'Complete the national highway, save people's lives': Congress launches padayatre
Uppinangady, Jan 14: Demanding the completion of Benglauru-Mangaluru national highway works, which has been stopped at BC Road, D.K district Congress launched a padayatra under the theme 'complete the national highway, save people's lives' at Nellyadi.
District in-charge Minister UT Khader today kicked off the protest march at Nellyadi which will reach BC Road after three days.
Speaking at the occasion, the minister said, the central government, which has failed to achieve the development, is engaged in hiding its scandals. It should form a Joint Parliamentary Committee if it intends to conduct a genuine investigation of the Rafale scandal, Khader challenged.
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Pune airport runway restored after IAF aircraft snag; ops resume
Pune (PTI): The runway at Pune airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational, the Air Force said on Saturday.
The authorities at the Pune International Airport had earlier said that around 10.25 pm on Friday, a fighter aircraft experienced an undercarriage failure during landing, causing the runway to be blocked.
As many as 91 flights of airlines, including IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet, Akasa, and Air India Express, were affected due to the incident, they said.
Earlier on Friday night, the Air Force had stated that the runway at Pune airport was temporarily unavailable following an incident involving one of its fighter aircraft. The aircrew are safe, and there is no damage to civil property, it had said.
"The runway at Pune Airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational. All necessary safety inspections and clearances have been completed. Operations are resuming in a phased manner," it said in a post on X.
Flight operations at Pune airport are being gradually restored. The situation has been brought under control with the highest priority given to the safety of citizens, a Defence PRO said.
