Sabarimala Airport

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the government was planning to implement the Sabarimala international airport in a time-bound manner after including it in its priority list.

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has raised certain issues about the proposed site for the Sabarimala international airport in Kerala and required modifications to be carried out to address the concerns.

Activist Trupti Desai has told NDTV that she may reconsider her visit to the Sabarimala hill shrine in view of law-and-order concerns in the area. "The police are concerned about situation here. They have asked us to return, but promised to help us the next time we decide to come," she said over the phone from Kochi airport, which has been picketed...

Activist Trupti Desai has called off her plan to visit the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order, and is returning to Pune. Although the seven-member group led by the Pune-based activist arrived at the Kochi airport this morning, she was unable to leave the building or even hail a taxi because of the protesters outside. Ms Tru...

A Kerala minister on Friday said women rights activist Trupti Desai who has been blocked at Kochi airport is an RSS activist and she is being used by the BJP to further its political agenda in the state in the name of Lord Ayyappa, the deity at Sabarimala temple.

Activist Trupti Desai, who wants to enter Kerala's Sabarimala temple in defiance of a decades-old custom on women of menstrual age, says she has been asked by the police to return from the Kochi airport due to hundreds of protesters blocking it since she she landed 13 hours ago early this morning. The hilltop shrine opened at 5 pm today for a two-m...

As the Sabarimala temple doors are set to open to devotees again, Kerala braces for more protests. Early this morning, activist Trupti Desai arrived at the Kochi airport and faced stiff protests by BJP activists who had gathered there along with several protesters.

The "congratulations" Amit Shah tossed to airport employees after landing at Kerala's Kannur airport and his later challenge to the Left government, has irked state minister Thomas Isaac. Mr Shah, the minister indicated, was abusing the state's hospitality.

The number of deaths in rain-related incidents in Kerala has risen to 67, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said, as a red alert has been issued across the state in what has turned out to be the state's worst monsoon in almost a century. The airport at Kochi, the busiest in Kerala, will remain closed till Saturday "due to heavy rains and resultan...

Pilgrims to the famous Ayappa temple of Sabarimala will now have easier access to the temple town. The Kerala government today identified a place where a greenfield airport will come up.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who met Civil Aviation Minister Anand Gajapathy Raju in New Delhi on Wednesday, announced the state government will go forward to build an airport near the famed Sabarimala temple.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the government was planning to implement the Sabarimala international airport in a time-bound manner after including it in its priority list.

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has raised certain issues about the proposed site for the Sabarimala international airport in Kerala and required modifications to be carried out to address the concerns.

Activist Trupti Desai has told NDTV that she may reconsider her visit to the Sabarimala hill shrine in view of law-and-order concerns in the area. "The police are concerned about situation here. They have asked us to return, but promised to help us the next time we decide to come," she said over the phone from Kochi airport, which has been picketed...

Activist Trupti Desai has called off her plan to visit the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order, and is returning to Pune. Although the seven-member group led by the Pune-based activist arrived at the Kochi airport this morning, she was unable to leave the building or even hail a taxi because of the protesters outside. Ms Tru...

A Kerala minister on Friday said women rights activist Trupti Desai who has been blocked at Kochi airport is an RSS activist and she is being used by the BJP to further its political agenda in the state in the name of Lord Ayyappa, the deity at Sabarimala temple.

Activist Trupti Desai, who wants to enter Kerala's Sabarimala temple in defiance of a decades-old custom on women of menstrual age, says she has been asked by the police to return from the Kochi airport due to hundreds of protesters blocking it since she she landed 13 hours ago early this morning. The hilltop shrine opened at 5 pm today for a two-m...

As the Sabarimala temple doors are set to open to devotees again, Kerala braces for more protests. Early this morning, activist Trupti Desai arrived at the Kochi airport and faced stiff protests by BJP activists who had gathered there along with several protesters.

The "congratulations" Amit Shah tossed to airport employees after landing at Kerala's Kannur airport and his later challenge to the Left government, has irked state minister Thomas Isaac. Mr Shah, the minister indicated, was abusing the state's hospitality.

The number of deaths in rain-related incidents in Kerala has risen to 67, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said, as a red alert has been issued across the state in what has turned out to be the state's worst monsoon in almost a century. The airport at Kochi, the busiest in Kerala, will remain closed till Saturday "due to heavy rains and resultan...

Pilgrims to the famous Ayappa temple of Sabarimala will now have easier access to the temple town. The Kerala government today identified a place where a greenfield airport will come up.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who met Civil Aviation Minister Anand Gajapathy Raju in New Delhi on Wednesday, announced the state government will go forward to build an airport near the famed Sabarimala temple.