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Air India Express plays with lives of passengers

Endangering the lives of thousands of passengers, Air India Express, the low-cost arm of national carrier Air India, has been found to have violated the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) regulations

Open and shut case. Or is it?

(1) When Vijay Kumar Singh, a teenaged Rajput boy from Haryana submitted his innocuous UPSC form for admission to the National Defence Academy in 1966, he could hardly have imagined that it would rock the country four and a half decades later. But that’s exactly what happened.

‘Pilot with dubious record hired’

In a shocking discovery, a DGCA audit has found that a foreign pilot “with dubious flying credentials”, hired from an aviation consultancy firm, had been recruited without his log record being verified by the previous company in which he had served.

Gen. accepted 1950 as DoB in ’08

Documentary evidence shows that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. V.K.

IAF against Army aviation brigades

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has staunchly opposed the Army’s move to constitute aviation brigades, that will comprise a squadron each of attack helicopters, in its various Army corps, saying the move is a violation of the current government policy dating back to 1986.

‘In terms of manpower, the Indian Army is ageing'

On the occasion of Army Day, former Army Chief Gen. V.P. Malik says that the current method of civilian control over the military leaves much to be desired. He also tells Sridhar Kumaraswami that grou

AI pilots call off day-long strike

After the cancellation of at least 44 Air India domestic flights from Delhi and over 50 nationwide on Saturday, domestic pilots of Air India called off their undeclared day-long strike on Saturday evening after the airline management agreed to pay them two months arrears of Productivity-linked incentives (PLIs) by January 20, an additional month of arrears of PLI by February 20 as well as clear all their PLI and other dues by March.

Army asks for attack copters

The Indian Army has validated the concept of “aviation brigades” in its latest battlefield exercise and now wants attack helicopters of its own to provide aerial support to its tanks and advancing tro

Kalam frisked again

Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was subjected to frisking at JFK Airport in New York at the end of September this year; his coat and shoes were taken from him even as he was already seated inside an Air India aircraft before departure, top government sources have confirmed to this newspaper.

Rath declared hostile witness in sukna case

Senior serving Army officer and former 33 Corps chief Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath has been declared as a “hostile witness” at the Army court martial proceedings involving former Army military secretary Lt.

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