New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UDAN scheme has brought Daman its first direct flight to Delhi, according to an official statement on Friday.The minister described the event as a major milestone that will boost tourism, trade, investment and employment in the Union Territory, according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.He made the remarks after flagging off the inaugural Alliance Air flight on the Daman-Delhi-Da…
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Hyderabad, July 14 (IANS) Mortal remains of three persons from Andhra Pradesh who were killed in a boat tragedy in Vietnam arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport’s cargo terminal here on Tuesday.Andhra Pradesh Minister Kondapalli Srinivas received the bodies and consoled the family members.Earlier, the bodies of Mudiam Sreedhar (Kadapa), Gelli Jayalakshmi (Machilipatnam), and Ravi Teja (Hindupur) reached the Mumbai Airport. After completing all legal formalities in Mumbai, the mortal re…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed that an Automated X-ray Tray Return System (ATRS) be installed at all airports across the country in a phased manner with the objective of reducing human resource costs. He also said that appropriate standards should be laid down to ensure that Automated X-ray Tray Return System is installed at new airports.He also directed that a comprehensive framework be developed by taking into account the interdependence between en…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Delhi Police have identified and examined a 36-year-old man from Ghaziabad in connection with a series of hoax bomb threat emails sent to several sensitive government organisations and an international Air India flight, officials said. According to the police, the threatening emails were received on June 29, 2026, claiming that bombs had been planted at multiple high-security locations, including the headquarters of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Indian Space R…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Friday launched India’s first ‘Easy Connect’ flight from Varanasi, marking the rollout of the government’s new hub-and-spoke aviation model aimed at providing seamless international connectivity to passengers from Tier-II and Tier-III cities. The initiative is expected to strengthen India’s ambitions of becoming a global aviation hub while making overseas travel easier for passengers beginning their journeys from smal…
Nagpur, June 25 (IANS) Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said on Thursday that the modernisation and expansion of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur, would significantly strengthen Central India’s economic landscape by enhancing connectivity, attracting investments, generating employment, and promoting industrial growth across Vidarbha.Gadkari was speaking at the formal handing over ceremony of the Nagpur airport to GMR Group under the Public-Private…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in collaboration with Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), on Thursday launched AIR SUVIDHA 2.0, an upgraded and fully contactless Passenger Health Self-Declaration Portal aimed at enhancing public health surveillance at international Points of Entry amid concerns arising from the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak, officials said.The upgraded platform has been introduced following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on Sunday observed the 12th International Day of Yoga at Sunder Nursery here, in association with its public sector undertakings, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) and Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI).The event was organised in line with this year’s global theme, “Yoga for Healthy Ageing,” which highlights the role of yoga in promoting physical vitality, mental well-being and health…
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs B.L. Verma on Tuesday said that before the formation of the Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, only 74 airports were operational in the country. Today, that number has increased to 164. He expressed confidence that the newly constructed Domestic Airport (Civil Enclave) in Ambala Cantonment would become the country’s 165th operational airport and that flight services would commen…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The possibility of a civil enclave at Air Force Station Kalaikunda in West Midnapore district of West Bengal has been revived following the change of government in the state.For over a decade, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been pursuing the matter with the West Bengal government. However, little progress was made regarding land acquisition and the creation of necessary infrastructure, including road connectivity to the neares…