
August 14, 2003 00:00 IST
It’s tough going at 16,500 feet. The air’s too thin, the body movements laboriously sluggish. But all that’s temporarily forg...
Thu, Aug 14, 2003
August 11, 2003 00:00 IST
Humayun's tomb in Delhi has been rescued but his grandson Jehangir’s tomb in Lahore is in urgent need of red sandstone. And the Indians...
Mon, Aug 11, 2003
August 10, 2003 00:00 IST
The rest of us can try to be poetic given the sweep of the subject: an Indian Air Force plane with 98 on board crashing into the gigantic sp...
Sun, Aug 10, 2003
August 09, 2003 00:00 IST
At an altitude of 16,000 feet, under the gigantic frozen expanse of the Dhaka Glacier, for 35 years, a secret has been buried: of 98 men and...
Sat, Aug 09, 2003
August 07, 2003 00:00 IST
Earmarked shaheed sthal (martyr’s spot), a landscaped enclosure with a raised platform will come up at all airports across the country....
Thu, Aug 07, 2003
August 04, 2003 00:00 IST
The Second World Championship & Games for the Blind got underway at Quebec today but the Indian contingent was apparently stuck somewhere en...
Mon, Aug 04, 2003
August 02, 2003 00:00 IST
Desperate to improve air connectivity to Uttaranchal ahead of the Ardh Kumbh in Hardwar, Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari has asked the Prime Mini...
Sat, Aug 02, 2003
August 01, 2003 00:00 IST
India and Pakistan will hold technical-level talks on August 27 and 28 for restoration of air links between the two countries. New Delhi tod...
Fri, Aug 01, 2003
July 31, 2003 00:00 IST
The Naresh Chandra Committee on preparing a roadmap for the civil aviation sector may have just started their work, but inputs have already ...
Thu, Jul 31, 2003
July 30, 2003 00:00 IST
The Government’s open skies policy may still be a dream but on the home front, it’s time for private airlines to wing to areas hit...
Wed, Jul 30, 2003
July 26, 2003 00:00 IST
Efforts to obtain quick approval of the Cabinet on the move to privatise Delhi and Mumbai airports has run into rough weather with the Finan...
Sat, Jul 26, 2003
July 23, 2003 00:00 IST
A half-empty bus, more number of escort vehicles and three passengers turned back to Pakistan from Wagah, Khaleeq-ur-Rehman’s return jo...
Wed, Jul 23, 2003
July 21, 2003 00:00 IST
India and Pakistan may share a lot in common when it comes to cultural heritage, but the tombs of Jehangir and Noor Jehan’s father Asif...
Mon, Jul 21, 2003
July 21, 2003 00:00 IST
As New Delhi and Tel Aviv prepare for the historical moment when Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sets foot on Indian soil in September, a...
Mon, Jul 21, 2003
July 19, 2003 00:00 IST
The next time you plead with your airline staff to accommodate a couple of kilos of luggage more, spare a thought to the implications. Preli...
Sat, Jul 19, 2003
July 18, 2003 00:00 IST
US Ambassador Robert Blackwill today made it clear that New Delhi’s decision to keep its troops out of Iraq until there’s an expli...
Fri, Jul 18, 2003
July 16, 2003 00:00 IST
Just five days since the Delhi-Lahore bus service started and Pakistan’s informal money changers at Wagah are celebrating. Brisk moveme...
Wed, Jul 16, 2003
July 14, 2003 00:00 IST
Pakistan is viewing India’s recent forward movement on contentious issues with China as a new precedent that should be applied to the K...
Mon, Jul 14, 2003
July 14, 2003 00:00 IST
For two hostile neighbours, resumption of the Delhi-Lahore bus service may be a major step. But human aspirations move much faster than that...
Mon, Jul 14, 2003
July 13, 2003 00:00 IST
When the bus from Delhi rolled in last evening, G M Pillai cheered, with one eye on the sky. In a little office on Davis Road, Pillai has b...
Sun, Jul 13, 2003
July 12, 2003 00:00 IST
By the time we pulled into Wagah, it was almost seven hours since we had left but Khaleequr Rehman Khan had travelled a little ahead in time...
Sat, Jul 12, 2003
July 11, 2003 00:00 IST
Tomorrow you may not see Khaleequr Rehman Khan. But then you may. He’s one of the only nine passengers on the bus bound for Lahore—...
Fri, Jul 11, 2003
July 09, 2003 00:00 IST
In a move to pack in more flights in Indian airspace, the Civil Aviation Ministry has decided to reduce the minimum difference in altitude b...
Wed, Jul 09, 2003
July 04, 2003 00:00 IST
The clamour of protests by distraught farmers of Okara Military Farms in Pakistan has reached the ears of the United Nations, even as the Pa...
Fri, Jul 04, 2003
July 03, 2003 00:00 IST
It’s the same old story of VIPs first, the rest later. With the IAF VIP squadron Boeing 737s due for overhaul, Alliance Air has been as...
Thu, Jul 03, 2003



