GoAir to fly-Mumbai to Kannur from Jan 10

   

      GoAir,India's budget flight is likely to launch a direct daily flight from Mumbai to Kannur from January 10. This will be the first carrier operate services from Mumbai to Kannur.
     Kannur International Airport was inaugurated on Dec 9th and the flight services have already started. Air India's first flight took off to Abu Dhabi with 185 passengers on the day of ceremony. The airport has a runway length of 3050 metres thereby enabling to handle larger flights.Previously,GoAir operated flights to Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram on the Sam day later after the inauguration of the airport.
     GoAir operates about 234 daily flights and Kannur is its 24th domestic destination. It's likely to operate internationally very soon.

Javadekar blames congress for opposing Rafale deal

    After the Supreme court's rejection on probe into Rafale deal, the Union Minister Prakash Javadekar accused the Congress party for sabotaging the country's security by giving an opposition on purchase of 36 fighter jets from France. Rahul Gandhi, President of Congress party, has be continuously claiming for the procedural irregularities in the Rafale deal.
    The HRD Minister while addressing the reporters in convocation ceremony of GOA University, told that, the Congress party is still persistent with their demand. He added that the Supreme court has given a clear chit to the deal stating that no further investigation is needed on the issue exposing the falsehood of the Congress party.           He also said that the only aim of Congress is to stop the deal which would weaken the security preparedness of the country, which the government will not allow to happen. He accused the Congress for not closing the purchase agreement while it was in power and for delaying the deal upto 7years till 2014. Javadekar emphasised that Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the country, defence forces and the parliament for his continuous allegations on the deal.