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Odisha planning to get Biju Babu’s iconic Dakota plane back

Bhubaneswar: What Bucephalus the horse meant to Alexander the Great, probably the Dakota aircraft carried the same significance in the life of legendary leader and former chief minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik. Whether it was the freedom movement of Indonesia or the severely hostile situation and crossfire in Srinagar when Biju Babu flew with a […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Bangladeshi arrested with fake Aadhaar card at Kolkata airport

Kolkata: A Bangladeshi national was arrested in the airport here for allegedly carrying a fake Aadhaar card and an expired visa, police said on Saturday. “Hossain Mohammad Shoyaed, 31, residing at Brahmanbaria in the neighbouring country, was detained by CISF official on Friday night at the airport and handed over to us,” said an official […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Minor fire at Kolkata airport, no air traffic disruption

Kolkata: A minor fire broke out near a boarding gate at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here on Thursday but was put out immediately, an airport official said. “The operations at the airport were not affected and no one was injured due to the fire that broke out at 4.15 p.m. in one of the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Biju Babu’s Dakota Plane Finally Coming To Odisha!

Bhubaneswar: The iconic Dakota DC-3 aircraft that former Odisha CM, Late Biju Patnaik had used to rescue Indonesia’s then vice president and prime minister during heightened tensions in 1947, will soon be brought back to Odisha for the public to reminisce the valour of the legendary leader. A letter to bring the aircraft back to […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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