Protests to be held 79 places in DK against merger of Vijaya Bank: Ramanath Rai
Mangaluru, Jan 10: Former minister B. Ramanath Rai said that protesting against the merger of Vijaya Bank with the Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank which were under loss, the Congress has organised protests in 79 places in the district.
Addressing a protest rally against the merger of the bank by the Congress here on Thursday, Rai said that people were expressing their anger against the central government.
The people of the coastal district had built the bank with their hard earned money. They had toiled for the development of the bank without taking their salaries. The bank started by AB Shetty was developed as a strong bank by Mulki Sundaram Shetty. It was not fair to merge such a bank with loss making banks. Instead of drawing the attention of Central government, the local Lok Sabha Member has been cheating the people. He was not doing what a Lok Sabha Member has to do, he said.
If the central government failed to drop the decision to merge the bank with loss making banks, black day would be observed in the district on April 1, he said.
Former MLA JR Lobo, Karnataka government parliamentary secretary Ivan D'SOUZA, Kallige Taranath Shetty, Vinay Raj, Praveen Chandra Alva, TK Sudhir and others were present.
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Navi Mumbai International Airport starts commercial flight operations
Mumbai (PTI): The Navi Mumbai International Airport commenced commercial flight operations on Thursday, marking a key milestone for India's civil aviation sector, while expanding air travel capacity for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) began operations, with the first flight from Bengaluru, operated by IndiGo, touching down the runway at 8 am.
The aircraft was accorded a ceremonial water cannon salute on arrival, a time-honoured aviation tradition marking NMIA's first commercial touchdown and departure, the airport operator said in a statement.
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The inaugural arrival was followed by the airport's first departure IndiGo flight 6E882 to Hyderabad at 08:40 am, completing NMIA's inaugural arrival and departure cycle, it said.
On the first day, IndiGo, Air India Express, Akasa Air and Star Air will operate domestic services, connecting the new facility to nine destinations across India.
The airport will handle 15 scheduled departures on the first day, it said, adding that during the initial phase, the facility will operate for 12 hours -- between 8 am and 8 pm, with up to 24 scheduled daily departures to 13 destinations and the capability to manage up to 10 aircraft movements (arrivals and departures) per hour, it added.
The airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 8 this year.
The first phase of the five-phased airport was built at Rs 19,650 crore.
By the time all five phases of the airport are completed, it will be catering to 90 million passengers annually, along with dedicated cargo terminals and multimodal connectivity.
The entire project is being developed in multiple phases under a special purpose vehicle, Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIAL), in which the Adani Group has a 74 per cent stake, and the remaining 26 per cent is owned by CIDCO.
From February next year, operations are planned to progressively scale up to round-the-clock services.
