Officials of the air Customs department at Cochin International Airport on Sunday recovered gold, concealed inside a packet, valued at Rs 40 lakhs from a private flight's washroom, customs said.
The government of India has accorded an 'In-principle approval' for the setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country, said Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Lt Gen (Retd) VK Singh in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.
The recent 'Guidelines for International Arrivals', issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), after Covid-19 resurfaced in some countries, to conduct random testing of two per cent international passengers (on the flight) at Airports, was followed accordingly and 110 inter
Officials of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Cochin International Airport on Sunday intercepted a passenger and seized gold, valued at over Rs 44 lakhs, concealed inside the body, the customs department said.
Over 2000 US flights were cancelled by various airlines across the world on Saturday morning (local time) following a massive winter storm that snarled airport operations around the United States and frustrated thousands of holiday travellers
'FogCare' initiative, which will initially be launched for flights departing from and arriving at IGI airport, New Delhi, aims to take care of unforeseen circumstances such as delays and cancellations of flights amid thick fog that engulfs northern India during the winter season.
The foreign national in his complaint told the Deputy Collector Customs that a custom official was kind to him in passing his personal baggage from the airport without any hassle in return for huge amounts of bribe money.
Police at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport busted a gang of four operating a theft racket inside the cargo area of the airport, on Saturday.
The Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) on Saturday intercepted a man and seized two gold biscuits, valued at over Rs eight lakhs, concealed inside a tin at Trichy Airport, officials said.
Nine people were killed in a massive winter storm that struck the US on Friday, knocking out power to over a million due to heavy snow and strong winds, according to CNN.