In a serious violation of aviation rules, the single-engine aircraft that crashed in Faridabad Wednesday night should not have been operated as a medical evacuation flight at all since the rules don’t

The government had made it clear to the Air India domestic pilot union leaders that there was no question of agreeing to any extra interim financial benefits immediately and the futility of continuing the strike prompted the pilots to call off their 10 day-old strike as they resolved to “live to fight another day”. However, the government did tell

The 10-day-old Air India domestic pilots’ strike was finally called off Friday night after prolonged negotiations between the striking pilots and the civil aviation ministry, even as the tough stand taken by civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi and the pressure exerted by the government on the pilots seems to have paid off. Top government

A report prepared by a three-member Airports Authority of India committee has recommended that the working hours of air traffic controllers be reduced and a “clear (weekly) off” introduced to mitigate

The Indian government has now admitted to a parliamentary standing committee that “China has constructed roads from all (its) highways, logistic centres and major defence installations to all the pass

It’s an absolute shocker.

A few more “suspicious” cases of pilots suspected to have fraudulently acquired licences by submitting fake marksheets are being investigated by the DGCA and action is expected very soon, even as the DGCA is planning to scrap the entire system of physical submission of pilot exam marksheets to its licensing office and will rely on

The absence of Tibetan supreme spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from political life will be a “setback and cause difficulties” but the Tibetans’ peaceful struggle will go on, the top-most elected leader of the Tibetan exiles in India has said, while indicating that the next Dalai Lama may not be “searched for” and chosen among anyone living in Tibet under the current Chinese rule and policies.

The supreme Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Thursday announced his decision to transfer his political authority and administrative powers to a leader directly elected by Tibetan refugees. The Tibetan “Kashag” (parliament-in-exile) has, however, appealed to the Dalai Lama not to take such a step.

Air-travel will get more expensive from April 1, with the government announcing an increase in service tax on air-tickets in the economy class while taxation on domestic travel in business class has a