Centre, states owe Air India Rs 498 crore: Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh PuriThe governments in states and at the Centre owe the airline Rs 84.57 crore for VVIP travel, Rs 12.61 crore for foreign dignitaries' travel,...
10 Feb, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
After Rahul’s Rs 8000 crore jibe, Centre says process of buying VVIP aircraft began under UPAThese aircrafts are not the ‘Prime Minister’s aircrafts’ but will be used for other VVIPs as well; they belong to the Indian Air Force and ...
06 Oct, 2020, 07.56 PM IST
Custom-made aircraft Air India One for President, Prime Minister arrives In DelhiThe plane was scheduled to be delivered by aircraft manufacturer Boeing to Air India in July but its delivery was delayed twice - once in J...
01 Oct, 2020, 06.45 PM IST
Air India officials go to US to receive custom-made B777 plane for VVIP travelAnother custom-made B777 plane is likely to be received from Boeing in September, the official added. It was expected that the delivery of ...
14 Aug, 2020, 07.02 PM IST
VVIP choppers case: Dubai court orders Christian Michel's extraditionWhile documentation on his role in India was also received from Italy where the VVIP chopper case was first investigated, the final nail in...
20 Nov, 2018, 10.26 AM IST
VVIP chopper deal: Money suspected to have been routed through scrap metal trading firm in SingaporeThe ED suspects the three Singapore companies received €6.1 million from Interstellar, which was laundered by raising bogus invoices on the...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.12 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to now get a 'Desi Air Force One'Sources said Parrikar will take up acquisition of two Boeing 777-300 (extended range) aircraft for exclusive use by President Pranab Mukher...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Civil Aviation Ministry wants to mobilise Rs 2,400 crore for Air IndiaAviation Ministry is making efforts to secure about Rs 2,400 crore for AI through supplementary budgetary allocations and recovery of dues ...
12 Jul, 2015, 01.45 PM IST
Government owes around Rs 600 crore to Air India for VVIP travelAccording to official sources, Ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs, among others, have accrued "Rs 500-600 crore" dues till Mar...
16 Apr, 2015, 06.58 PM IST
Obama in India: Republic Day drizzle exposes glitch; glass roof over VVIPs expected from next yearA glitch from the Indian side, however, has caught the attention of the highest levels in the government, officials with knowledge of the m...
27 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Obama in India: US satellites, snipers and sniffer dogs to be on Republic day dutyUS satellites, Secret Service snipers & 40 specialist sniffer dogs will be deployed for watch at Rajpath – the key road in R-Day parade rou...
22 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Italian chopper deal: India bought helicopters Obama rejected as ‘costly’Obamafound the copters too exorbitant to pass muster in 2009. But Indian govt had no such qualms & inked Rs 3,546-cr deal.
13 Feb, 2013, 07.59 AM IST
- Air India cancels 2 Mumbai flights for VVIP travel
After being hit by the pilot’s agitation, the next blow comes from the national carrier’s compulsion to operate VVIP flights.
10 Jun, 2012, 05.11 AM IST
- Ministers, VVIPs tour expenses rise ten fold
Expenses on foreign and domestic tours of central ministers and VVIPs rose by more than ten times to Rs 678.52 crore in 2011-12, up from Rs...
08 May, 2012, 04.37 PM IST
- Government owes Rs 110 crore to Air India for VVIP flights
Government owes over Rs 110 crore to cash-strapped Air India for its special flights which ferry VVIPs including the President and the Prim...
15 Jan, 2012, 03.48 PM IST
- Government to release Rs 705 crore to cash-strapped Air India soon: Sources
After payment of Rs 500 crore to partly clear its dues to AI, Government would release another tranche of Rs 705 crore to the national carr...
01 Sep, 2011, 03.11 AM IST
- Air India may get Rs 520 cr more for carrying out VVIP operations
Ailing Air India may get about Rs 520 crore for carrying out VVIP operations if Parliament approves the supplementary demand.
02 Aug, 2011, 05.50 PM IST