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  Air travel booms in India, strains creaky infrastructure

  February 19, 2016 8:05 IST

  New Delhi: Lightson Ngashangva still remembers the long train journeys followed by interminable bus rides each summer when he went home from Delhi to his village in Manipur.Now, when the 26-year-old biotechnology student visits his

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  Indigo offloads 70 passengers from flight for 'unruly behaviour'

  India | January 23, 2016 18:37 IST

  Hyderabad: Indigo airlines offloaded at least 70 passengers from a Raipur-bound Indigo flight at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport last night on grounds of "unruly behaviour"The incident occurred between 8:30 PM and 9:00 PM when the

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  VIDEO: Hilarious safety speech by flight attendant Martha Cobb leaves you ROFL!

  World | November 06, 2014 20:15 IST

  We are used to listening the mundane safety instructions by flight attendants after boarding the flight; the usual about two exit doors, two safety doors, oxygen mask and inflatable life jacket etc. etc.But the attendant

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  Fog affects 75 flights at IGI airport

  India | January 15, 2013 20:43 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 15: Fog again disrupted operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport today, affecting the schedule of around 75 domestic and international flights.Around 70 flights originating from here were delayed either due to

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  IT Sops In Budget; Air Travel, Health Check-Up To Be Costlier

  India | February 28, 2011 22:08 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 28: A play-safe budget today raised the income tax exemption limit from Rs 1.60 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh  leaving at least an extra Rs 2,000 in the hands of tax paying

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  Roll Back Service Tax On Domestic Air Travel, Says Praful Patel

  India | March 03, 2010 16:11 IST

  The Ministry of Civil Aviation will seek a complete roll-back of service tax imposed on domestic air travel in the Budget, a Central Government Minister said.   "We will request for a complete roll-back of service