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"Ranya Rao Took Advantage Of VIP Protocol": Karnataka Orders New Probe
The Karnataka government has launched an inquiry into the alleged misuse of VIP airport protocol privileges by actress Ranya Rao, who was recently arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case.
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Varun Dhawan Shuts Down Troll Who Commented On His "Privilege": "Keep Your Assumptions To Yourself"
On Instagram, Varun Dhawan replied to a user who though he was on vacation
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"Will Soon Be VIP Again": Ram Vilas Paswan On Privileges At Patna Airport
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan was on Monday spotted at the at Jayaprakash Narayan International airport in Patna walking down from the tarmac, raising questions over his VIP status.
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Minister Alphons Appears On NDTV With Doctor Who Scolded Him At Airport
After a video went viral of him being rebuked by a woman doctor in Imphal whose flight was delayed because of special arrangements for VVIPs, union minister KJ Alphons told NDTV, "I am in principle against all types of culture...take away all my privileges, I have no problem with that, but there is a protocol for the Prime Minister and President of...
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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Proposes To Do Away With Boarding Pass In Airports
After doing away with hand baggage tags at over a dozen airports, aviation security agencies are now planning to dump the boarding pass collection system and begin a regime of 'express check-in' aided by biometrics for smooth air travel.
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MPs Ask Private Airlines For Reserved Seats. No, Say Carriers
A panel of parliamentarians met representatives of India's private airlines on Monday to discuss a matter of much urgency. Could they please, they asked, have seats reserved exclusively for them on private carriers like Indigo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet?
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Robert Vadra's 'No Frisking' Privileges at Airports Withdrawn
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, will no longer be spared security checks at airports. The government has withdrawn Mr Vadra's no-frisking privileges, which had generated much controversy and debate.
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#NoVIP: 'Height of Hypocrisy,' Says Robert Vadra on Privileges at Airports
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has taken a swipe at Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju's comments on special privileges for "VIPs" at airports, calling it "hypocrisy of the highest limits."
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No Privileges for Lawmakers at Airports, Only Courtesies, Says Government
A day after claiming that privileges for Members of Parliament at airports will continue, the government said what is extended to lawmakers at airports are not privileges, but "courtesies".
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Privileges for Lawmakers At Airports To Continue, Says Government
The government today said in Parliament that privileges for Members of Parliament at airports will continue and there has been no proposal to curtail them.
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MPs Want Seat Upgrade, Extra Baggage for Free. Air India Says 'Sorry, Not Always'
Cash-strapped Air India has expressed its inability to upgrade seats of Members of Parliament or MPs to business class or carry their extra baggage for free, especially in flights which have all upper class seats booked by paid passengers.
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No Plans to Withdraw Priyanka Gandhi's Privileges at Airport: Officials
The government has no plans to withdraw exemption given to Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra from normal security checks at airports when they travel together.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Asks for Special Privileges at Airports to be Withdrawn
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written a letter to the Special Protection Group or SPG, asking for special privileges provided to her and her family at airports to be withdrawn.
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At airports, MPs want 'khaas aadmi' treatment
Many of these privileges are granted already to MPs when they use the government's Air India or Indian Airlines. MPs want private airlines to be coerced into extending the same favours. Their demand for khaas aadmi treatment comes at a time when Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are drawing huge public support for eschewing the VIP priv...
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MPs want special privileges at airports: Your Comments
Airports and private airlines have been asked to give special privileges to parliamentarians after some of them complained of "discourteous behaviour" by officials.
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"Ranya Rao Took Advantage Of VIP Protocol": Karnataka Orders New Probe
The Karnataka government has launched an inquiry into the alleged misuse of VIP airport protocol privileges by actress Ranya Rao, who was recently arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case.
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Varun Dhawan Shuts Down Troll Who Commented On His "Privilege": "Keep Your Assumptions To Yourself"
On Instagram, Varun Dhawan replied to a user who though he was on vacation
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"Will Soon Be VIP Again": Ram Vilas Paswan On Privileges At Patna Airport
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan was on Monday spotted at the at Jayaprakash Narayan International airport in Patna walking down from the tarmac, raising questions over his VIP status.
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Minister Alphons Appears On NDTV With Doctor Who Scolded Him At Airport
After a video went viral of him being rebuked by a woman doctor in Imphal whose flight was delayed because of special arrangements for VVIPs, union minister KJ Alphons told NDTV, "I am in principle against all types of culture...take away all my privileges, I have no problem with that, but there is a protocol for the Prime Minister and President of...
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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Proposes To Do Away With Boarding Pass In Airports
After doing away with hand baggage tags at over a dozen airports, aviation security agencies are now planning to dump the boarding pass collection system and begin a regime of 'express check-in' aided by biometrics for smooth air travel.
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MPs Ask Private Airlines For Reserved Seats. No, Say Carriers
A panel of parliamentarians met representatives of India's private airlines on Monday to discuss a matter of much urgency. Could they please, they asked, have seats reserved exclusively for them on private carriers like Indigo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet?
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Robert Vadra's 'No Frisking' Privileges at Airports Withdrawn
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, will no longer be spared security checks at airports. The government has withdrawn Mr Vadra's no-frisking privileges, which had generated much controversy and debate.
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#NoVIP: 'Height of Hypocrisy,' Says Robert Vadra on Privileges at Airports
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has taken a swipe at Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju's comments on special privileges for "VIPs" at airports, calling it "hypocrisy of the highest limits."
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No Privileges for Lawmakers at Airports, Only Courtesies, Says Government
A day after claiming that privileges for Members of Parliament at airports will continue, the government said what is extended to lawmakers at airports are not privileges, but "courtesies".
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Privileges for Lawmakers At Airports To Continue, Says Government
The government today said in Parliament that privileges for Members of Parliament at airports will continue and there has been no proposal to curtail them.
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MPs Want Seat Upgrade, Extra Baggage for Free. Air India Says 'Sorry, Not Always'
Cash-strapped Air India has expressed its inability to upgrade seats of Members of Parliament or MPs to business class or carry their extra baggage for free, especially in flights which have all upper class seats booked by paid passengers.
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No Plans to Withdraw Priyanka Gandhi's Privileges at Airport: Officials
The government has no plans to withdraw exemption given to Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra from normal security checks at airports when they travel together.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Asks for Special Privileges at Airports to be Withdrawn
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written a letter to the Special Protection Group or SPG, asking for special privileges provided to her and her family at airports to be withdrawn.
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At airports, MPs want 'khaas aadmi' treatment
Many of these privileges are granted already to MPs when they use the government's Air India or Indian Airlines. MPs want private airlines to be coerced into extending the same favours. Their demand for khaas aadmi treatment comes at a time when Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are drawing huge public support for eschewing the VIP priv...
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MPs want special privileges at airports: Your Comments
Airports and private airlines have been asked to give special privileges to parliamentarians after some of them complained of "discourteous behaviour" by officials.
