Any pilot, foreign or Indian, who acquires his or her pilot licence abroad will soon have to undergo a “skill test” for “conversion to an Indian licence”, rules to be declared soon by the DGCA state. The proposed rules also state, “The DGCA will, before converting any foreign licence to Indian licence, verify the authenticity of the foreign

The MCD has told the Delhi high court that there were no ghost employees on its payroll and accused the media of raising a non-existent scam.

Admitting the “strange wording” of its own rules on air-ambulance operations, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) — after much deliberation — has finally decided that single-engine aircraft can indeed operate as

A young woman was allegedly molested in Tilak Marg area on Wednesday evening by two inebriated drivers travelling in chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s pilot car.

The ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) is planning to adopt a “name and shame policy” for corporate houses.
Minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh pointed out that imposing a penalty of `1 lakh had little meaning for a corporate with a turnover of `4,000 crore.

A student with an admission form at St. Stephen’s College on Delhi University’s North Campus on Thursday. PHOTO: Biplab Banerjee

The BJP national executive, which begins here on Friday, will target the UPA government on the issue of corruption and inflation, on one hand, and the misrule of the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on the other.

In yet another package designed to take the wind out of the Congress campaign on Bhatta Parsaul, UP chief minister Mayawati has announced that all those arrested in connection with the May 7 violence will be released and adequate compensation will be paid to those who had suffered loss of property. In a statement released late on

A comparison has begun between Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare in the political circles after the two have virtually shaken the government on the issues of black money and corruption. Their action plan suggest that political parties in power and outside, lack the determination to correct the system.

In a bid to address the feeling of alienation often expressed by the people in Northeast, the UPA government has decided to bring higher judiciary closer to the common man in the region. The government is contemplating to set up three new high courts in the region, aimed at expansion of judicial access for the region and fulfilling the decades old demand.