Sports Minister Ajay Maken and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel are the Newsmakers of the day. ...
11:33 PM, Jan 19, 2011
New Delhi: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel, who lost the Civil Aviation portfolio in the Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, said that he was happy with his new portfolio. Patel said, "I am very happy that I am getting a Cabinet berth. I think I deserve it as I have been an MP for the last 20 years. Portfolio allocation is the Prime Minister's prerogative but I had...
05:17 PM, Jan 19, 2011
New Delhi: National carrier Air India, reeling under a financial crisis with little funds for fleet expansion, will now get additional equity of Rs 1,200 crore ($250 million) from the government. The federal cabinet, in a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Thursday, approved the funding for the turnaround plan of National Aviation Co of India - the entity that runs Air India. The proposal, based...
09:40 PM, Dec 30, 2010
New Delhi: A day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) came out with new rules to reduce inconvenience caused to passengers due to fog, there was a reduction in the number of delays and cancellations. However many passengers complained about the lack of information, with many landing up at the airport as they weren't able to get the required information. With heavy fog setting in on Christmas Day,...
07:59 AM, Dec 28, 2010
New Delhi: Lashing out at lobbyist Nira Radia, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Tuesday dubbed her as an "economic terrorist" accusing her of having "vested interests" and a "personal agenda." "You want me to comment on lobbies and their agents and what they have said. They have vested interests and a personal agenda," Patel told PTI when asked to comment on new leaked tapes containing purported conversation of Radia...
11:19 PM, Dec 14, 2010
New Delhi: Aviation Minister Praful Patel, while addressing the media after the Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Council meet, on Friday, said that the Aviation Ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) were unhappy with fares on airline websites. He said that though spot fares will be higher than the regular airfare, but the present spot fares are not justified. He said, "Airlines should bring more transparency on spot...
06:23 PM, Dec 13, 2010
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines owner Vijay Mallya on Monday protested against Government's attempt to regulate airfares. Mallya said that there should be no regulation on airfares, whether it is in upper or lower band. "If government is concerned about airfares, it should be concerned about high airfares and equally be concerned about low airfares as well. A combination of this will ensure health of the industry. The more important thing...
04:08 PM, Dec 06, 2010
New Delh: A day after Civil Aviation Ministry warned the airlines against predatory pricing, aviation regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) made it clear to the private airlines in a meeting in New Delhi on Saturday that steep airfares have to come down. A meeting between DGCA officials, Civil Aviation Ministry and private airlines represented by SpiceJet was held in New Delhi where the airline companies were asked...
04:36 PM, Dec 04, 2010
New Delhi: The Government on Friday took on the airlines over the issue of exorbitant airfares. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Friday warned the airlines that they cannot charge fares at will. "Exorbitant hike has caused inconvenience to the travellers. We feel that corrective action must be taken. Aviation sector is back on high growth track. This has led to mismatch in demand supply (but) that does not mean...
03:38 PM, Dec 03, 2010
New Delhi: Sending a strong signal to domestic carriers over abrupt hike in airfares by some of them during periods of high demand, Civil Aviation Ministry today warned them of action if they continued with such "predatory pricing". The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which issued a directive to all airlines earlier this week, has sent notices to them to explain why such high prices were being charged. "We...
01:56 PM, Nov 25, 2010
Mumbai: The new international airport at Navi Mumbai has been given a go-ahead after a compromise between the Environment and Civil Aviation ministries and City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO). Announcing the clearance for the airport, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that River Gadhi would not be diverted to make way for the airport and added that 161 hectares of mangroves would fall under Navi Mumbai...
03:55 PM, Nov 22, 2010
New Delhi: The Government has reacted swiftly to Ratan Tata's allegation that he had not started an airline in the 1990s as he had decided not to pay a bribe to the then civil aviation minister. The Government on Wednesday welcomed any proposal by the Tatas to start an airline. Tatas have been pioneers of civil aviation in India. Indian aviation took off after the first commercial flight on October...
08:37 AM, Nov 17, 2010
Chicago:In a bizarre case of mistaken identity, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel was stopped and questioned by US authorities at the Chicago International Airport. All because the US has on its watchlist a man with the same name and date of birth as Patel. What's worse they didn't believe him when he said he is a minister in the Indian government because he was carrying a personal passport not a...
09:21 AM, Sep 29, 2010
New Delhi: Four months after country’s worst aviation disaster in a decade that killed 158 people onboard, the families of the victims of Air India Express 812 find themselves in the midst of a battle for compensation. Crash victims allege Air India and the Reliance-led insurance consortium are putting pressure on victims to accept a settlement based on the income of the deceased. That means the insurance companies have to...
03:05 PM, Sep 17, 2010
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11:52 PM, Sep 10, 2010
Mumbai: The government is still divided over building Mumbai's second airport in Navi Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the issue on Friday. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel have already had two rounds of meetings, one of which was during Parliament session. Praful Patel ruled out an alternative site and insisted that the proposal to construct...
10:51 AM, Sep 03, 2010
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inducted first-time MLA from north Gujarat's Himmat Nagar, Praful Patel, as the Minister of State for Home while expanding his Council of Ministers by inducting four new members. Patel is a replacement for jailed former minister Amit Shah. Shah is an accused in the fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. Patel was sworn in along with three others at the Raj Bhawan...
06:30 PM, Aug 21, 2010
New Delhi: India is set to launch its own satellite-based navigation system - GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GAGAN. In the next five years the Indian airspace will get more crowded and the chances of accidents may increase. To reduce the chances of future air disasters, India has endeavoured on the GAGAN project for traffic and directional guidance from outer space. "The scope for GAGAN extends far beyond Indian...
12:07 PM, Aug 12, 2010
Earlier, the plan to build another airport in Navi Mumbai was shelved due to environmental concerns. ...
10:40 AM, Jul 21, 2010
Delhi now has world's fifth largest airport as PM Manmohan Singh inaugurated the new Terminal 3 at the IGI airport on Saturday. ...
09:16 AM, Jul 03, 2010
