Thiruvananthapuram: Employees of Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport are up in arms against the new service conditions they have been offered after the company hived off the ground handling and cargo handling services. Forty AIATSL employees have been given three options -- to join Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (AISATS) at the entry level, to opt a transfer to any other station...
02:59 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Mumbai: Claiming that their salaries have still not been cleared, a section of Kingfisher Airlines staff, including engineers and pilots, is mulling the option of moving the Labour Court to expedite settlement of their dues. "April has ended and with that the airline has once again accumulated salary dues of employees of four months (Jan-April). Unfortunately, the top management has not bothered to inform us as to when it intends...
10:51 AM, May 02, 2012
Washington: In the aftermath of killing of 16 Afghans by an American soldier, US President Barack Obama has said that international forces will not "rush for the exits" in Afghanistan. Denouncing the killings as "heartbreaking" and "tragic", Obama underscored the need of a "responsible way out." "Obviously, what happened this weekend is absolutely heartbreaking and tragic, and I expressed directly to (Afghan) President (Hamid) Karzai how the American people feel...
07:49 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: The ground staff and technicians of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport are on a strike. Thursday is the second day of their strike against non-payment on salaries for months. Kingfisher Airlines, owned by Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, is in talks with two foreign carriers, including International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways and Iberia, for a potential rescue package, a report...
02:07 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: A five-member Italian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan De Mistura met Home Ministry officials in Delhi to secure the release of the two naval officers in custody for allegedly killing two fishermen. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who himself will visit the country on February 29, has instructed De Mistura to continue, at the political level, the work already carried out by the delegation of Italian...
01:10 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Rome: Italy is sending a top envoy to India to negotiate with the government after two Italian marine security guards were arrested for allegedly shooting to death two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates. Italy has insisted the case be handled by its own judicial authorities since the incident allegedly occurred in international waters on an Italian-flagged ship, the Enrica Lexie. It maintains that such military personnel are part of...
06:08 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Melbourne: Australia's industrial tribunal on Sunday ordered an end to the unprecedented industrial dispute at Qantas that forced the country's national carrier to ground its entire fleet, hitting nearly 70,000 passengers worldwide. A day after the extraordinary decision to ground the global Qantas fleet, the battle between the world's 10th largest airline and the labour unions went before Fair Work Australia, while the government came under increasing pressure to act...
09:46 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Canberra: Qantas Airways grounded its global fleet on Saturday, suddenly locking out striking workers after weeks of disruptions an executive said could close down the world's 10th largest airline piece by piece. Australia's government called an emergency arbitration hearing that lasted nearly two hours before the judges adjourned it to issue a decision later on Saturday night. At least 60 Qantas flights were in the air and continued to their...
07:41 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New York: Prosecutors sought on Monday to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying persistent lying by the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her in his posh suite made it impossible for them to determine what really happened. In a 25-page court document, Manhattan prosecutors described the lies and inconsistencies they said had shattered the housekeeper's...
11:51 AM, Aug 23, 2011
Mumbai: No salary for the last three months for over 33,000 Air India employees. Air India's financial crisis has hit home. Families at the Air India housing colony are angry and worried. Wife of Air India ground staffer Varsha Bhalerao siad, "Now they are saying they can't keep him in Nanavati. Where will we get the money from." The airline is facing a daily loss of over Rs 28 crore...
08:28 PM, Aug 03, 2011
New York: Days after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in his luxury Sofitel hotel suite, the housekeeping staff at the nearby Sheraton New York was called to a meeting with hotel management. In the meeting - recounted by Beverly Banton, a housekeeper at the Sheraton - management told the staff that the hotel would not tolerate any misbehavior from...
07:43 AM, Jun 08, 2011
New Delhi: It was the alertness and prompt action of nine pantry staffers that helped save lives of hundreds of passengers on board the burning Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani train on Tuesday, a feat for which the Railways has rewarded them with a princely sum of Rs 3,000 collectively. As the blaze started from the pantry car at 2:20 am and was about to spread to adjoining coaches, the staff of Indian...
04:46 PM, Apr 19, 2011
Delhi: A Pakistani court has ordered the arrest of a second US consular employee in connection with the fatal shooting of two men in Lahore. US diplomat Raymond Davis is in jail for the same crime - the subject of an intense diplomatic stand-off between US and Pakistan over his diplomatic status. Davis was arrested on January 27 after he shot and killed two armed men he said were trying...
02:30 PM, Feb 19, 2011
Washington: The California University accused of a massive "visa fraud" by US immigration officials says the charges against the college are "baseless" and that it has not cheated any student. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claims that the college acted as a front for a massive immigration racket. Ninety five per cent of the students are reported to be from India. Some of them are now in danger...
06:03 PM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not allowed to pass through the Parliament House compound one day in August because of a turf war between Delhi police and Parliament Security Staff. The incident took place on August 18 when the prime minister was returning after attending an Iftaar party at BJP MP Shahnawaj Hussain's residence. Official sources said the prime minister had gone straight from Parliament to the MP's...
06:43 PM, Oct 20, 2010
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