If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
While nine -- Delhi, Bangalore Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Amritsar -- will need a second airport, Mumbai, where a second airport is already coming up, will need a third, the study says.
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Bharatiya Janata Party s' prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday called on Tamil 'Superstar' Rajinikant at his Poes Garden residence in Chennai. After arriving at the airport, the Gujarat chief minister drove straight to Rajinikant's residence where the meeting lasted briefly.
Cabinet approval for greenfield airports within the 150 km radius of an existing airport is being done away with, according to the new greenfield airports policy, which has recently been sent for Cabinet consideration by the civil aviation ministry. This would have serious implications for airports in large metro cities including Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai, where a second airport will eventually be a reality.
The rain water level may be receding in the city bringing relief to people but it is leaving a huge trail of mess, prompting the Chennai Municipal Corporation to launch a mass cleanliness drive for all its 200 wards on Sunday, for which some of the civic bodies from the neighbouring districts have also lend a helping hand to.
By 2025, most of India's large cities would require a second airport, and Mumbai may need a third airport by 2030.
Five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug trafficking but set free after President Mahinda Rajapaksa pardoned them, arrived in Chennai on Friday.
The 43-year-old musician, who won the Oscars for Best Original Music and Best Song for his compositions in Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards, arrived at the Chennai airport from Dubai by an Emirates Airways flight at around 2.30 am.
Shahjahan Velluva Kandy, 32, from Kannur in Kerala, was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.
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Intense showers battered Chennai and other northern regions of Tamil Nadu on Thursday while the depression over Bay of Bengal crossed the coast by evening.
Dense fog enveloped the Indira Gandhi Airport on Friday morning, leading to the diversion of four flights and delaying 75 others. Two Jet Airway flights from Doha and Abu Dhabi and one Kingfisher flight from Dubai were diverted to Jaipur while one cargo flight from Chennai was diverted to Ahmedabad, airport officials said. Ten flights were cancelled due to operational reasons or poor weather conditions at the destination. The fog started to descend at nearly 2 am.
India is embarking on a massive drive to upgrade existing airports and build new ones at a cost of $10 billion over the next four years, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.\n
He told officials he was taking the diamonds to Bangkok to selling on Valentine's day.
Launching a vitriolic attack on Team Anna, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday charged that Anna Hazare was surrounded by "anti-national elements" and those supported by "foreign forces". "Anna is a simple man, but he is surrounded by anti-national elements and people who have been supported by foreign forces," the minister of state in PMO told the media at Chennai airport.
Airports in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai were on Wednesday night put on high security alert in the wake of intelligence inputs that terrorists of Pakistan or Afghanistan origin may strike these installations by this weekend ahead of the anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid.
The minister joined other Congress leaders in questioning the CAG for the estimated loss, in the wake of the current auction.
The government which is proceeding with privatising six airports including those at Kolkata and Chennai, intends to give away 14 more to private parties for operation and development during the 12th Plan period, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday.
England and Wales Cricket Board's security expert Reg Dickason arrived in Chennai on Wednesday morning to make a recce of the stadium and hotel and discuss with officials the security arrangements for England's two-Test match series. Dickason is also expected to have detailed discussion with top officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India regarding the security arrangements at the venues for the series.
While Narendra Modi spent fewer days abroad than his predecessor -- 275 days versus Dr Singh's 306 - he has travelled more widely than any other Indian PM.
Delta Airlines has introduced a daily direct flight between Chennai and New York (John F Kennedy Airport), via Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport).
An airport in Noida could lead to higher user fees and diversion of traffic from Delhi, which has huge unused capacity.
Former Brazilian superstar footballer Ronaldinho arrived in India late on Wednesday to participate in the Virat-Kohli backed Premier Futsal.
'Raja had conquered Tihar jail', read the slogans, apparently referring to his incarceration and release from the Delhi prison where he was lodged for 15 months after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation
Jet Airways on Wednesday commenced its daily flights between Chennai and Singapore.
Stalin is preparing the DMK to go the whole hog in making 'federalism', 'Tamil self-respect' and 'communal cohesiveness' the party's poll plank next year, and package the BJP and its possible allies, as 'divisive' and 'reactionary', predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
'The BJP think they are running an ideology machine in this country, and they have to convert everyone, from people to parties to party leaders.'
In his first visit to Chennai since becoming prime minister, Narendra Modi was given a rapturous welcome and hosted for lunch by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
On Wednesday, Air India had carried out a test flight landing at the naval base.
As major airports like Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad have a severe cap on the number of fights they can handle, cancellations continued on Tuesday.
A major security lapse was reported at Nedumbassery airport in Cochin on Sunday morning after explosive chemical material was found on board Kingfisher Airline flight no 2482. The flight was detained for two hours while a thorough check was carried out after smoke was seen emanating from the cargo of the flight.It was found that a box addressed to a detergent company in Chennai contained boric acid and other chemicals which could have caused an explosion.
Rains will continue to batter Tamil Nadu for the next seven days and the next 48 hours are "very crucial", the IMD has said.
Many states like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu were opposed to opening up of their airports in view of rising cases of the coronavirus infection.
Experts are divides on whether a new international airport should be developed at Greater Noida.
Govt's focus on 'smart cities' is fine, but basic amenities must be put into place first.
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