"Elaborate arrangements are being made in view of the state Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy's visit to Bhogapuram of Vizianagaram district to lay the foundation stone for the new airport on May 3", Vizianagaram SP Deepika IAS said.
A female passenger, who arrived from Kuala Lumpur, was intercepted at Chennai airport on Friday for carrying 22 snakes of various species in her checked-in baggage, Chennai customs said.
India should devise a special force for the security of the airports on the lines of the United States' Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in view of growing challenges emerging with the growth of the aviation sector in the country, a top official said.
A 20-year-old man was arrested for claiming over the phone that a bomb had been planted at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, police said on Thursday, adding that the call later turned out to be a hoax.
"The Bangladesh nationals, identified as Doli Begam, Khaleda Begam, Munni Begam, Zinnad Begam, Tania Begam, Ahad Hossain of Hossain, were detained for suspicious activity," Tripura police said in a statement.
A total of 246 Indians from strife-torn Sudan arrived at the Mumbai airport as part of 'Operation Kaveri', on Thursday, the airport officials informed ANI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting here with Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia to review passenger traffic at the airports across the country.
Ahead of the main summit to be held in Leh from April 26 to 28, 20 delegates from various countries have already arrived in Ladakh's largest city and were accorded a warm welcome on their arrival at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee (KBR) Airport.
As 'Operation Kaveri' continues, 360 Indians leave Jeddah airport on a flight bound for New Delhi and will soon be reunited with their families, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Wednesday.