Category: Civil Aviation

The Supreme Court on Thursday said file notings relating to alleged corruption or rights violations cannot be regarded as privileged document, and the government’s claim that certain Rafale-related documents were protected under the Official Secrets Act was prima facie not maintainable. Justice K.M. Joseph, sitting on a bench with Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice […]

Severe turbulence tossed terrified passengers and crew around a Turkish Airlines plane cabin as it passed over Maine on Saturday, with 30 people suffering bumps, bruises, cuts and a broken leg before the flight landed safely at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said. Dozens of ambulances lined up in front of a […]

A part of the revenue has been bypassing the Calcutta airport since Pakistan closed its airspace in the aftermath of India’s air strike in Balakot. The diversion of the revenue is on account of Europe-bound overflying flights being forced to take a different route or being cancelled because of the curb imposed by Pakistan, officials […]

Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has sought an urgent funding of Rs 750 crore from its equity partner Etihad, citing “the very precarious” position of the airline following lingering cash flow issues. The Etihad board is meeting in Abu Dhabi on Monday to decide on certain crucial issues. Jet on Monday defaulted on the part-repayment […]

A jetliner with passengers from at least 35 countries, including India, crashed on Sunday shortly after leaving Ethiopia’s capital, killing all 157 people on board and renewing concerns about the new model of aircraft involved in the accident, the popular Boeing 737 Max 8. After taking off from Addis Ababa in good weather and with […]

The civil aviation regulator has said it will undertake a safety assessment of Boeing 737 Max planes flown by SpiceJet and Jet Airways after two unexplained crashes suffered by Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air of Indonesia in the past five months that claimed 346 lives. SpiceJet has 11 Boeing 737 Max-8s in its fleet — […]

The Editors Guild of India and several journalists’ organisations on Thursday spoke out against attorney-general K.K. Venugopal’s submission in court that the government would prosecute The Hindu newspaper and petitioners in the Rafale case for using data from government documents, which the Centre claims were “stolen” The guild “unequivocally condemns the Attorney General’s comments before […]

The Congress on Wednesday sought an FIR against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale deal under the Prevention of Corruption Act, claiming the Indian negotiation team’s report made it clear that he had “looted the nation’s treasury”. The frontal attack comes days after the Congress shed its post-Pulwama restraint on criticising the government. “There […]

The allegation, if not admission, by the Centre that confidential Rafale documents were “stolen” raises several tricky questions. Is South Block — the colonial-era building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office besides the foreign and defence ministries — leaking like a sieve or is one of the most protected edifices in the country the easiest […]

The government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale aircraft deal have been stolen from the defence ministry. It added that the petitioners seeking a review of the verdict dismissing all pleas against the purchase of the jets had relied on those documents. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice Ranjan […]

The district administration and the United National Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday signed an Rs 6.18crore pact to develop 12 villages located near the Birsa Munda Airport in the next three years. The villages, which will be developed, are Hundru, Chota Ghaghra, Hethu, Chan-daghasi, Churu, Lodhma, Karamtoli, Kutetoli, Latma, Narigutta, Khijri, Pokhartoli and Tombagattu. All […]