Kolkata: A passenger was on Wednesday quarantined at the Kolkata International airport for showing symptoms of swine flu. Shyamal Sarkar (35) is the first passenger who was quarantined since the medical check-up at the airport began around April 30. Around 8:40 am on Wednesday, Sarkar, landed in Kolkata on an Emirates flight from Dubai.

MUMBAI: A major hurdle in the path of the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport has been cleared by the Union government. After repeated pleas from chief minister Ashok Chavan and former CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Centre has given a huge boost to the airport project by amending the 1991 notification of the Coastal Regulation Zone.

The health authorities at the city airport have been put on alert for swine flu but passengers alleged the checks were

Jammu: The ambitious plan for a new terminal building for Jammu Airport which will involve 1,300 kanals of land, extending up to Vikram Chowk, near Tawi river, has got stuck due to a chunk of 145 kanals of Defence land en route.

MUMBAI: The screening drill for swine flu at Mumbai international airport had barely got under way in earnest when a traveller who landed from the UK early on Friday gave the health authorities some anxious moments. The passenger, who was en route to Hyderabad, was kept back to verify whether he had been affected by swine flu, but then allowed to fly on to his destination.

Durgapur: Mamata Banerjee today said she would oppose land acquisition for the airport city in Andal, planned across 4,500 acres.

Court to decide on airport in eco-sensitive zone THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has refused permission for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The ministry has asked the Maharashtra government to first get it cleared from the Bombay High Court. Eight hundred hectares (ha) of mangroves that protect Navi Mumbai

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The proposed airport city in Burdwan