Articles by Nandini
Air services to be hit again?
Air services to be hit again?

Published on Apr 28, 2006 12:50 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerPassenger data fails to take off
The Home Ministry?s plan to activate the Advanced Passenger Information System has run into turbulence.

Updated on Apr 27, 2006 04:24 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerBig push to Saarc air links
In Dhaka last year, PM Manmohan Singh had suggested that the SAARC nations should "improve air connectivity amongst ourselves".

Updated on Apr 07, 2006 02:57 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerFrom loafers to stilettoes
The Indian leather world has now set its eyes on new designs for women's footwear, reports Nandini R Iyer.

Published on Apr 03, 2006 02:19 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerIt?s time to save the jumbos
Wildlife activists have warned there won't be any elephants left in Uttaranchal in next 25 years, writes Nandini Iyer.

Updated on Mar 28, 2006 02:53 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerFleet of fliers to swell soon
The civil aviation boom in India has had a flip side: shortage of pilots, especially in the two national carriers.

Published on Mar 23, 2006 01:46 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerAirport scan on victims, villains
CISF has begun using passenger profiling to identify potential victims as well as goons, writes Nandini R Iyer.

Updated on Mar 21, 2006 09:57 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R Iyer2 airports on revamp radar
Amid clamour over Delhi and Mumbai airports, the revamp of Kolkata, Chennai airports is going ahead full throttle.

Updated on Feb 17, 2006 12:12 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R. IyerSky wars: Dishing out dirt on rivals
A propaganda war using Internet is being fought by private airlines to outwit competitors, reports Nandini R Iyer.

Updated on Feb 09, 2006 02:11 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerAirport strike called off, finally
STRIKING AIRPORT employees, protesting against the modernisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports through private participation, returned to work on Saturday. This was seemingly after the government, the Left parties and the striking Airport unions, got a satisfying face-saving formula.

Published on Feb 05, 2006 02:11 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
NANDINI R IyerAirport strike off but Left says it?s not over
STRIKING AIRPORT employees, protesting against the modernisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports through private participation, returned to work on Saturday. This was seemingly after the government, the Left parties and the striking Airport unions, got a satisfying face-saving formula.

Published on Feb 05, 2006 01:36 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
NANDINI R IyerIndian airports all set for uplift
With the strike having been called off, the face of India?s airports is likely to change, writes Nandini R Iyer.

Updated on Feb 05, 2006 01:32 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R. IyerAirport services back to normal
AAI employees have reported to work after 4-day strike against privatisation.

Updated on Feb 05, 2006 05:39 PM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R. IyerAAI staff on strike all over
IT HAPPENED as expected. On Tuesday, the government opened the financial bid for the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports and the airport employees' unions announced they would strike work indefinitely from Wednesday.

Updated on Feb 01, 2006 01:35 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
NANDINI R. IyerAirport crew threatens wildcat strike
Air passengers should stand warned. The Airports Authority Employees Joint Forum could go on a flash strike any day. And they can?t give any notice.

Published on Jan 27, 2006 02:02 AM IST
None | , New Delhi
Nandini R. IyerPM?s promise grounds babus
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's impromptu response to Parliamentarian Ashok Pradhan's request for an international airport has left the bureaucracy awaiting further instructions.

Published on Jan 10, 2006 02:55 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R. IyerMassive ATC revamp on
Making the skies safer for aircraft is high on the government?s agenda and steps to upgrade infrastructure and equipment for Air Traffic Control are being taken on a war footing, civil aviation minister Praful Patel said.

Published on Jan 05, 2006 01:16 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R. IyerTsunami caused severe damage to ecological resources: Govt
Even as the scientific community debates the entry of saline water through a tsunami caused breach into the Adayar River and on what is the future impact of the land level rise in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Union environment ministry has confirmed that preliminary assessment of the affected regions indicates severe damage to various ecological resources.

Published on Jan 06, 2005 01:12 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R Iyer and Rajnish SharmaJN Dixit to oversee intelligence agencies
NSA will now have a supervisory role in functioning of the RAW, the Intelligence Bureau and the Defence Intelligence Agency.

Updated on Jun 18, 2004 09:16 PM IST
PTI |
Nandini R Iyer
NCP, RJD to join new Govt
After excruciating parleys spread over Friday, the NCP and the RJD signalled their willingness to be part of the Cong-led coalition Govt.

Updated on May 22, 2004 03:01 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Rajnish Sharma and Nandini R. IyerChandan Basu leads the angry have-not pack
Jyoti Basu?s son and his wife found their names missing from electoral rolls. An irate Basu complained to polling officer and local councillor, but to no avail.

Updated on May 11, 2004 03:18 PM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
Nandini GuhaEC countermands Chapra polls
EC has ordered repolling on May 31 in all 7 Chapra assembly segments where Rudy has taken on Laloo.

Updated on May 15, 2004 07:27 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerWhat stops the EC from making a decision on Chapra?
The dispute over the Bihar LS seat deepened on Saturday. EC sources said they have no idea when the verdict would be delivered.

Updated on May 09, 2004 04:01 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerAjit Panja has many reasons to feel uneasy
Voters in Kolkata North-East constituency allege that Panja has deprived them of basic necessities like water and healthcare for years.

Published on May 06, 2004 06:10 PM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
Nandini GuhaSex workers have rights
Subrata Mukherjee pledges to fight for the rights of sex workers of Sonagachhi.

Updated on May 04, 2004 02:14 PM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
Nandini GuhaEC blacks out actor-politicians? films from DD
Thirty-Seven million television homes across the country will most probably be viewing black and white films over the next 10 days. And that too when there are four weekend holidays.

Updated on May 01, 2004 02:01 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R IyerEC to probe Chapra polls
A two-member EC team will be conducting a detailed inquiry into the complaints of booth capturing in Chapra Lok Sabha seat in Bihar.

Updated on Apr 30, 2004 10:31 AM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Nandini R. Iyer and Vijay SwaroopGeorge and handcuff factor
This is a different type of campaign. The pulse in the area is such that the candidate may end up offending people if he asks for votes. In virtually every village he visits, there is at least one person who tells him a story from 1977, reports Nandini R Iyer.

Updated on Apr 24, 2004 08:49 AM IST
PTI | , Gharwara (muzaffarpur)
Nandini R IyerA little less of politics
The gruelling poll campaign seems to have tired out the leaders, many of whom took a Nabobarsho break either to relax or simply to have fun with the electorate.

Updated on Apr 15, 2004 03:11 PM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
Nandini Guha'Helicopter Bhagwan' Laloo returns to earth
In rural Bihar, Laloo Yadav is known as "Helicopter Bhagwan", as he likes to campaign on choppers. But on Sunday, the Bhagwan was grounded.

Updated on Apr 12, 2004 12:48 AM IST
PTI | , Patna
Nandini R. Iyer