New Delhi | 4 days ago
Security exercises for Commonwealth Games kick off Wednesday
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Dry runs to check the level of security preparedness, emergency response, behaviour and coordination among various agencies ahead of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games will kick off at a shooting competition at the Dr Karni Singh shooting range in south-east Delhi Wednesday.A temporary venue security command has also been set up at the shooting range and the multiple agencies invo ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
Turkish cargo handling firm to invest $100 mn in India
New Delhi, Feb 8 - Celebi Holding, a major player in the Turkish airport ground handling and cargo operations, Monday said it will invest $100 million - in India after bagging contracts for Delhi and Mumbai international airports.Celebi Ground Handling, the flagship company of Celebi Holding, was recently awarded the contracts for ground handling operations at the Delhi International Airport and M ... read more

New Delhi | 11 days ago
Trials of full-body scanners at Delhi airport from May
New Delhi, Feb 3 - India will start using full-body scanners to screen passengers at the international airport here on a trial basis from May and decide by the end of the Commonwealth Games in October who will get the multi-million dollar contract to supply such equipment.Currently security checks at airports include pat-down searches, door frame metal detectors and hand-held device scans. But the ... read more

16 days ago
Security at Delhi airport beefed up
New Delhi, Jan 29 - Security at the Delhi airport was beefed up Thursday evening after paramilitary troopers guarding the airport noticed torchlight near the runway, an official said. According to police officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, it received information from the Central Industrial Security Force - control room at the airport that the security personnel saw 'someone fl ... read more

16 days ago
Security at Delhi airport beefed up
New Delhi, Jan 29 - Following a fresh alert, security at the Delhi airport was increased Thursday evening and all flights checked, an official said. Senior officials of the Central Industrial Security Force - were informed that terrorists could target the airport in the evening. According to sources, two terrorists arrested recently had revealed in their interrogation about a possible attack. ... read more

17 days ago
No fog in Delhi, flight operations normal
New Delhi, Jan 28 - Flight operations were largely normal with few delays at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport - Thursday after a long spell of dense fog throughout January affected flight operations in the past few weeks. A senior official of the Delhi airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited - said flight operations were normal. 'The runway visibility at 6 a.m. was abov ... read more

17 days ago
Fog disrupts air, rail services in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 27 - A thick layer of fog blanketed the national capital for almost 16 hours bringing down the general visibility to near zero Wednesday, disrupting over 100 flights and 160 trains, while many were rescheduled or even cancelled. In the city, visibility dropped to near zero at 5.30 a.m. and continued to remain below 50 metres, said an India Meteorological Department - official. It ... read more

New Delhi | 18 days ago
Passengers suffer yet again as fog hits Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 27 - Thousands of passengers were stranded yet again at the Delhi airport and railway stations Wednesday morning as a thick layer of fog blanketed the national capital, disrupting air and rail services.The visibility level dropped to nearly zero around 5.30 a.m., affecting over 100 domestic and international flights and delaying at least 40 trains, while many were rescheduled or eve ... read more

18 days ago
Preity Zinta jumps off toilet wall at Delhi airport
New Delhi, Jan 27 - Bollywood actress Preity Zinta pulled off a stunt by jumping off the wall of a toilet at the Delhi airport after she got stuck inside for more than 10 minutes. 'Spent 10 minutes stuck in the toilet at the airport...Finally had to climb the wall and jump over... People were calling out my name,' Preity posted on her Twitter page Tuesday. The 34-year-old says she felt she woul ... read more

21 days ago
Delhi Police looking for NRI who flew in with bullets
New Delhi, Jan 24 - Delhi police, who lost track of a US-based Indian despite discovering live cartridges in his bag at the airport here, have now asked Kolkata Police to help trace him even as the incident has raised serious security concerns. Subroto Lahiri, said to be a professor at a US university, was to go to Kolkata from Delhi Friday morning by Kingfisher Airlines. He left for the West B ... read more