AAI conducting audit of communication, navigation, surveillance equipment at all airports
New Delhi (PTI): State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) is carrying out a comprehensive audit of all Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance equipment across the airports in the wake of the technical glitch with the air traffic control system at the Delhi airport that resulted in hundreds of flight delays last month.
The technical problem with the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), which supports the air traffic control's flight planning process, resulted in flight delays and cancellations at the Delhi airport, the country's busiest airport, on November 7.
In a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Monday, Union minister Murlidhar Mohol said high latency in the processing and delivery of Air Traffic Service (ATS) messages to Air Traffic Management Automation System (ATMAS) and other stakeholders was observed at the Delhi airport on November 6 at 11 am
This had led to a delay in the delivery of Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network (AFTN) messages, including Flight Plan (FPL), issuance of mandatory Flight Information Centre (FIC) number and Air Defence Clearances and therefore resulted in delays in 397 scheduled passenger departures from November 6 to November 8, Mohol said.
The Minister of State for Civil Aviation said that in response to the technical failure at the Delhi airport on Novemer 6 and November 7, 2025, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been directed to carry out a comprehensive audit of all Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) equipment across the airports to evaluate their condition, operational reliability, and lifecycle management.
AAI has also undertaken the replacement of the existing IP-based Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS) with the new Air Traffic Services Message Handling System (AMHS).
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
