Also rail and road services have been badly affected. As many as 20 trains have been rescheduled, while 15 others coming to the national capital cancelled. A total of 56 trains have also been delayed today due to poor visibility.
Shahnawaz had arrived from Abu Dhabi about an hour before his arrest at the Indira Gandhi International Airport while the second accused was identified as cleaner Rajnish Pal.
The man who made the call from his mobile phone indicated that the threat was on a China or a Hong Kong-bound flight.
An Ethiopian Airlines plane clipped wings with an Air India aircraft at the Indira Gandhi International airport here.
In another case, two persons were intercepted at the airport by the customs officials after their arrival from Abu Dhabi on Monday.
The CISF is responsible for airport security at all commercial airports in the country. The CISF personnel check only hand baggage of passengers with the help of scanners after check-in.
According to the airline, civil aviation regulator DGCA has initiated an inquiry in to the incident which took place on Friday evening at the IGI Airport here.
'Hello, I am an ISI agent. But I don't wish to continue any further and want to remain in India,' said a passenger after he got off an Air India flight from Dubai at the IGI Airport here on Friday.
The incident took place around 11 am when Goa-bound Air India flight number 156 was about to take off and IndiGo flight 6E-398 from Ranchi was landing on the same runway.
Delhi-based Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has been ranked the second best in the world by the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) report 2016.
Once a hit for its glitzy interiors and glass elevators, Centaur is today nowhere close to its landmark status
In a narrow escape for passengers, a disaster was averted at the IGI airport today morning when a Visakhapatnam-bound IndiGo aircraft entered a wrong taxiway where a Jet Airways aircraft was positioned. Regulator DGCA
A major accident was averted today after two aircrafts came face to face at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport. An Indigo flight moving towards taxiway after landing at airport had a close call with SpiceJet
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) today detected cash approximately Rs 53.78 lakh in new currency notes and Rs 4.29 lakh in scrapped currency from a Nigerian passenger travelling to Coimbatore at capital’s IGI Airport.
Authorities at the Indira Gandhi International airport have arrested two men who were allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold, worth about Rs 78 lakh, by hiding it in papaya.
A radioactive leak was detected in the cargo area of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Sunday.
Three men travelling to Dubai were held at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Wednesday for allegedly smuggling out 3.5 lakh euros (over Rs 2.6 crore) concealed it in their headgear and their rectums.
In an unexpected security lapse at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, a man paved his way up to the runway, crossing the fencing of the airport without getting caught by the security personnel, police
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