Snag grounds Air India’s direct flight to NY

Tuesday 4 September '07

Exactly a month after Air India launched its Mumbai-New York non-stop service amid much fanfare

Air India’s Maharaja is going to New York’s Times Square

Friday 10 August '07

In the eclectic maze of sky high billboards, digital JumboTrons, fluorescent displays and LED news-crawlers, for a month, the Maharaja....

Mumbai slums: Deadline over, no rehab

Tuesday 7 August '07

Little has changed on the ground four months after Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel admonished the Vilasrao

12 years on, plane that dropped arms in Purulia is up for sale

Friday 27 July '07

The last tangible remnant of one of India’s worst security breaches—the twin-engine turboprop Antonov-26 aircraft used in the notorious Purulia arms drop incident in 1995 — is going to be sold as scrap.

A year later, women of 7/11 are still picking up the pieces

Wednesday 11 July '07

Doing difficult jobs and sharing the grief of other blast victims, these women have found their reasons to ove on

Mumbai airport overhaul delayed: Praful

Wednesday 20 June '07

Nearly 15 months after Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd took over operations at the country’s busiest airport and a week after top Government officials reviewed the headway

Australian firm chosen to overhaul fire services at Mumbai airport

Monday 18 June '07

Looking at a complete overhaul of fire services, Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) has signed a six-month contract with Airservices Australia—owned...

Airbus-380, world’s largest jetliner, to fly to India in May

Friday 27 April '07

The world’s largest jetliner, the Airbus A-380, is set to touch down in Mumbai in early May, as part of its route-testing flight which Airbus has been undertaking globally to check the preparedness of airports.

Mumbai airport revamp: For 10 yrs, he has stood in way

Thursday 5 April '07

In the crowded, squalid bylanes of Jari Mari and Bail Bazaar, both shanty towns in Kurla and abutting the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport...

Close call for Jet plane at Mumbai

Tuesday 27 March '07

The Mumbai International Airport Limited is investigating how and why a vehicle crossed the main runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport barely a minute before a Jet Airways plane landed on Saturday.

Highest bird-hits last year, Mumbai airport arms itself before monsoon

Tuesday 27 March '07

Preparing for the onslaught of the fabled Mumbai monsoon, officials of the Mumbai International Airport have a fresh worry to deal with: bird-hits.

Just 13, she’s battled cancer and participated twice in Terry Fox Run

Tuesday 20 February '07

A little over a year ago, she had President A P J Kalam personally ensuring her education was not hampered.

Juhu’s Man Friday

Sunday 11 February '07

He beat the bigwigs to become the people’s corporator. Now, Adolf D’Souza gets ready for the system

Tata pretty cool about flying, says HDFC’s Parekh

Thursday 8 February '07

On the eve of Tata Group Chairman’s F-16 flight, HDFC top boss recalls taking to the skies on his Falcon 2000

Juhu is island: Man who cleaned beach rides wave to victory

Saturday 3 February '07

While most of Mumbai was awash in saffron, Juhu today bore its own shining symbol — a candle, the election logo of its consensus candidate, and now, the corporator.

To celebrate efficiency, company used initials to brand products

Monday 22 January '07

At Sachin Khanna’s new residence at Kandivali, there’s a plastic cover on the nameplate.

A cricket fan, celebrated 24th birthday four days earlier

Friday 19 January '07

On July 7, Jignesh Mehata turned 24. Four days later, he died in the blast that ripped apart the first class coach of a Borivali-bound local at Khar station.

Got married 4 months ago, became a bank officer

Wednesday 10 January '07

On JULY 11 Nitesh Kumar Patel, an ambitious young man from Hajipur, completed two years of probation with the Oriental Bank of Commerce and was confirmed as an officer.

First-timer booked for flight fiasco

Wednesday 3 January '07

Passengers open emergency exit while Deccan flight was parked on tarmac

‘I know things will look up for us this new year’

Tuesday 2 January '07

SAMIR GUJARATI, 36, gets ready to leave for office. As wife Bhavna, 33, ties the shoelaces on his artificial limb, son Sahil looks on. The civil engineer lost his right leg in the 7/11 blasts

Engineer with Siemens, was always good in sports

Wednesday 6 December '06

Wearing a sunny yellow T-shirt and a bright smile, Amresh’s king size photograph is now the centrepiece of the Sawants’ modest living room in their Andheri residence.

Excise inspector, always wanted to donate his eyes

Sunday 19 November '06

In 1999, Sanjay Samant had decided he would donate his eyes after death. But, death on the tracks on 7/11 meant that nobody looked in his wallet for his eye donor’s card.

Mumbai-Delhi among world’s busiest air routes

Wednesday 8 November '06

In yet another first for Indian aviation, a domestic air route is now among the world’s busiest.

Two passengers die on flights to Mumbai

Sunday 5 November '06

Two persons died onboard two separate international flights coming into the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in the wee hours of Saturday.

A businessman, had switched to trains only recently

Tuesday 31 October '06

“He made us, but went away forever,” says Preeti about her brother-in-law Ninad. For, it was he who had played a crucial role in convincing the conservative Mahales to agree to her marriage with his younger brother Sunil.