Chennai, Mar 4 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has commenced a process for providing 10.72 acres of land for the proposed airport at Vellore to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The airport which is being built on a 97 acre plot presently has a runway, taxiway, ground handling equipment, air traffic control (ATC) and […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (BPNS) An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Thiruvananthapuram (Flt no IX540) made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport on Sunday morning after the flight developed a technical snag in the nose wheel of the aircraft. All 156 passengers on board the flight are safe. The Air India Aircraft made an […]
Chennai, Jan 28( BPNS) Even as the farmers and local residents of Perandur in Chennai have been protesting against a second airport coming up at Perandur, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) has extended the deadline for bids to select a consultant to February 6th. Sources in TIDCO told BPNS that the date is […]
Chennai, Jan 25 (BPNS) A Bangladeshi national who had an Indian Passport and an Aadhar card was arrested by the Coimbatore immigration authorities for trying to sneak into India. When Immigration officials at the Coimbatore airport questioned, G. Anwar Hussain (27) who arrived at the airport from Sharjah, he failed to properly answer the questions. […]
Chennai, Jan 3 (BPNS) The Airport authorities of the four international airports in Tamil Nadu have directed the airline companies operating from Singapore to ensure that the passengers carry a valid RT-PCR negative certificate. This is following two passengers from Singapore who landed in Tiruchi airport on Suday carrying invalid RT-PCR negative certificates. According to […]
Chennai, Jan 2 (BPNS) A Sharjah-bound Air Arabia flight was grounded after two eagles hit the left side engine when it was taking off. The flight was moving through the runway when the birds hit the engine and this led to the stoppage of the flight. The engineers were examining the flight after the bird […]
Chennai, Dec 28 (BPNS) Actor Siddharth has alleged that his parents were harassed by the security personnel at Madurai airport on Tuesday. The actor who has done commendable performances in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi movies has taken to his Instagram handle and shared a story on it stating,” Harassed for 20 mins @ Madurai airport […]
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) With the protest against the Tamil Nadu government’s move for a second airport at Parandur in Chennai growing, 13 villages in and around Parandur passed a resolution against the acquisition of land for the airport. G. Subramanian, Secretary of Ekanapuram Village People and Farmers Welfare Board said that the grama sabha […]
Chennai, Oct 13 (BPNS) The villagers of Ekanapuram, a village in the Kancheepuram district, adjoining Chennai will take out a protest march towards secretariat on Monday in protest to the Chennai second airport. It may be noted that the winter session of the Tamil Nadu assembly will commence from Monday, October 17. The second airport […]
Chennai, Oct 3 (BPNS) Protests against the proposed airport at Parandur have intensified in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. The grama sabha meeting held on Gandhi Jayanthi day passed a resolution against the proposed airport. The resolution was passed by Ekanpuram villagers in Parandur sitting under the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Most of those […]
