Airports developer and operator GMR Infrastructure, a part of GMR Group, on Wednesday said it received Rs 415 crore from national carrier Air India on account of airport charges for both Delhi and Hyderabad. ...
03:06 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Two youth were arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the online abuses and threats to the all-girl rock band of Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, "I'm glad the police in Kashmir have identified and arrested 2 people for the online threats made to the girls. I'm told more arrests are possible." ...
02:26 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Kashmir's first all girls music band facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics has found support in politicians and activists. The valley's Grand Mufti, while issuing the fatwa to the band, called for women in the country to wear a veil at all times. Mufti Maulana Bashir-U-Din went on to say that public performances by women are un-Islamic and obscene. ...
11:52 AM, Feb 04, 2013
After facing threats, Kashmir's first all girls music band is now facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics. Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times. ...
09:11 AM, Feb 04, 2013
While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion. ...
02:31 PM, Feb 03, 2013
nion Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion. ...
07:27 AM, Feb 03, 2013
From a ban on books and films to shunning of individuals, can we afford to ignore the growing rot of intolerance? Is a clamp-down on creativity acceptable in a democracy? ...
05:48 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has handled a record 73 number of flight movements in the country in an hour on a particular day. "We are delighted to inform you that the Air Traffic Control at Delhi airport handled a total of 73 aircraft movements in one hour on Thursday, January 24. It is the record number of air traffic movements ever made at any airport in India, thanks to...
11:20 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The stores are located in Domestic Terminal's Gate 27 and International Terminal's Gate 15. ...
02:47 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The Delhi Metro's airport express line will resume services from Tuesday evening. The services were suspended for over six months over safety concerns. ...
06:31 AM, Jan 22, 2013
The Airport Metro Express line in New Delhi will resume operations at 5.30 am on Tuesday, nearly six months after it was shut down on grounds of safety, officials said Monday. ...
04:02 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Gigi Del Neri has been sacked as coach of Genoa after his side lost 0-2 to fellow strugglers Cagliari in Serie A. ...
02:15 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The brutalities against the girl child does not seem to end. In a shocking case, an eight-year-old girl was raped in Alwar district of Rajasthan on Friday night. The enraged family, wanting to set an example of vigilante justice, tried to lynch one of the two accused in full public view. ...
10:20 AM, Jan 21, 2013
The body of a 46-year-old Indian-origin businessman in Chicago, who died of cyanide poisoning days after he won a million dollar lottery, was exhumed in a bid to find answers to his mysterious death. ...
09:05 AM, Jan 19, 2013
The Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL) in the capital is expected to resume operations shortly, nearly six months after it was shut down on safety concerns, a Delhi Metro official said on Friday. ...
08:40 PM, Jan 18, 2013
A number of people gathered in Jantar Mantar on Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil to mark one month of the gruesome gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old paramedic student in the national capital. ...
09:07 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport were partially hit due to fog on January 15, affecting the schedule of 25 domestic and international flights. Twenty-five flights, originating from here were delayed either due to weather conditions at the airport and at the destination or due to operational reasons. Only one flight was cancelled on January 15, airport sources said. ...
11:34 AM, Jan 15, 2013
A religious leader was on Monday arrested in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly delivering a "hate speech." Mirchowk police in old city here had registered a criminal case against Swami Kamalanand Bharathi, the president of Devalaya (temple) Parirakshana Samithi, on January 10 following a complaint lodged by one Rahman that he delivered "hate speech" during a meeting at Indira Park in the city on January 9. ...
03:39 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Directed by Ang Lee, 'Life of Pi' is based on Canadian author Yann Martel's Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. ...
12:24 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Dense fog on Monday returned to Delhi affecting the schedule of over 150 flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, including diversions of eight to other cities. Flight operations at the airport came to a standstill for around one-and-half hours, between 5 am and 6:30 am, as the runway visibility was less than 50 metres on both the runways, main (28/10) and third (29/11), airport sources said. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 14, 2013
