Low-fare airline JetLite has been ordered by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 45,000 to a passenger as compensation for the loss of valuables from his baggage during transit from Guwahati to Delhi. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 13, 2013
New Delhi: In an attempt to plug revenue loss of Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has imposed a blanket ban on excess baggage checked in by ministers and civil servants, which is generally carried free by the airlines. Singh, in a letter to Air India CMD Rohit Nandan, said that the airline should stop the practise of carrying excess baggage without charges immediately on domestic and international flights,...
03:00 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Chennai: Its not wise to have bullets of any kind if youre taking a flight. For the fourth time in one year, a passenger was hauled up after bullets were found in his baggage. According to the airport police, Monish (24), was scheduled to fly back home to Hyderabad on an Indigo airlines flight on Monday afternoon, and checked his baggage in for scanning. When his large bag was put...
01:20 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Mumbai: Frequent fliers are well aware that its heavy going with airlines when it comes to any excess baggage. But 24-year-old Vinish Vincent George claims, in his particular case, national carrier Air India has gone too far. Falling short of 35 Canadian dollars towards payment for his extra baggage proved costly for the aspiring Indian pilot, who is stranded at Pearson Airport, Toronto since 12.40 pm (local time) on April...
02:52 PM, May 01, 2012
London: There are no plans to check people's bags on the London subway as part of extra security planned for the Olympics next year, the head of the city's transport system said on Wednesday. The London Underground, known locally as the Tube, will be stretched to its limits during the Games. Critics of the aging and often overstretched system have expressed fears that additional security measures would further delay journeys....
04:06 AM, Oct 20, 2011
New Delhi: With the capital on high alert following the blast at the Delhi High Court, an unattended baggage on Wednesday created panic at Terminal 3 of the IGI airport. At around 12.45 PM, a man claiming to be flight attendant handed over a big suitcase to two men, Santosh Kumar and Ankur Sharma, near departure gate 3, airport sources said. The man told them that he would come back...
10:52 PM, Sep 07, 2011
The items were left by backpackers who fled the shooting to save lives. ...
11:36 AM, Dec 01, 2008
Riding on Chris Gayle’s unbeaten knock of 128 off 62 balls and then a brilliant bowling performance helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to beat Delhi Daredevils by 21 runs to keep their playoff hopes alive on Thursday. The Feroz Shah Kotla crowd got the worth of their money by some blazing batting by both sides. Ross Taylor and Andre Russell’s late surge gave Delhi a chance for a win, but Bangalore ...
06:22 PM, May 24, 2008
In his video blog, Directly Rajdeep Sardesai, the CNN-IBN editor-in-chief urges fans to remember April 2, 2011. ...
01:24 PM, May 08, 2008
Dubai: Virat Kohli continued to retain the third place even as Yuvraj Singh's match-winning knock against Ireland helped him move to 22nd, an improvement of one place, in the ICC ODI rankings issued on Monday. Gautam Gambhir, too, retained the 13th position in the rankings for batsmen. Ireland's stunning win over England last week have helped them leapfrog Zimbabwe. The sensational victory in Bangalore last Wednesday earned Ireland, an associate...
04:30 PM, Dec 27, 2007
If you are planning to, fly you may just have to be extra cautious about your luggage. ...
07:52 PM, Dec 29, 2006
