Proud moment: Family of pilot flying maiden passenger plane to Ayodhya

It is a proud moment for the family, says 75-year-old Mukteshwar Singh as his son in the next few hours will pilot the first commercial passenger plane to the new airport here after its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Forty-three-year-old Captain Ashutosh Shekhar is a pilot with Indigo, and after the airport […]

Ayodhya airport completed in record time of 20 months: AAI chairman

As the temple town of Ayodhya preps up to expand air connectivity with its first airport ahead of the grand consecration ceremony of Ram Mandhir, the Airport Authority of India(AAI) chairman Sanjeev Kumar affirmed that the construction was completed in a record time of 20 months. Airports Authority of India undertook the development of Ayodhya […]

Fog blankets Delhi; flights, trains delayed due to low visibility

Cold weather conditions along with moderate fog prevailed in many regions of the Delhi-NCR on Saturday. The minimum temperature recorded in the national capital was 10.7 degrees Celsius. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for dense fog in North India. “Dense Fog Advisory for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan and […]