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Lekha Agarwal

Snag grounds Air India’s direct flight to NY

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

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

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

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

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

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

Australian firm chosen to overhaul fire services at Mumbai airport

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

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

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 bee

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

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

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

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

Close call for Jet plane at Mumbai

The Mumbai International Airport Limited is investigating how and why a vehicle crossed the main runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport b

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

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

Tata pretty cool about flying, says HDFC’s Parekh

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

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, t

To celebrate efficiency, company used initials to brand products

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

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 s

Got married 4 months ago, became a bank officer

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 confir

First-timer booked for flight fiasco

Passengers open emergency exit while Deccan flight was parked on tarmac

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

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 engin

Engineer with Siemens, was always good in sports

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 An

Mumbai-Delhi among world’s busiest air routes

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

A businessman, had switched to trains only recently

“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 conser

Diamond broker, daughter says she will take up jewellery designing as career

As she prepares for her class 10 exams due in less than five months, 15-year-old Priyanka misses her father the most.

Pilots’ fora issues whip against IA’s top man in Mumbai

Amid dipping market share and crippling losses, Indian Airlines is now dealing with a scandal surrounding its general manager in Mumbai

Bank clerk from Jalgaon, was at home in the city

“He wanted me to wear jeans, but I never did. That wish remains to be fulfilled.’’ Three months after 7/11 left her widowed, Prawara finds solace in t
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