'150 Km radius' rule holds no good once existing airport capacity saturates: Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan NaiduNew airports can now be built closer to existing ones if capacity is full. This rule change aims to meet growing travel demand. The governm...
04 Jan, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
Telangana CM moots bullet train from Hyderabad outskirts to ChennaiTelangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has suggested a bullet train service. This train would run from Shamshabad near Hyderabad to Chenn...
11 Sep, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Andhra CM proposes Civil Aviation varsity in Vizag to boost sectorAndhra Pradesh is considering a Civil Aviation University in Visakhapatnam to boost aviation education and regional connectivity. Chief Min...
11 Jun, 2025, 09.15 PM IST
Farmers ready to offer 36,000 acres under second phase land pooling for Amaravati: MinisterAndhra Pradesh Municipal Minister P Narayana announced that farmers have offered 36,000 acres for Amaravati's second phase of land pooling,...
03 Jun, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
Andhra government calls for tenders worth Rs 4,700 crore to build secretariat in AmaravatiThe Andhra Pradesh government has invited tenders for the construction of a Rs 4,700 crore integrated state secretariat in Amaravati, compr...
16 Apr, 2025, 05.30 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh mulls pooling 30,000 more acres for Amaravati; no decision yet: MinisterThe Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating acquiring 30,000 acres around Amaravati via land pooling to develop a mega city, complete wi...
15 Apr, 2025, 07.46 PM IST
Every demand mentioned in Andhra Reorganisation Act will be taken up: FM Nirmala SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured in an interview with Times of India that all demands of Andhra Pradesh outlined in the Andhra R...
25 Jul, 2024, 06.30 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh government drops aerotropolis in Vizag, airport alone to be builtIn January 2018, the then Chandrababu Naidu government had said it wanted to build an aerotropolis that would include aviation-linked manuf...
14 Jun, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
Indian Air Force plans to make Andhra Pradesh its strategic baseThe IAF, as part of its strategy to strengthen vigil along the east coast, has proposed the use of existing civilian airports at Rajahmundr...
16 Sep, 2018, 06.26 PM IST
International flight services from Tirupati, Vijayawada airports yet to take offNaidu had announced last month direct flight services to Singapore from the state capital Amaravati (Vijayawada airport) would be launched ...
09 Jul, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh government signs MoUs with UAE firms; $7.5 billion investment expectedThe AP Economic Development Board signed a memorandum of understanding with Aviation City LLP for developing an aero city hub in Andhra Pra...
23 Oct, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
44 airports have potential for operations under UDAN: ReportSo far 22 states have joined the RCS and we have identified 30 airports where operations could be started immediately," Union Civil Aviatio...
15 Jan, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh government to ink MoU for improving regional connectivity with AAIThe Andhra Pradesh government has floated Bhogapuram International Airport Company Limited (BIACL) as a special purpose vehicle for these a...
06 Oct, 2016, 07.06 PM IST
Building a capital city is a crisis, says Chandrababu NaiduHe was referring to criticism that he was promising to build a Singapore, Astana or any other city he visited, in Amaravati, the new capita...
15 Jul, 2016, 11.38 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Lord Venkateswara templeModi was accorded a traditional welcome amid chanting of Vedic hymns by the high priests, who conducted him to the sanctum sanctorum of the...
22 Oct, 2015, 08.40 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh gets special aid package of Rs 1,000 crAnshra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, demanded that the Centre should offer the support committed to under the state reorganisation Act.
26 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Maharashtra to develop regional and international airports
The Maharashtra government has invited proposals from private companies for developing seven regional airports in the state and to set up a...
20 Sep, 2007, 09.50 PM IST