Rudeness rap for AI

9 February 2012, 2:47 pm

New Delhi, Feb. 9 (PTI): A consumer court has ordered Air India to pay over Rs 1 lakh to a flier as compensation, part of it as punitive damages to make its “callous” and “rude” staff in Delhi and Calcutta airports “learn a lesson”.... Read More »

The Telegraph - Calcutta

9 February 2012, 2:29 pm

Some of the political hands that allegedly nurture and feed off the amorphous entity called “the syndicate” have been named by disgruntled operators from within. ...... Read More »

Six Nations 2012: Stuart Lancaster names unchanged England squad to face Italy

9 February 2012, 9:17 am

Stuart Lancaster shows faith in Calcutta Cup-winning squad as they prepare for Italy clash on Saturday.... Read More »

Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel

9 February 2012, 7:19 am

The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by a second class air-conditioned coach for a court hearing there March 13, her lawyer said. She is currently lodged in a Mumbai jail.... Read More »

England unchanged for Italy in Six Nations

9 February 2012, 2:26 am

England interim coach Stuart Lancaster named an unchanged 22 on Thursday for the Six Nations Championship match away to Italy in Rome on Saturday.... Read More »

Time travel

8 February 2012, 3:26 am

"This week I can say I have got as close to time travel as is humanly possible." England Sevens' Chris Cracknell reports back from the latest leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series... Read More »

Travel shows get makeover in India: Gaurav Kapoor

8 February 2012, 1:18 am

Thanks to the changing preferences and lifestyle of people, travel shows in India have got a makeover, says Channel V's popular veejay Gaurav Kapoor who helped select the country's first travel jockey for "Freaky Traveller", which will uncover unexploited destinations.... Read More »

The write way to travel

4 February 2012, 4:00 pm

"The place or experience doesn't become real until I write about it. It otherwise becomes like sleepwalking," added Kassabova. "Stories come out of the place we have visited… and are often written in a different setting from the place," she concluded.... Read More »

Lee Jones to make Scotland debut in Calcutta Cup

31 January 2012, 7:05 am

Edinburgh wing Lee Jones is to make his Scotland debut in the RBS 6 Nations opener with England at Murrayfield on Saturday. Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has made eight changes.... Read More »

No take-off to Calcutta

23 January 2012, 4:00 pm

Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry secretary (public relations, welfare) Bharat Vasani expressed dismay over Monday's anti-climax. "We were happy that the city was again getting connected by air. This is again a setback," he said.... Read More »

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