Navi Mumbai Airport to Be Named After Bal Thackeray; Faces Oppn from DB Patil's Supporters
3 years, 9 months ago

Navi Mumbai Airport to Be Named After Bal Thackeray; Faces Oppn from DB Patil's Supporters

News 18  

The Navi Mumbai International Airport will be named after Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, the father of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, it was announced on Thursday. Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde, who made the announcement, said the chief minister has assured the DB Patil Action Samiti, which is raising this demand, that some other project will be named after the farmer leader. The chief minister has requested the action committee to recommend any other project," said Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader. CIDCO, the state-run planning agency which is executing the greenfield airport project, proposed that it be named after Bal Thackeray, he said.. Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Coronavirus News here.

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Will take aviation sector to newer heights: minister Naidu
1 month, 1 week ago

Will take aviation sector to newer heights: minister Naidu

Live Mint  

India's aviation sector will grow further as the government intends to add 50 new airports in the next five years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that he wants to see more airports in the country, hence, we are going to create 50 more airports in the next five years," said aviation minister Rammohan Naidu at the 'Build India Infra Awards'. …

Aaditya Thackeray slams centre over delay in naming Navi Mumbai airport after D.B. Patil
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Aaditya Thackeray slams centre over delay in naming Navi Mumbai airport after D.B. Patil

The Hindu  

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday expressed disappointment with the Union government for its continued delay in approving the proposal to name Navi Mumbai International Airport after late leader D.B. The construction of the Navi Mumbai airport began in February 2018, and the MVA government decided in 2022 to christen it Loknete Swargiya DB Patil International Airport in honour …

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in March 2025
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in March 2025

The Hindu  

The new international airport in Navi Mumbai will be operational starting March 2025, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on July 13. Patil International Airport, along India’s first civil aviation airport at Juhu and the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, will be the third airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu …

Name NM airport after D B Patil before assembly election: PAPs
9 months, 1 week ago

Name NM airport after D B Patil before assembly election: PAPs

Hindustan Times  

PANVEL: The All-Party Action Committee and the Agri-Koli community, who have been demanding the naming of the Navi Mumbai International Airport after socialist and leader of Project Affected Persons DB Patil, have warned the government of the consequences if they don’t announce the decision before the Maharashtra assembly elections. In January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was at the airport …

Proposal to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil likely to get Centre's nod soon: Minister
1 year, 3 months ago

Proposal to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil likely to get Centre's nod soon: Minister

The Hindu  

The proposal to name the upcoming airport in Navi Mumbai after late leader D B Patil has reached the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is likely to be approved soon, Union Minister Kapil Patil has said. Speaking at a symposium organised during the Agri Mahotsav on the topic 'Loknete D B Patil International Airport' at Dombivili on Saturday, …

Maharashtra Govt Gives Nod To Name Navi Mumbai Airport After 'Local Hero' DB Patil After Row
2 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra Govt Gives Nod To Name Navi Mumbai Airport After 'Local Hero' DB Patil After Row

News 18  

The Maharashtra Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has cleared the proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after DB Patil, the former Peasants & Workers Party leader from Navi Mumbai. The development takes place after protests erupted in parts of Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts after the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government’s decision to name …

Uddhav cabinet renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar day ahead of trust vote
2 years, 9 months ago

Uddhav cabinet renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar day ahead of trust vote

Hindustan Times  

The Uddhav Thackeray-led cabinet in Maharashtra on Wednesday gave its nod to the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad city as Dharashiv, besides naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late DB Patil. The decision to change the name of Aurangabad, a historical city in central Maharashtra, is a sensitive issue for the beleaguered Sena …

Maharashtra govt renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv
2 years, 9 months ago

Maharashtra govt renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv

Firstpost  

The cabinet meeting chaired by the beleaguered Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also approved the naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late D B Patil. Mumbai: As the fate of the Maharashtra government hangs in balance, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar, and that of Osmanabad city as Dharashiv. Interestingly, …

Shiv Sena goons vandalize Adani signboard at Mumbai airport, Sena leader defends the act
3 years, 7 months ago

Shiv Sena goons vandalize Adani signboard at Mumbai airport, Sena leader defends the act

Op India  

On August 2 several Shiv Sainiks barged into the landscaped garden at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, uprooted the Adani signboard and planted saffron flags. Maharashtra: Shiv Sena workers vandalise Adani signboard, which was placed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/mzfypdwp0A — ANI August 2, 2021 The protestors led by Bharatiya Kamgar Sena General Secretary Sanjay …

Why Mumbai's second airport is embroiled in controversy
3 years, 9 months ago

Why Mumbai's second airport is embroiled in controversy

India Today  

In one of the biggest protests in recent times, around 50,000 residents of Navi Mumbai tried to gherao the headquarters of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra or CIDCO at Belapur on June 24. They wanted to name the still-under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport after the late socialist leader Di. They had gathered under the aegis of the …

Maharashtra: Farmers flout Covid-19 protocol to protest airport name change
3 years, 9 months ago

Maharashtra: Farmers flout Covid-19 protocol to protest airport name change

Op India  

On Thursday, a large group of ‘farmer protestors’ took out a demonstration in the City and Industrial Development Corporation over the naming of the newly constructed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The farmers, under the banner of Navi Mumbai International Airport Namakaran Kruti Samiti, hit the streets to protest the naming of the airport after Shiv Sena leader Balashaeb Thackeray. Shiv …

Zurich Airport keen to develop Navi Mumbai airport
11 years, 2 months ago

Zurich Airport keen to develop Navi Mumbai airport

India TV News  

Mumbai: Zurich Airport Management has evinced interest in developing the proposed international airport at neighbouring Navi Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who is currently in Davos attending the World Economic Forum, met officials of Zurich Airport and discussed the airport development plans in Pune, Nagpur and Navi Mumbai.A release from the Chief Minister's Office today said the Zurich authorities …

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