Panel set up to probe YSR's chopper crash

The Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday night set up a four-member committee to probe the cause of Andhra Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's helicopter crash in which he was killed. The......

4 dead as ONGC chopper falls into sea off Mumbai coast

A brand new Pawan Hans' Sikorsky chopper with 9 people on board crashed into the Arabian Sea, about 50 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast on Tuesday, killing four people -- including three Oil......

Probe team visits YSR chopper crash site

'Vital clues' have been collected by the high-powered committee of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, from the helicopter crash site in the dense Nallamalla forest range in Kurnool district of......

NGT blocks odd-even rollout, says AAP govt treats it like a picnic

  Uncertainty prevailed over the implementation of the odd-even car rationing scheme as the National Green Tribunal on Friday questioned the rationale behind Delhi government's decision to......

Helipads on Indian highways? Soon

To meet the exigencies on highways, the civil aviation ministry has suggested to the surface transport ministry to earmark space for helipads every 100 kilometres on major national highways and......

Unused airports to be converted into SEZs?

The new civil aviation policy, unveiled on June 15, provides for measures to enhance regional connectivity and reducing the cost of leasing would help this initiative. The government is looking at......

Chopper trouble for ONGC

The three-member independent committee set up to investigate the ONGC helicopter crash off the Sagar Kiran rig near Mumbai on August 11, 2003, in which 27 people died, has strongly criticised ONGC......

UDAN plagued by the problem of plenty

Modi's 'UDAN' project faces fund crunch as too many airlines have come on board Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Narendra Modi government’s flagship aviation scheme, UDAN, is facing......