight last month.
The NCW report was submitted to Civil Aviation Minster Praful Patel and Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Monday. The committee, [...]
New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) The Air India management is expected to take a call Tuesday on the quantum of reduction of performance linked incentives (PLI), which constitutes a major chunk of the salaries of its 31,500 employees.
‘We are looking at adjusting cuts in PLI that is acceptable to all. I think it should be [...]
Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov 14 (IANS) Global aerospace majors such as Europe’s SABCA and Canada’s Magellan Aerospace will set up shops in India’s first special economic zone (SEZ) devoted exclusively for the aviation industry here.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday inaugurated the aerospace engineering and manufacturing SEZ, set up by QuEST Global, one of the leading [...]
Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov. 14 (ANI): Cash-strapped carrier Air India will be receiving its first tranche of equity of eight billion rupees by December, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Saturday.
“We are looking at equity infusion of 8 billions to Air India in the next [...]
Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov 14 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday said flights will resume operations from the Sambra airport here in three months.
At present, no airline is operating from the airport, some 500 km from the Bengaluru greenfield airport, because of low load factor.
‘I got complaints that the flights used to operate [...]
Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov 14 (IANS) The government will infuse Rs.800 crore of equity into the cash-strapped national carrier Air India in two months, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Saturday.
‘We are looking at equity infusion into Air India in two months,’ he told reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the country’s first [...]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said India will infuse equity into ailing state-run carrier Air India by March.
Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Patel said: “We are broadly looking at an equity infusion linked to monthly performance parameters. This is not the total equity infusion, which is being looked [...]
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The I-League football competition is all set to get professional with the appointment of a new chief executive by month-end.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel conducted interviews for the post of chief executive for the I-League at the Football House here Thursday.
Former Mahindra United footballer and coach Harish [...]
