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The helicopter services operator is a joint venture where the central government holds 51 per cent stake and the remaining is with state-owned ONGC.

5 dead as copter with ONGC officials crashes off city coast

Officials said that helicopters are often used to ferry the company's employees for routine inspections to as far as 160...

14 Jan 2018 4:34 AM IST

Bells air taxi design took inspiration from the people that will benefit from it.

CES 2018: Bell Helicopter air taxi unveils at CES

The urban air taxi has a four-passenger cabin and can have a full user experience with a control centre.

10 Jan 2018 10:20 AM IST

It is the second time Faid has pulled off a spectacular jailbreak -- in 2013, he blasted his way out of a prison in northern France using dynamite. (Photo: @hallygan/Twitter)

French convict pulls off spectacular jailbreak via helicopter

The escape came after appeals court sentenced him to 25 yrs for masterminding May 2010 botched armed robbery which...

1 July 2018 7:33 PM IST

Jujun Junaedi spends his free time in a backyard tinkering with his project, guided by instructional videos, as he dreams of flying above the snarled roads of his hometown Sukabumi. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia man's solution to beat traffic - a homemade helicopter

His quest may seem a flight of fancy, but Junaedi is not the first person to try and build an artisanal aircraft.

28 Nov 2019 4:08 PM IST

HAL posted a profit of Rs 1,998 crore in 2015-16, Rs 2,616 crore in 2016-17, Rs 2,070 in 2017-18 and Rs 650 crore until September 2018. (Photo: Twitter)

HAL signs MoU with Central PWD for works at chopper factory

HAL said the stage 2 works include development of infrastructure for structural assembly and equipping of helicopters at...

22 Feb 2019 5:53 PM IST

Air Marshal AS Butola represented IAF and accepted the first Apache. Representatives from the US government were also present. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

IAF gets its first Apache Guardian attack helicopter at US's Boeing...

India has signed a contract with the United States for 22 of these choppers.

11 May 2019 11:00 AM IST

Seven people including two children were killed in a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft over Spains Mallorca island on Sunday, authorities said. (Photo: AP)

7 including 2 children dead in mid-air collision in Spain

A couple and their two children were aboard the helicopter along with the pilot, the spokesman told AFP.

26 Aug 2019 8:36 AM IST

The private helicopter made the landing on the banks of a river when it was on way to Chiwa to distribute relief material among affected people. (Photo: ANI)

Helicopter makes emergency landing in Uttarkashi

However, both pilot and co-pilot of the helicopter were safe and escaped with minor injuries.

23 Aug 2019 4:09 PM IST

It took almost seven months for Mithilesh and his brother to complete the design and in addition, an investment of seven lakh rupees went into the project. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar: 24-year-old turns Tata Nano into a helicopter

Mithilesh, pipe fitter hailing from Simari village in Baniyapur, modified his Tata Nano car by incorporating design...

11 Aug 2019 3:40 PM IST

After his wife once asked him how much it would cost to hire a chopper, a school teacher in Rajasthans Alwar decided to fulfil her wish on his retirement. (Photo: ANI)

On retirement day, Rajasthan teacher books chopper to fly wife home

Ramesh Meena said he booked the chopper service from New Delhi for Rs 3.70 lakh to fulfil his wife's wish.

1 Sept 2019 9:38 AM IST

The government has withdrawn the preliminary information memorandum for proposed disinvestment of helicopter services provider Pawan Hans.

Pawan Hans' Udan plans run into rough weather amid divestment

The disinvestment process should not come as a roadblock in the business expansion plans of the company.

7 May 2018 7:15 PM IST

Karuna seeks to clear air over decision to pull out

Karuna seeks to clear air over decision to pull out

Seeking to clear the air over its decision to pull out of the UPA, DMK on Wednesday said it took the step only after it...

21 March 2013 2:56 PM IST