A Salute To An IAF Legend

'There cannot be anyone like Air Marshal Keelor -- he was so difficult to emulate.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes War Hero Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC who passed into......

Why Are Airport Roofs Collapsing?

Are faulty design, hurried construction and private ownership to be blamed for the incidents of airport roofs crashing? IMAGE: A view of the T1 terminal at the Indira Gandhi international airport,......

'We could make mincemeat of the Pakistanis'

'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.'IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated......

Naval sailor killed in Chetak helicopter accident in Kochi

A Naval sailor was killed on Saturday when a Chetak helicopter was involved in a "ground accident" at a naval air station in Kochi, the Indian Navy said. The Navy ordered a probe into the matter.......

'India Needs More Than 2 Airlines'

'Just look at China: They have five or six major airlines and some smaller ones.' IMAGE: An IndiGo aircraft taxis on the tarmac at the Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport in Mumbai.......

InterGlobe plans to launch electric air taxi service in India in 2026

InterGlobe Enterprises on Thursday said it along with Archer Aviation plans to launch an all-electric air taxi service across India in 2026. Image used for representative purpose only.Photograph:......

The take-off and crash-landing of Jet's Naresh Goyal

In a dramatic turn of events in May 2019, an Emirates aircraft en-route to Dubai was asked to stop while it was taxiing for a take off in Mumbai. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The pilot......

Air India unveils new brand identity, aircraft livery

Air India on Thursday unveiled a new brand identity and aircraft livery as the airline moves ahead with its transformation plan since being taken over by Tata Group more than one-and-a-half years......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

Vikrant Rona Review

The plot keeps getting weirder by the minute, and scenes leapfrog round with no control...The end result is bafflement and boredom, observes Deepa Gahlot. For a film that aimed at a pan-Indian......

'I am the godfather of disco'

'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......

'I am a switch on-switch off actor'

'I don't let it affect my life because otherwise, we will go mad.' IMAGE: Ajay Devgn in Bhuj: The Pride of India. "That is the problem in our country. Anyone can get up and say I am from this sect......

Antim Panghal leaves Paris amid Olympics storm

IMAGE: Wrestler Antim Panghal faces the prospect of a three-year ban for alleged indiscipline after giving her Paris Olympics accreditation card to her sister. Photograph: Antim Panghal/X "Please......

Travel woes and halal food hunt plague Afghan cricketers

Afghanistan players turn chefs to overcome a ‘beefy' issue Photograph: Kind courtesy ACB/X For the Afghanistan cricketers, it was a meatball-sized problem to fork through! The......