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Aircraft to fly closer in trial

With massive up gradation in air traffic control (ATC) equipment, the horizontal distance between two aircraft in the airspace will be reduced from 80 nautical miles to 50 nautical miles “on a trial basis” from November this year on two international flight path routes that pass through the Delhi Flight Information Region. The advanced

PM hails success of PPP model

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday hailed the “success of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model” and lavished praise — along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi — on the new integrated Terminal-3 of the New Delhi IGI airport which was inaugurated by both the leaders. The T-3, one of the ten largest airport terminal

CPM meet focus on mid-term performance

Mid-term performance of the party remained the main focus on the first day of the two-day politburo meet of the CPI(M), which began on Saturday. After nearly six months, skipping several politburo meet, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee attended the meet.

Karna PCC chief 2nd term unlikely

Karnataka PCC chief R.V. Deshpande is unlikely to get a second term while the performance of CLP leader Siddaramaiah has not impressed the central leaders of the Congress.

BJP pulls up Ananth for Modi invitation

A day after he invited Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to campaign in Bihar, BJP general secretary and party’s in-charge of the state, Mr Ananth Kumar, was pulled up by the party’s top leadership, including BJP chief Nitin Gadkari.

India go down to Holland

India began their campaign at the BDO Hamburg Masters hockey tournament on a disappointing note, losing 3-6 to world number three Holland at Hamburg, Germany, on Friday night.

Indian women win opener

India’s women began their campaign on an exciting note defeating Thailand 57-44 in the first round of the 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship at the revamped Thyagaraj Sports Complex here on Saturday.

No takers for Games deals as kickoff nears

“Own a part of the Games” — that’s the slogan for the Commonwealth Games-related merchandise. Marketing the October 3 to 14 mega-event will be the Organising Committee’s main objective to generate the maximum revenue possible. With 91 days to go, sources within the OC claim that major sporting apparels brand have chosen not to associate themselves with the CWG.

BCCI to initiate legal proceedings

Despite its eagerness to seal suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi’s fate as quickly as possible, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is treading cautiously, wary of doing anything unconstitutional that could give Modi a chance to challenge the verdict.

GDA will levy cess to fund Metro

The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has decided to impose a new cess on sale of land in the district in order to fund the development of Metro in the city.

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