
Mumbai: You never know what you might find inside the garbage cans at Mumbai airport. Now before you start planning to get your hands dirty, let's clarify here that the matter pertains to the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Mumbai customs busting a smuggling racket involving some employees at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA). The smuggler would drop their consignment inside a designated garbage box placed near the international terminal...

10:16 AM, Mar 14, 2012

Mumbai: For the first time in recent years, both runways of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai will be shut for construction work for 5 hours on Saturday. Operations will be closed between 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. Flights or passengers are not likely to be affected, as airlines had been informed of this three months in advance. However, passengers who have to rush to other cities urgently during...

08:47 AM, Feb 25, 2012

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba who was detained at the airport on Wednesday for not declaring jewellery estimated to be worth Rs 35-50 lakhs, has claimed that the ornaments were for promotional purpose and do not belong to her. The 26-year-old, who was let off past midnight after being grilled for over 16 hours on her arrival from Cannes, was questioned again on Thursday, during which she admitted that she...

05:40 PM, May 19, 2011

Mumbai: The first life-size statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in wax was unveiled here Wednesday evening. The statue has been created by wax artist Sunil Kandalloor and will be displayed permanently at Celebrity Wax Musuem, Lonavala, around 125 km from here. "We took several months to create and complete this major project of a historical figure like Chhatrapati Shivaji. Well-known historian Babasaheb Purandare contributed immensely to give shape to the statue,"...

11:31 AM, Mar 04, 2011

Mumbai: A Delta Airlines flight from Amsterdam with 244 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport following a bomb scare. The flight made the emergency landing after Delta staff in Amsterdam alerted authorities of suspicious material in the cargo hold of the aircraft. The flight was scheduled to land at Mumbai's the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 11.20 pm but made an emergency landing 20 minutes earlier....

08:14 AM, Nov 05, 2010

Mumbai: Even as the Mumbai airport is in the middle of a huge revamp, airport authorities have shut down the Instrument Landing System on its main runway - a vital system that provides electronic guidance to landing aircraft. With more than 650 flights taking off and landing from its cross-runways, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport's reputation as the most congested and most delayed airport in the country is well deserved. But...

07:58 AM, Sep 24, 2010

The Supreme Court of India had lifted the ban on American author James Laine's controversial book on Chhatrapati Shivaji. ...

04:42 PM, Jul 12, 2010

Sena would not allow the sale of American author James Laine's controversial biography of Maratha King Shivaji. ...

02:54 PM, Jul 11, 2010

Nearly 244 passengers had a miraculous escape on Thursday night. ...

02:58 AM, Oct 30, 2009

The airport will be closed for repair and reconstruction work on the runways. ...

11:56 AM, Oct 27, 2009

Indian airports rank among the most delayed arrival airports in the world. ...

09:07 AM, Jan 11, 2009

Home Minister says command structure to combat attacks must be clear. ...

02:09 PM, Jan 06, 2009

Tape has conversation between Lakhvi and Mumbai terrorists. ...

01:00 PM, Dec 31, 2008

Mumbai landmark portrays city's never say die spirit. ...

03:05 PM, Dec 21, 2008

Experts feel it will take an year to restore the Taj Mahal Hotel. ...

01:37 PM, Dec 20, 2008