Delhi’s new airport terminal ready to welcome visitors
The sparkling new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, touted among the largest and most modern in the world, will start international operations July 14 and domestic services 16 days later, it was announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with National Advisory Council chair Sonia Gandhi and Civil…
First visuals of Delhi’s new airport terminal
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Delhi’s new Terminal 3 to have 78 aerobridges to support Airbus A-380
The humongous new Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport that opens on July 3 will have all the amenities for passengertravel comfort, including the highest number of aerobridges in the world at a single site – 78. It is almost eight times more than what the present international…
India targets double digit growth in 2012
India has set an ambitious target of making 2012 the year of double digit growth even as it grapples with the twin problems of mounting deficit and rising inflation. “India is back on a high growth trajectory,” finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a presentation here Monday to the Institute…
Ratan Tata conferred with honorary degree by Cambridge
India’s leading industrialist Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, has been conferred with a honorary degree of Doctor of Law by the University of Cambridge. Tata, Hon. KBE, and seven others were conferred with the doctorate at a congregation held in Cambridge yesterday. It was presided over by Chancellor…
Worried US hopes Bhopal verdict doesn’t affect ties with India
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday said it hoped the Bhopal gas tragedy case will not inhibit its growing ties with India or affect the nuclear liability bill currently before the Indian parliament, and that the verdict in the matter ”brings some closure to the families of the victims of…
Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known as Seh Daeng, was shot and seriously wounded
Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known as Seh Daeng, was shot and seriously wounded during a melee near Sala Daeng intersection on Rama IV road on Thursday night, hours after authorities threatened a lockdown of the rally site, official said. Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, or Seh Daeng, has been admitted to Hua…
Chennai Super Kings are the IPL champions
Chennai Super Kings were crowned Indian Premier League 3 champions after thumping Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in a thrilling summit clash here on Sunday night. Electing to bat, Chennai posted 168 for five, thanks to Suresh Raina’s unbeaten 57 and then restricted Mumbai to 146 for nine to win…
Tax officials claim ‘evidence’ against Kolkata Knight Riders
KOLKATA: Tax officials who conducted search operations at the offices of the Bengal Cricket Association and Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders till the early hours of Thursday here claimed to have found “incriminating evidence” of irregularities. “We have found incriminating evidence. We will investigate further. We needed to have…
Lalit Modi, BCCI ready for ugly divorce
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The BCCI brass on Wednesday made clear its intention of ousting T20 czar Lalit Modi from IPL by insisting on a meeting of the IPL governing council on April 26 when a coup is planned, while Modi mounted a plucky fight by seeking to abort the meeting. He…